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ALEC groups fund Ga. primary fights

Here’s a little bit of intrigue for you: what did an ALEC-affiliated, pro “school choice” group do with $86,000 in Georgia’s primary races? The American Federation for Children is a group to watch and fear. They are a 501(c)(4) organization, tied to the (c)(3) non-profit Alliance for School Choice. Both the The American Federation for Children and the Alliance for School Choice fund ALEC activities and shape the organization’s pro-privatization, pro-corporate profits education agenda, with

Shocking ALEC video from Savannah

Investigative reporter Brendan Keefe, with 11Alive, went to Savannah to find out how Georgia lawmakers create legislation in back rooms. But even we were surprised to find out how far our lawmakers will go to keep the public in the dark. Keefe’s undercover report exposes — on video — a level of corruption that we’ve only heard about until now. WATCH: Legislators and corporate lobbyists meet in secret at Georgia resort Although 11Alive found Georgia lawmakers

ALEC’s secret ‘loyalty oath’ for some Georgia lawmakers revealed

It’s worse than you thought. And we have the documents to prove it. Last week, The Guardian published internal documents from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).  Those documents show an unprecedented and disturbing view into how the secretive corporate bill factory really operates. This new evidence makes it clear what many have suspected all along – ALEC has misled reporters, the public, its members, and even the Internal Revenue Service. ALEC’s primary purpose is to influence

ALEC’s corporate influence on Georgia laws: Worse than you think

On the front page of Sunday’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the newspaper reports one reason so many Georgians feel that our state and our lawmakers are going in the wrong direction. Corporate cash, in the form of industry-specific political action committees, fund the election campaigns of nearly all of our elected officials. (The full story is behind a paywall: Special-interest cash quickly eclipses hometown support) Many leaders of the General Assembly collect 95 percent and more of

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One ALEC education bill cost Georgia $50 million (and counting)

Better Georgia released a multi-state report today detailing the damaging influence the corporate front-group ALEC has on public education policy in Georgia and across the country. The report, entitled ALEC v Kids: ALEC’s Assault on Public Education, documents the growing footprint that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has in Georgia, including its unprecedented access to elected officials and the drafting of ‘model’ education policy designed to benefit ALEC’s corporate funders which compliant lawmakers then push