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ALEC National Chairman Ty Masterson speaks with host Hugh Hewitt about upcoming legislative priorities across the states in 2024.

Andrew Puzder is a titan in the business arena. With a remarkable journey that benefited from his entrepreneurship, leadership, and legal prowess, he has made an incredible impact on the corporate landscape. Formerly overseeing beloved brands like Hardee's and Carl's Junior, and now pushing back against politicized investment practices like ESG, his influence can be felt in every board room, courtroom, and business classroom around the country.

Bob Williams Memorial Award for Policy Leadership is awarded to legislators who take a leadership role in advancing sound fiscal policies based on the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual freedom. North Dakota House Majority Leader Mike Lefor is just such a legislator. His leadership with the passage of this year’s House Bill 1040 serves as a model for successful, sound pension reform for the rest of the country. Thanks to his leadership, North Dakota’s existing defined benefit plan will be closed, and new state employees will be enrolled in a defined contribution plan – like the flexible and portable 401(k) plans offered in the private sector – starting in 2025. This extraordinary reform also protects current state workers and taxpayers by injecting $200 million into the closed defined-benefit plan to help pay down existing unfunded liabilities

Healthcare is the only industry in which we are expected to buy a service without knowing the price. But that is changing thanks to the tireless work of Cynthia Fisher. As Founder and Chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, Cynthia has been championing the right of healthcare price transparency, so that American consumers and employers can lower their costs of care and coverage through free markets and choice.

As the 23rd governor of the Grand Canyon State, Doug Ducey efficiently and effectively put Arizona on the path toward an economic rebirth. Riding an ever-so-slim one-seat majority to a third-place finish in the latest edition of Rich States, Poor States, Gov. Ducey worked with ALEC members in the state legislature to provide the people of Arizona with a smaller government, educational freedom, and one of the lowest tax burdens in the nation. Now, in true ALEC fashion, he has moved from the public to the private sector to lead Citizens for Free Enterprise, an organization focused on the promotion of free enterprise so that every American can look forward to a better tomorrow.

A distinguished group of panelists discuss philanthropic advocacy at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States & Nation Policy Summit of 2023: Karrin Taylor Robson - Former Arizona Board of Regent member, Chair of the Joe Foss Institute, and board member of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. Tom Lewis of the T.W. Lewis Foundation, who recently withdrew financial support at universities that did not share the values of his foundation. Arizona State Representative Quang Nguyen.

In 1994, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives were suffering through a 40-year losing streak. Never quite able to crack the 218-seat code needed to take control of Congress, a handful of idealists gathered under the direction of an inspirational leader from Georgia to create the Contract with America. That’s when everything changed and America was about to be introduced to Newt Gingrich. A giant of public service, a communicator of policy trends, he tirelessly works to create a better version of America. It is because of optimists and visionaries like Newt Gingrich that those dreams are still within sight.

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Tom Lewis came from humble beginnings to the top of Arizona's business community. He not only achieved financial success, but through his philanthropic efforts with the T.W. Lewis Foundation, he has provided others with a path to success in life. Recently, Tom stuck to his convictions and stopped donating and supporting colleges and universities for failing to provide every student with a free and open opportunity to learn.

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State Rep. Mesha Mainor from Georgia's 56th district sits down with Lars Dalseide to discuss education, campaigning during the pandemic, and why she made the moves she did during ALEC's 50th Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Joe Trotter, ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Director, sits down with Lars Dalseide to discuss the probable causes of the fires in Maui and how President Biden's decision to designate one of America's richest uranium deposits as a national monument severely restricts the country's ability to become energy independent.

Jonathan Williams, ALEC Chief Economist and EVP of Policy, recently appeared on The Hugh Hewitt Show and discussed the tragic impact from the Hawaiian wildfires. Hewitt also asked Williams about the history of Hawaii’s economic outlook and ways for the state to improve going forward in this post fire recovery.