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Five transactions and five tax exemptions for Koch in Luxembourg
In September, 2008, Koch Industries’ subsidiary, Invista B.V. – the maker of Lycra-brand fiber and Stainmaster-brand carpet – embarked on a complex 26-step restructuring of its operations in...
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Health worries pervade North Texas fracking zone
DALLAS—Propped up on a hospital bed, Taylor Ishee listened as his mother shared a conviction that choked her up. His rare cancer had a cause, she believes, and it wasn’t genetics.Others in Texas have...
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Smoke, odors and drifting foam in Fort Worth suburb stir frustration over...
MANSFIELD, Texas—The 15 natural-gas wells near a high school, a daycare, a performing arts center and a neighborhood might be hard to see, but they’re difficult to ignore.Smoke, foul odors and strange...
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A long-term blank check for “war” spending
The U.S. military's budget request now pending on Capitol Hill includes a particularly notable oddity inside the special fund meant to support combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: a new $810...
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'Revolving door' spins between AT&T, GSA
That AT&T just won an eight-figure contract to provide the federal government’s General Services Administration with new mobile devices isn’t itself particularly notable.What is: Casey Coleman, an...
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Who's responsible for the CIA's torture policy?
Following the 9/11 attacks, the United States government created a network of secret prisons outside its borders to interrogate suspected terrorists without the constraints imposed by international and...
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Charities risked tax-exempt status with political ads
The Internal Revenue Service prohibits charities from getting mixed up in politics, and those that do risk losing their tax exemption. Despite the threat, a handful of groups in the 2014 midterm...
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High-stakes health care battle in the Green Mountain state
Two weeks from now, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will describe how he thinks the country’s first state-based single payer system will be financed. Whether the Green Mountain State keeps moving forward...
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Koch group's income plummeted in non-election year
Revenue at the Center to Protect Patient Rights, once a nerve center of the Koch brothers-affiliated nonprofit network, plunged in 2013, a non-election year, according to new federal tax filings...
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'I felt like I was getting pelted with excrement': Readers weigh in on...
A few weeks ago, we started asking readers to think back to the months leading up to Election Day and share their thoughts on the flood of political advertising. (That flood of ads, by the way, grew to...
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Jeb Bush explores White House bid — unconventionally
Now that Jeb Bush has decided to “actively explore” running for president, all eyes will turn to his fundraising.But instead of creating a presidential exploratory committee — the traditional...
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Advisory panel tells Congress the nuclear weapons complex is too big and too old
A special panel appointed by Congress to examine the U.S.nuclear weapons complex reported in December that it is too big and too old, and recommended reorganizing the Department of Energy to give its...
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Secretive nonprofits flourished — and succeeded — in 2014 state elections
Sandra Kennedy expected a tough race this fall for a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission, but the Democrat didn’t expect to get socked with a $1.4 million onslaught of TV ads from a mysterious...
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Florida homeowners catch a break in courts
Florida homeowners may soon find a more friendly reception in the state’s courtrooms after a state Supreme Court panel found that some judicial practices designed to speed up the cases may be...
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New FEC chief on 'dark money' mission
Democrats made sport of decrying, vilifying and crucifying the billionaire Koch brothers for injecting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Republican-boosting “dark money” into the 2014...
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Sex, drugs and political money
You smuggle marijuana in the handbag of a leading Democrat's wife.You pass out drunk underneath your desk when the House of Representatives' minority leader comes looking for you.You even blow off a...
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Citing health risks, New York State bans fracking
New York State will ban hydraulic fracturing — fracking — within its borders, officials announced Wednesday, citing potential health risks.At Governor Andrew Cuomo’s year-end cabinet meeting, acting...
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Texas weakens chemical exposure guidelines, opens door for polluters
AUSTIN— In 2007, Texas regulators quietly relaxed the state’s long-term air pollution guideline for benzene, one of the world’s most toxic and thoroughly studied chemicals. The number they came up...
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Urban League parrots telecom donors' net-neutrality stance
Last October, Marc Morial, the president of the National Urban League, wrote a column outlining his stand on the issue of “network neutrality” that aggravated activists but made providers of Internet...
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FEC gets modest budget boost
After several years of budget cuts, the Federal Election Commission will receive a modest funding boost.Congress' government funding bill, signed Tuesday by President Barack Obama, allots $67.5 million...
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