ALEC Adopts Principles of Legislative Transparency

Members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have formally adopted "Principles of Legislative Transparency" to help guide how lawmakers conduct public business. ALEC is the nation's largest nonpartisan, individual membership organization of state legislators, with more than 2,400 legislator members from all 50 states, and 86 former members serving in the U.S. Congress. The ALEC Principles of Legislative Transparency were modeled after language drafted by the Washington Policy Center (WPC) to address various transparency abuses by the Washington State Legislature . . . READ MORE