…pollution is actually surprisingly popular. Two polls this year found that 70 percent of Americans approve of establishing carbon pollution limits, while the more recent of the two—commissioned by The…
How ALEC Fronts for Fossil Fuels
Who Is Behind the National Right to Work Committee and its Anti-Union Crusade?
…called American Encore) and Americans for Prosperity. In addition to the Koch brothers, the NRTWLDF has received significant funding from many big name conservative donors, including the Walton Family Foundation…
One of the Koch Family-Controlled Foundations Has Quietly Folded
…Journal also reported in September 2013 that David Koch himself had provided a $850,000 personal check to the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in 2003. Similarly, CMD reported that David Koch…
Revealed: ALEC’s 2014 Attacks on the Environment
…David Koch-controlled “Americans for Prosperity” has been running ads attacking solar in Arizona. “Solar, once almost universally regarded as a virtuous, if perhaps over-hyped, energy alternative, has now grown big…
Big Telecom Bankrolls a National Network of Stink Tanks
The State Policy Network’s Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco
…Public Policy Americans for Tax Reform The Independent Institute Americans for Prosperity Foundation MP Plumbing Co. American Enterprise Institute Campaign Marketing Strategies U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Intellectual Property Center…
Guardian Documents Expose State Policy Network Groups’ Intent to Lobby
…proposals are from 40 SPN members to the Searle Freedom Trust, a private foundation that funds right-wing groups such as Americans for Prosperity, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Americans…
State Policy Network: The Stealth Network Dramatically Influencing State Law
…state law. In audio released in early 2013 by Progress Michigan, Mackinac Director of Labor Policy F. Vincent Vernuccio was recorded as telling supporters at an Americans for Prosperity “Citizen…
SPN: Right-Wing Stink Tanks Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States
…groups like David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and the Charles Koch-founded Cato Institute, along with the Heritage Foundation, a long-time ally of the Koch agenda. Through ALEC, SPN helps…
Reports Expose Extreme Pressure Groups Masquerading as Think Tanks
…change Americans’ rights, through ALEC’s task forces. SPN has close ties to, and works with, other national right-wing organizations like the Franklin Center and David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity. ###…