By following the toxic cookbook of a corporate front group, Minnesota’s tea-party Republicans hope to leave state government withered and emaciated.

ALEC's “State Budget Reform Toolkit” relies on narrow-minded assumptions about state government.

Legislation proposed by Minnesota Republicans shows they know how to follow instructions. See how Minnesota legislators are trying to turn ALEC’s “model” legislation into state law.

See which Minnesota legislators belong to the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Private corporations that profit from human incarceration. Drug and insurance companies that fight health-care reform. Polluters who write environmental laws. Fortune 500 favorites that bust unions. ALEC receives more than $6 million a year from corporations and their spinoffs. Here are some of the major funders of the American Legislative Exchange Council.