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.

Use our interactive map to see if your local representatives are in the American Legislative Exchange Council, and help us keep it current.

Laura Flanders talks with ColorofChange's Rashad Robinson about his efforts to convince corporations to quit ALEC.

How the private sector and state politicians are teaming up to enact laws that increase corporate profits at public expense without public knowledge.