"Rich States, Poor States" Report
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) announced the results of its annual report “Rich States, Poor States,” which ranks the financial outlook for each state. ALEC Chief Economist…
142 viewsThe American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) announced the results of its annual report “Rich States, Poor States,” which ranks the financial outlook for each state. ALEC Chief Economist…
142 viewsThe American Legislative Exchange Council presented its Warren Brookes Award for Excellence in Journalism to Stephen Moore. Mr. Moore spoke about energy industry inovation and new technologi…
73 viewsAt the 33rd annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, economist Milton Friedman spoke about issues including the economy, school choice, education reform, and tax reform. …
875 viewsParticipants talked about management of state budgets and levels of state spending on public services. Among the topics they addressed were health care spending, reducing duplication of serv…
59 viewsGeneral Russell Davis spoke about the role of the National Guard in maintaining domestic security following September 11 terrorist attacks.
45 viewsWendy’s Corporation Chairman Dave Thomas talked about adoption laws and the foster care system in the U.S. He focused on the Adoption an Safe Families Act which encourages children to remain…
172 viewsDuring a two-day conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council on increasing local power versus the federal government, former Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp spok…
58 viewsThree persons with experience in relations between government and telecommunications companies discussed the impact of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 on states, especially state legislat…
69 viewsState legislators and education reform advocates discussed alternatives for education reform, including school vouchers, charter schools, parental rights and performance evaluation. After th…
90 viewsRepresentative Newt Gingrich (R-GA) spoke about the importance of the relationship between federal and state government, specifically the Congress and state legislators. He stated that the n…
126 viewsThis panel, during a meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, discussed individual empowerment as a means of lifting persons out of poverty and unemployment without dependency …
128 viewsPanelists discussed the federal budget deficit, the balance budget amendment and the positive and negative aspects of budget deficit.
32 viewsPanelists discussed educating community activists, empowering the residents of public housing and other topics.
99 viewsKellyanne Fitzpatrick (Conway) spoke on the school choice as a ballot issue in states such as California, where it lost. She described methods of marketing school choice to voters by state g…
250 viewsAfter an introduction by Mr. Bandstra, Mr. Behrens talked about “The U.S. Supreme Court and State Legislators.” He discussed punitive damages against state governments and described several…
123 viewsThe speakers talked about the proposed balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. They emphasized that such an amendment was unlikely to originate in Congress, so states must organize in…
31 viewsThe speakers talked about issues related to the economy such as federal tax and fiscal policy and the federal deficit at a luncheon of newly-elected state legislators who were meeting to dis…
31 viewsThe American Legislative Exchange Council held a conference of newly elected state legislators. The speakers spoke about the dangers of growing state government and suggested ways that legis…
36 viewsPresident George H.W. Bush gave a speech as part of a two-day campaign tour during which he also visited New York and Utah. He mentioned that he was getting ready to start an aggressive camp…
108 viewsPresident Bush spoke to a meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council on recent developments in the Middle East. He lauded the efforts of the Secretary of Defense and the soldiers i…
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