…CMD reported. The second largest known donor to ALEC is Charles Koch, who gave just over $2 million between 2017 and 2021 through his personal foundation and Stand Together Fellowships,…
ALEC Considers Blacklisting Companies That Voluntarily Recognize Unions
…on right-wing donors and corporations for virtually all of its funding. In reviewing tax returns for the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch’s Stand Together Fellowships from 2014–19, the Center for…
Leading Anti-ESG Lobbyists Represent Firearms and Fossil Fuel Industries
…number of lobbyists working in half the states on a quarter of the bills. Bledsoe previously worked for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the fossil fuel-backed Charles Koch Foundation….
Watchdog Group Files Emergency Motion with Ohio Supreme Court to Stop AG’s Further Destruction of Documents Sought in Open Records Case
…is a clear violation of Ohio’s public records law and cannot be allowed to stand,” said Arn Pearson, CMD’s executive director. “RAGA and RLDF literally sell access to Republican AGs…
Koch Network Unleashes Early Attacks Against Trump
…Koch-funded Stand Together Chamber of Commerce. Club for Growth is Anti-Trump Too In its latest FEC filing, Club for Growth Action reported spending $55,837 in the past month on field…
Federal Covid Relief Funds Fuel Koch-Backed Flat Tax “Revolution”
…flat income tax in the past century. As it stands now, the majority of states still collect income taxes using a graduated system of tax brackets that requires those with…
Koch Spending to Influence Policy and Politics Eclipses Charitable Giving
…Koch’s organization Stand Together Chamber of Commerce founded a new 501(c)(4) organization called the Stand Together C4 Fund. According to its IRS tax-exemption application, the new fund expected to raise…
Court Ruling Could Curtail Koch’s Legal Sleight of Hand on Asbestos Claims
…has been pending in a North Carolina bankruptcy court due to Georgia-Pacific’s Texas two-step transfer of thousands of asbestos claims to its subsidiary, Bestwall, Inc., six years ago. On Feb….
ALEC to SFOF Pipeline Unearthed
…Nazism and communism, CMD first reported. Later at the meeting, ALEC’s task forces on Energy, Environment, and Agriculture and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development voted to adopt the model Eliminate…
Utah State Treasurer Compares ESG Policies to Nazism at Heartland’s Climate Misinformation Fest
…Johnson is a longtime recipient of fossil fuel money who sits on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Koch Industries’ Americans for Prosperity Action super PAC spent $9.7 million…