Archive: Public Communications

ALEC’s weekly email update for the week of 02-27-2014 Registration is now open for the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit in Kansas City, MO. All events will take place at the host hotel, the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. Did you know? Kansas City’s National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial is the only American museum solely dedicated to preserving the objects, history and personal experiences of the First World War and is designated by Congress as America’s official World War I Museum.  Please make your plans to join lawmakers from around the country for a celebration of limited government, […]

ALEC’s weekly email update for the week of 02-21-2014 Registration is now open for the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit in Kansas City, Mo. All events will take place at the host hotel, the Kansas City Marriott Downtown.   Did you know? The Country Club Plaza, Kansas City’s premier upscale shopping and dining district, was designed as America’s first suburban shopping center.  The Plaza is also a popular arts and cultural district, busy with live street music, festivals and art in an old-world architectural setting. Please make your plans to join lawmakers from around the country for a celebration of […]

ALEC’s weekly email update for the week of 02-13-2014. Registration is now open for the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit in Kansas City, MO. All events will take place at the host hotel, the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. Did you know? Kansas City’s official nickname is the City of Fountains. The first fountains were created in the 1800s for the purpose of providing water to the city’s 60-70,000 horses.  With more than 200 fountains, Kansas City boasts the second-largest number in the world, second only to Rome. The fountains at Kauffman Stadium, where the Royals play baseball, are the largest privately […]

ALEC’s weekly email update for the week of 02-06-2014. Registration is now open for the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit in Kansas City, Mo. All events will take place at the host hotel, the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. Did you know? Kansas City is world renowned as an important cultural hub for jazz, blues, ragtime and vaudeville from the 1920s to the 1940s, earning the city moniker, “Paris of the Plains.” Kansas City still boasts an active jazz and blues scene, with more than 20 area nightclubs that feature jazz. Please make your plans to join lawmakers from around the country […]

ALEC’s weekly email update for the week of 01-30-2014. National School Choice Week, January 26 – February 1, 2014    Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws, 2014 The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has released the 5th annual ranking of state charter school laws. 12 states increased their national rankings 10 of those states made significant improvements.  Click here to see how your state ranks.      National School Choice Week Whistle-Stop Tour Click here to view events in your state.   Spring Task Force Summit: May 1 and 2 in Kansas City, […]

ALEC’s weekly email update for the week of 01-23-2014. National School Choice Week, January 26 – February 1, 2014  Lindsay Russell, director of the Task Force on Education, attended the opening ceremonies of National School Choice Week yesterday in Washington, D.C.     Other National School Choice Week Events: American Enterprise Institute – School Choice: Encouraging new and better schools  Thursday, January 30, 9:00 A.M. to 2:50 P.M. ET Click here to view the agenda and event contact information.  National School Choice Week Whistle-Stop Tour Click here to view events in your state.     American Legislative Exchange Council in […]

ALEC’s weekly email update for the week of 01-16-2014. EPA Overregulation: Conference Call TODAY   All interested ALEC members are welcome to join Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning on this call, as he shares ideas and legal expertise to address EPA regulations.   TODAY’s EPA conference call:  Thursday, January 16 12:30 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. ET   For more information about EEA initiatives, please email legislative analyst John Eick at jeick@alec.org.   American Legislative Exchange Council in the news Chris Christie is an Amateur – The left’s political methods make Gov. Christie look like Little Bo Peep The Wall Street Journal: […]

ALEC’s weekly email update for the week of 01-09-2014. Federalism in Focus for 2014   “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the People.”  Bill of Rights, Amendment X      A new publication, Restoring the Balance of Power, contains 13 proposals for state legislators to return sovereignty to the states. Click here to download Restoring the Balance of Power.      With federal government overreach at an all-time high, now is the time for state lawmakers to take back control of issues […]

On December 5, 2013,  Senator Ted Cruz spoke at our States and Nation Policy Summit. He spoke on federalism, free markets, economic growth, and took questions from the audience.

American Legislative Exchange Council Focus: Limited Government, Free Markets and Federalism The American Legislative Exchange Council is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused solely on pro-growth, economic issues to increase opportunity for all Americans. The unique public-private partnership provided by the Council expands all members’ ability to understand and act upon issues that matter in states around the country. The American Legislative Exchange Council provides a forum to facilitate the exchange of policy ideas from a variety of perspectives. Model policy and resolutions are developed by organization members and may not reflect the positions of any individual member, company, association, or […]