South Dakota Pays For Lawmakers’ ALEC Membership

South Dakota Pays For Lawmakers’ ALEC Membership: South Dakota will now subsidize a hundred lawmakers’ memberships to the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative corporate front group, after a vote Tuesday by the Republican-controlled Legislature Executive Board. Lawmakers will also continue to receive perks like unlimited travel to out-of-state ALEC meetings. Aberdeen News reports that these two-year memberships will cost $100 apiece, [...]/p