NEW YORK (AP) — Drugstore operator CVS Caremark and tractor maker Deere & Co. are the latest companies to withdraw from conservative political group the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Many major corporations have had ties with the group, known as ALEC, for years. But the group became a lightning rod for political debate following the Trayvon Martin case.

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