Billionaire Charles Koch’s two foundations spent nearly $3.5 million on media grants and contracts in 2018.
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In a press release, the Governor echoed oil and gas industry talking points, which the Center for Media and Democracy revealed earlier, saying, "Today, I signed Assembly Bill 426, which aims to ensure each energy provider is treated the same under the law while still protecting the right to exercise free speech and the right to assembly."
Two-thirds of the money Charles Koch Foundation distributed in 2018 went to universities and colleges.
The Toledo, Oregon City Council voted on November 6 to give Georgia-Pacific a 15-year property tax exemption in return for investment in an existing plant there.
A last minute spending blitz by the RSLC in Wisconsin's spring 2019 Supreme Court election played a key role in tipping the scales of the election in favor of Brian Hagedorn. Mere days after Leonard Leo's Judicial Crisis Network gave $1 million to the group, it dropped $1.2 million in ads in just the final week of the election.