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SPN: Right-Wing Stink Tanks Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States (PRWatch) ALEC's "Nuclear Option" to Kill the Affordable Care Act (PRWatch) ALEC's Next Attack on Clean Energy Surfaces in Arizona (Energy & Policy Institute) ALEC Forges New Bills for its Polluting Company Members (Greenpeace) ALECexposed: ALEC PR Creates Tempest in a Teapot for Senate Hearing (PRWatch) 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) 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) US lobbying group ALEC pushing pro-gun agenda despite promise to stop (The Guardian)