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ALEC’s Latest Trojan Horse: The Attack on Standards and Safeguards Moves to the States (Center for Effective Government) The Legislative Attack on American Wages and Labor Standards, 2011–2012 (Economic Policy Institute) Google, Yelp, and Facebook Join ALEC (Daily Beast) Wisconsin Attorney General Seeks to Vitiate Open Records Law to Protect ALEC’s National Treasurer (PRWatch) Sen. Leah Vukmir tries to sidestep open records suit (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Process server says senator's aide chased and pushed him down (Wisconsin State Journal) Our view: Openness applies to lawmakers, too (La Crosse Tribune) J.B. Van Hollen attacks public's right to know (Capital Times) After Student Protests, Sallie Mae Becomes 50th Corporation to Dump ALEC (PRWatch) At March on Washington, ALEC Is Exposed (PRWatch) ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC's 40th Anniversary Meeting (PRWatch) Top Quotes from ALEC's 40th Birthday Party in Chicago (PRWatch) Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas Files Brief in Opposition to ALEC's Effort to Evade Open Records Law (PRWatch) CMD Fights Back Against ALEC's Effort to Evade Open Records Law in Texas (PRWatch) ALEC declares itself exempt from public-disclosure laws, and is challenged (Minnesota Post) Fort Worth lawmaker tries to block request for information on dealings with conservative group (The Dallas Morning News) NEW REPORT! ALEC at 40: Turning Back the Clock on Prosperity and Progress (PRWatch) ALEC 2013 Agenda Harkens Back to a Bygone Era (PRWatch) US lobbying group ALEC pushing pro-gun agenda despite promise to stop (The Guardian) Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills in 2013 Advance a Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda (PRWatch) Just How Low Can Your Salary Go? 117 ALEC Bills in 2013 Fuel Race to the Bottom in Wages and Worker Rights (PRWatch) Cashing in on Kids: 139 ALEC Bills in 2013 Promote a Private, For-Profit Education Model (PRWatch) After Zimmerman, Let’s End Stand Your Ground (PRWatch)