Eye on ALEC

ALEC-inspired bills passed in several states make it a crime to film or take photographs exposing conditions in factory farms and slaughterhouses.

A new Florida law prohibits “living wage” and paid sick-leave policies set by local city and town councils.

Despite its expressed commitment to transparency, the controversial organization appears to have undertaken efforts to stop its documents from falling into outside hands.

ALEC's report claims to rank U.S. states based on their “economic outlook," but it's ideology that gets a state to the top -- or bottom -- of the list.

See how, once again, the American Legislative Exchange Council is fitting its sticky fingers into scores of legislative cookie jars.

New reports on the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, reveal more about the funding of meetings between state legislators and corporate lobbyists.

John Nichols -- Washington correspondent for The Nation -- says that history tells us that our political system can and will improve.

A coalition of mayors, counties and local activists overcame a bill that would have prohibited municipalities from building their own broadband networks.

Governor Rick Snyder's decision to sign the controversial bill into law is a blow to unions in the birthplace of the labor movement.

Although members of the American Legislative Exchange Council lost seats in recent elections, it's still not known how many newly elected state legislators will join the group.