American Legislative Exchange Council

The Legislature finds that overpayments are a serious problem for state agencies giventhe magnitude and complexity of state operations.

ALEC’s State Budget Reform Toolkit will advance a set of budget and procurement best practices to guide state policymakers as they work to solve the current budget shortfalls.

Simmons argues that air quality is improving.  What's more is that pollution is declining despite economic growth and increases in energy consumption.

In 2003, the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut filed a lawsuit to force the EPA to include CO2 as a pollutant.  The purpose was to get the EPA to regulate CO2 emissions.