In interviews with the Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and KCMO Talk Radio, Speaker Tim Jones has given seemingly contradictory explanations for what Missouri Freedom Alliance, LLC is allabout and when it was active.
Our new report shows that ALEC has lavished hundreds of thousands of dollars on Kansas and Missouri politicians and those trips have resulted in dozens of bills being introduced on behalf of ALEC’s corporate members.
More than 3,000 workers from across Missouri took a stand against ALEC, Americans for Prosperity, and the Koch Brothers at the Missouri Capitol. Governor Jay Nixon, Sen. Gina Walsh, Secretary of State Jason Kander, State Treasurer Clint Zweifel and Rep. Ann Zerr were among the speakers.
ALEC Co-Chair and State Senator Ed Emery finally admitted yesterday what proponents of so-called 'right to work' laws have long been trying to hide from the public, that the legislation would result in lower wages for the middle-class.