Tag: Koch

Leonard Leo, Koch networks pour millions into prep for potential second Trump administration

WASHINGTON — Huge funding from influential conservative donor networks is flowing into a conservative venture aimed at creating a Republican “government-in-waiting,” including over $55 million from groups linked to conservative activist Leonard Leo and the Koch network, according to an Accountable.US review shared exclusively with NBC News. Launched by the Heritage Foundation in April 2022, […]

Prosecutor Myrene Koch prepares for third run in Allegan

ALLEGAN COUNTY — Allegan County Prosecuting Attorney Myrene Koch is looking to defend her office for the third time since being appointed in 2018. The incumbent Republican has filed for re-election, and will face challenger Mike Villar yet again in August. Koch has worked in the prosecutor’s office for more than two decades. She was […]

Koch network says it will stop funding Nikki Haley’s presidential bid

The political network financed largely by billionaire Charles Koch announced Sunday that it will no longer spend funds to support Nikki Haley‘s presidential bid. Former President Donald Trump on Saturday swept to victory over Haley in South Carolina, her home state, where she once served as governor. In an email obtained by NBC News, which […]

Network founded by Koch brothers to stop spending on Haley’s campaign

Americans for Prosperity Action, a libertarian conservative political policy network founded by the billionaire Koch brothers, announced on Sunday that it will no longer spend on Nikki Haley‘s presidential campaign. The cut comes after Haley lost the Republican primary in her home state of South Carolina on Saturday to former President Donald Trump by 20 […]

Koch network stops spending on Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign

Americans For Prosperity Action, the powerful conservative group supporting Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, will no longer spend money on behalf of her campaign. In an email to staff obtained by POLITICO, Americans For Prosperity CEO Emily Seidel said Sunday that the group’s political arm, AFP Action, had to “take stock” of its […]

Families condemn Koch brothers over ploy to avoid asbestos compensation

Asbestos victims, their families and attorneys are claiming a Koch Industries-owned company and its lawyers are using a controversial bankruptcy maneuver to avoid paying millions in compensation to its former employees. Workers at Georgia-Pacific, a paper and building products company, have been locked in a years-long battle with a company over claims asbestos in its […]