Koch Industries News

Sseven girls from Heartland Elementary School in the Blue Valley School District, now mostly middle-schoolers at Harmony or Aubry Bend, for a few years had been competing in an international problem-solving educational program, Odyssey of the Mind.

The chief lawyer for Koch Industries said Friday that government targeting of conservative political groups is nothing new to the Wichita-based company.

Koch Industries owns Invista Print. Just recently, the company made a $1 million donation.

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One of the best stories after the tornado in Oklahoma was of the teacher who said she started praying out loud to her students, even though she knew she wasn't supposed to.

Amid concerns that Koch Industries could buy several major U.S. newspapers from Tribune Company, industrial billionaire David Koch was forced to step down as trustee of WNET, New York City's largest public TV station , after the New Yorker revealed how WNET gave Koch inappropriate influence over its programming .

What's worse? A journalistic voice being forced to speak in the voice of a corporate owner? Or a media voice squelching itself first, fearing what that corporate owner might do with his wealth? Both scenarios have been talked about in media circles in recent weeks - with both centering on Charles and David Koch , the billionaire industrial giants ... (more)

Flint Hills Resources Renewables, the ethanol and biofuels subsidiary of Koch Industries, has formed a joint venture, Dounix, with biofuels company Benefuel to develop biodiesel refineries in the United States, according to a news release from Benefuel.

Labor groups on Tuesday handed over a petition urging Tribune Co. not to sell the Baltimore Sun to Koch Industries.

People walk through a damaged area near the Moore Warren Theater after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma.

KOCH INDUSTRIES TO BUILD NEW UREA PLANT IN OKLAHOMA May 17, 2013 Source: Koch Nitrogen news release Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC is moving forward with plans to build a new urea plant at its Enid, Oklahoma facility.

As the state's Republican Party began a push toward tax reform, Grover Norquist and representatives of Americans for Prosperity traveled the state Thursday campaigning for reduced income tax.

Koch Industries, Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to build a urea plant at its Koch Nitrogen plant in Enid and to renovate the existing facility.

Tribune Co. Chief Executive Officer Peter Liguori, responding to a protest over a possible sale of the Los Angeles Times to Koch Industries Inc., said speculation over potential buyers of the company's papers is "premature." The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor rallied yesterday outside the offices of Tribune Co.

Next time you're at the store, consider what big interests and corporations are behind your favorite dental floss or skinny jeans.

A phone app allowing users to identify products used by questionable companies like Koch Industries and Monsanto has generated enough demand to cause problems for the developer, Forbes reported on Tuesday.

A Koch Industries donation will help the Greater Wichita YMCA offer water safety programs at the Robert D. Love Downtown YMCA.

In her keynote speech at last year's annual Netroots Nation gathering, Darcy Burner pitched a seemingly simple idea to the thousands of bloggers and web developers in the audience.

According to Mark Holden, senior vice president and general counsel of Koch Industries, a senior Obama administration official told reporters at an August 27 on-the-record background briefing on corporate taxes: "So in this country we have partnerships, we have S corps, we have LLCs, we have a series of entities that do not pay corporate income ... (more)

It's important to note, again, that the Koch's have not confirmed they've made a bid for the newspaper company, which owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.