ALEC state legislators, lobbyists, and Koch operatives return to Washington, D.C. today for ALEC’s States & Nation Policy Summit to promote an agenda only fossil fuel companies could love.
Featured Investigations
The Koch Brothers’ Freedom Partners Group Spends $115.2 Million in 2017
Dubbed the Kochs’ “Secret Bank,” Freedom Partners corrals donations from millionaires and billionaires to fund the Koch political operation.
Koch Machine Suffers Major Losses on Its Health Care Agenda
Koch network groups failed to stop Medicaid expansion measure in three states and lost many of its health care allies.
Koch’s New Super PAC Loses Six of Nine Incumbents in Key Targeted House Races
Americans for Prosperity Action achieved mixed results in its first general election.
Wisconsin Nice Beats the Politics of Hate and the Scott Walker Money Machine
Holy mackerel! Tony Evers will be the next governor of Wisconsin!
ALEC’s Washington State Chair, Rep. Matt Shea, Referred to FBI for Circulating Holy War Manual
Will the American Legislative Exchange Council repudiate Rep. Shea’s violent views and demand his resignation as the corporate lobby group’s Washington state leader?
Koch Brothers Are Watching You: And New Documents Reveal Just How Much They Know
Billionaire brothers have built personality profiles of most Americans, and use them to push right-wing propaganda.
Team Koch Steps Up Game with Veterans Astroturf Operation in 2018 Midterms
Concerned Veterans for America has spent millions in support of Republicans in close races that will be decided on Tuesday.
Schimel, Walker Went to Bat for Koch Brothers in Fight for Donor Secrecy
Wisconsin AG Brad Schimel and Gov. Scott Walker had state weigh in on a California legal battle to hide donors to group tied to their biggest political patrons.
ALEC-Backed Legislators Behind Suppressing Vote
The U.S. Supreme Court decision to support North Dakota’s voter ID laws eliminating the use of postal addresses on identification cards was only a nail in the voting coffin.