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Two “progressive” state-level policy groups—the Progressive States...

Two “progressive” state-level policy groups -- the Progressive States Network (PSN) and American Legislative and Issue Campaign Exchange (ALICE) -- said they're combining to more effectively push state-level legislation. “For nearly a generation, conservatives have outpaced us at the business…

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of movement-building in states,” ALICE and PSN said in a joint statement Wednesday. “They have focused hard on it, poured resources into it, and have been ruthlessly efficient at it. Starting now, we will do the same” (http://bit.ly/WkGj8Y). The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council is considered the main group advocating for conservative policies at the state level, though ALICE and PSN didn’t mention the group. ALICE Executive Director Nick Rathod will lead the combined group once they're joined in the fall, ALICE and PSN said.