Quick and Dirty: Tracking ALEC “model legislation” through real legislatures
Tracking ALEC “model legislation” through real legislatures: how to obtain copies of ALEC model legislation What is ALEC? The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a 501 (c) (3)...
View ArticleLest we forget: Hardin jail debacle revisited
Over the first quarter of this year, lawmakers have largely turned to privatization as a solution for states in fiscal crisis. As such, DBA Press feels this may be an appropriate time to revisit the...
View ArticleFBI issues subpoenas linked to Florida Geo Group investigation
FBI issues subpoenas linked to Florida Geo Group investigation By Beau Hodai DBA Press has obtained and archived all subpoenas issued by federal investigators pursuant to this investigation in both the...
View ArticleInvestigative Report: “Publicopoly: ALEC and the bid to make private all that...
Publicopoly: ALEC and the bid to make private all that is public By Beau Hodai, July 11, 2011 “An exhaustive DBA Press analysis of thousands of pages of documents obtained through public records...
View ArticleInside ALEC: naked contempt for the press and public in Scottsdale
Inside ALEC: naked contempt for the press and public in Scottsdale By Beau Hodai: DBA Press/PR Watch (of the Center for Media and Democracy)/In These Times January, 2012 Download this report in PDF...
View ArticleThis is what censorship sounds like
April 23, 2011 On Monday, April 23, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) held a telephonic press conference to discuss what the group referred to as “the latest harassment tactic against...
View ArticleInvestigative report: “Quid pro Status Quo: ALEC and State-Sanctioned...
Quid pro Status Quo: ALEC and State-Sanctioned Corruption in Ohio By Beau Hodai, May, 2012 Download report in PDF format View source materials directory for this article Part 1: Legislative Service...
View ArticleAFSC investigation: Arizona Department of Corrections, Legislature, knew...
July 24, 2012 By Caroline Isaacs, program director, American Friends Service Committee Tucson Documents recently obtained by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) show that the state of Arizona...
View ArticleAmerica Eats its Young: Arizona communities embrace use of private prison...
By Beau Hodai, November 27, 2012 An unsettling trend appears to be underway in Arizona: the use of private prison employees in law enforcement operations. The state has graced national headlines in...
View ArticleBuying Influence: how the American Legislative Exchange Council uses...
DBA Press, Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and Common Cause release report detailing national ALEC ‘scholarship fund’ spending Download Report. “Buying Influence: how the American Legislative...
View ArticleDHS I&A DSAC records illuminate aspects of federal public-private...
By Beau Hodai November 18, 2013 DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy (DBA/CMD) release records obtained from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis (DHS...
View ArticleArizona Governor Jan Brewer Private Prison Archive
December 1, 2013 DBA Press releases records obtained from the office of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer pertaining to private prison operators, private prison lobbyists. Jump to archive. Key pieces of...
View ArticleLest we forget: Hardin jail debacle revisited
Over the first quarter of this year, lawmakers have largely turned to privatization as a solution for states in fiscal crisis. As such, DBA Press feels this may be an appropriate time to revisit the...
View ArticleDHS I&A DSAC records illuminate aspects of federal public-private...
By Beau Hodai November 18, 2013 DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy (DBA/CMD) release records obtained from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis (DHS...
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