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</font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Relationship with Koch family</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Throughout his Senate career, Brownback's principal campaign donors were the politically influential libertarian Koch brothers of Kansas, and their enterprises, including Kansas-based Koch Industries—and Brownback was one of the candidates most-heavily funded by the Kochs' campaign donations. Over the course of his political career, they donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to his campaigns.[40][61][41][98][79]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brownback's signature tax and regulatory policies coincides tightly with the Kochs' position on those issues.[40][61] It was crafted with the assistance of the Koch-backed American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and Brownback's first Budget Director, Steve Anderson. Anderson was a former Koch employee who previously worked at the Koch's principal political organization, the libertarian think-tank Americans for Prosperity (AFP), developing a "model budget" for Kansas, until his appointment as Brownback's first budget director. Anderson remained Brownback's budget director for three years, before returning to a Koch-linked think tank, the <b>Kansas Policy Institute.</b>[100][101][41]</font></span></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brownback also hired the wife of a Koch-enterprise executive as his spokesperson.[79]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brownback, however, has denied that the Kochs have an undue influence in Kansas government,[40] and analysts have noted key differences between Brownback and the Kochs in two of Brownback's main gubernatorial policy areas:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">social issues: (on abortion, Brownback is pro-life, the Kochs pro-choice; Brownback opposes various LGBT rights, the libertarian Kochs accept them);[40][41] and</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">renewable energy standards for Kansas, which promote renewable energy (supported by Brownback; opposed by the Kochs, whose chief business is the fossil-fuel industry).[40][41]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Personal life</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Stauffer Communications until its sale in 1995.[263] They have five children: Abby, Andy, Elizabeth, Mark, and Jenna. Two of their children are adopted.[264] A former evangelical Christian, Brownback converted to Catholicism[98] in 2002 and is associated with the conservative denominational organization, Opus Dei,[265] but still sometimes attends an evangelical church with his family.[266]</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">~ union</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/contents/osakacu/kiyo/DBb1140403.pdf">https://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/contents/osakacu/kiyo/DBb1140403.pdf</a></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">sw</font></div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; line-height: 19.2px;"><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The&nbsp;<b>Kansas Policy Institute</b>&nbsp;(KPI) is a "free market" think tank, one of many listed as members of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">State Policy Network</a>&nbsp;(SPN). Both KPI and SPN are members of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a>&nbsp;(ALEC). KPI founded&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Reporter" title="Kansas Reporter" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Kansas Reporter</a>, now an affiliate of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Ties_to_ALEC"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ties to ALEC</font></span></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">KPI's president, Dave Trabert, is a member of ALEC's&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tax_and_Fiscal_Policy_Task_Force" title="Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barry_Poulson" title="Barry Poulson" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Barry Poulson</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jonathan_Williams" title="Jonathan Williams" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Jonathan Williams</a>, Adjunct Fiscal Policy Fellows at KPI, are also associated with the same ALEC task force -- Poulson as an advisor and Williams on staff as the task force director.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Please see&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Ties_to_ALEC" title="SPN Ties to ALEC" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">SPN Ties to ALEC</a>&nbsp;for more.</font></p><table style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(201, 215, 240);"><tbody><tr><th style="background-color: rgb(41, 102, 184); border: 1px solid rgb(64, 127, 212); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">About ALEC</font></th></tr><tr><td><div style="padding: 2px 5px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC" title="ALEC" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">ALEC</a>&nbsp;is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alecexposed.org/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">ALECexposed.org</a>, and check out breaking news on our&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">PRWatch.org site</a>.</font></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Ties_to_the_Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ties to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</font></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Kansas Policy Institute founded the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Reporter" title="Kansas Reporter" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Kansas Reporter</a>, an online state news website featuring "investigative journalists" funded by the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;The Kansas Policy Institute hosts writers from the ALEC-connected&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, which screens potential reporters on their “free market” views as part of the job application process.</span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;The Franklin Center funds reporters in over 40 states.</span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Despite their non-partisan description, many of the websites funded by the Franklin Center have received criticism for their conservative bias.</span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;On its website, the Franklin Center claims it "provides 10 percent of all daily reporting from state capitals nationwide."</span><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Franklin_Center_Funding"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Franklin Center Funding</font></span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Franklin Center Director of Communications Michael Moroney told the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) in 2013 that the source of the Franklin Center's funding "is 100 percent anonymous." But 95 percent of its 2011 funding came from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust" title="DonorsTrust" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">DonorsTrust</a>, a spin-off of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philanthropy_Roundtable" title="Philanthropy Roundtable" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Philanthropy Roundtable</a></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;that functions as a large "donor-advised fund," cloaking the identity of donors to right-wing causes across the country (CPI did a review of Franklin's Internal Revenue Service records).</span><sup id="cite_ref-Abowd_9-0" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-Abowd-9" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;</span><i style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mother Jones</i><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;called DonorsTrust "the dark-money ATM of the conservative movement" in a February 2013 article.</span><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[11]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Franklin received DonorTrust's second-largest donation in 2011.</span><sup id="cite_ref-Abowd_9-1" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-Abowd-9" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Franklin Center also receives funding from the Wisconsin-based&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lynde_and_Harry_Bradley_Foundation" title="Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a></sup>&nbsp;a conservative grant-making organization.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Franklin Center was launched by the Chicago-based&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sam_Adams_Alliance" title="Sam Adams Alliance" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Sam Adams Alliance</a>&nbsp;(SAM),<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a></sup>&nbsp;a 501(c)(3) devoted to pushing free-market ideals. SAM gets funding from the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">State Policy Network</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[15]</a></sup>&nbsp;which is partially funded by The Claude R. Lambe Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a></sup>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charles_Koch" title="Charles Koch" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Charles Koch</a>, one of the billionaire brothers who co-own Koch Industries, sits on the board of this foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[17]</a></sup>&nbsp;SAM also receives funding from the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rodney_Fund" title="Rodney Fund" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Rodney Fund</a>.</font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Ties_to_Donors_Trust"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ties to Donors Trust</font></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">KPI received $534,500 from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Donors_Trust" title="Donors Trust" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Donors Trust</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Donors_Capital_Fund" title="Donors Capital Fund" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Donors Capital Fund</a>&nbsp;from 2009-2011. KPI co-published the debunked Beacon Hill Institute&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kansaspolicy.org/researchcenters/budgetandspending/budgetandspendingstudies/d95311.aspx?type=view" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">report</a>&nbsp;that <b>ALEC has used for its clean energy standard repeal in Kansas</b>.</span><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[18]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="History"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">History</font></span></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">KPI was founded in 1996 as the Kansas Public Policy Institute and was later called the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy before receiving its current name. Kansas' Flint Hills also lent their name to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_brothers" title="Koch brothers" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Koch brothers</a>'&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Flint_Hills_Resources" title="Flint Hills Resources" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Flint Hills Resources</a>, a subsidiary of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Industries" title="Koch Industries" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Koch Industries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[19]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Peronnel"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Peronnel</font></span></h2><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Board_of_Trustees"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Board of Trustees</font></span></h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaauaaaancamaaabw4ls6aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaaazqtfrfafkm="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM" qiuk9qaaaaj0uk5t="QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T" wdltzbkaaaagkleqvr42mjgbaegokggbjbgbxbxsbqaaamachwald5r8ygaaaaasuvork5cyii=");" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">George Pearson, Board Chair</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David Gibson, Vice Chairperson</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Martin K. Eby Jr.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kent Garlinghouse</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Phyllis Nolan</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Robert L. Smith, Jr.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nestor Weigand<sup id="cite_ref-KPI_Board_19-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-KPI_Board-19" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[20]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Officers"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Officers</font></span></h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaauaaaancamaaabw4ls6aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaaazqtfrfafkm="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM" qiuk9qaaaaj0uk5t="QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T" wdltzbkaaaagkleqvr42mjgbaegokggbjbgbxbxsbqaaamachwald5r8ygaaaaasuvork5cyii=");" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dave Trabert, President</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Robert Young, Secretary & Treasurer<sup id="cite_ref-KPI_Board_19-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_note-KPI_Board-19" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[20]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contact</font></span></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">250 N. Water, Suite 216
Wichita KS, 67202
Phone: (316) 634-0218
Email: information@kansaspolicy.org
Website:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.kansaspolicy.org/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">http://www.kansaspolicy.org</a></font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; 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Mashey,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/fake2.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2</a>,&nbsp;<i>DeSmog Blog</i>&nbsp;report, updated October 23, 2012, p. 74.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Andy Kroll,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/state-policy-network-union-bargaining" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions</a>,&nbsp;<i>Mother Jones</i>, April 25, 2011.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Guidestar,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/ReportOrganization.aspx?ein=57-0952531" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">State Policy Network</a>, IRS filings and other organizational information about SPN.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Center for Policy Alternatives,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecwatch.org/cpabrochure.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">ALEC and the Extreme Right-Wing Agenda</a>, organizational brochure about ALEC and SPN.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John J. 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background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">State Policy Network</a>, online resource listing grants to SPN and SPN's connections to other groups.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/People_for_the_American_Way" title="People for the American Way" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">People for the American Way</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/state-policy-network" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">State Policy Network</a>,&nbsp;<i>RightWingWatch.org</i>, organizational resource.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greenpeace" title="Greenpeace" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Greenpeace</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/state-policy-network-spn/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group: State Policy Network (SPN)</a>, organizational resource.</font></li></ul><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="References"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">References</font></span></h3><ol class="references" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-0" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Gene Meyer,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://statehousenewsonline.com/2012/01/18/few-educational-options-drive-school-choice-debate-in-ks/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Few educational options drive school choice debate in KS</a>,&nbsp;<i>Statehouse News Online</i>&nbsp;(<i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Reporter" title="Kansas Reporter" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Kansas Reporter</a></i>), publication of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a>, January 18, 2012</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Kansas Policy Institute,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kansaspolicy.org/AboutUs/Staff/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">About Us: Staff</a>, organizational website, accessed September 2012</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Kansas Policy Institute,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kansaspolicy.org/AboutUs/Scholars/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">About Us: Scholars</a>, organizational website, accessed September 2012</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/e/e4/Franklin_Center_Statehouse_News_Bureaus.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Statehouse News Bureaus</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Source Watch</a>, accessed March 23, 2012</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Franklin Center,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://franklincenterhq.org/2376/think-tank-journalism-the-future-of-investigative-reporting/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Franklin Affiliates in Your State</a>, organizational website, accessed October 2012.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.franklincenterhq.org/2376/think-tank-journalism-the-future-of-investigative-reporting/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Think tank Journalism: The Future of Investigative Journalism</a>, organizational website, accessed August 19, 2011.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Rebekah Metzler,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/watchdog-website-puts-a-new-spin-on-politics_2010-10-02.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Watchdog" website puts a new spin on politics</a>,&nbsp;<i>The Portland Press Herald</i>, October 2, 2010.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Allison Kilkenny,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.truth-out.org/koch-spider-web/1312231636" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">The Koch Spider Web</a>,&nbsp;<i>Truthout</i>, accessed August 19, 2011.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Sara Jerving,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Franklin Center: Right-Wing Funds State News Source</a>,&nbsp;<i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">PRWatch.org</a></i>, October 27, 2011.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-Abowd-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">↑&nbsp;<sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-Abowd_9-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">10.0</a></sup>&nbsp;<sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-Abowd_9-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">10.1</a></sup>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/14/12181/donors-use-charity-push-free-market-policies-states" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states</a>, organizational report, February 14, 2013.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-10" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Andy Kroll,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/donors-trust-donor-capital-fund-dark-money-koch-bradley-devos" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Exposed: The Dark-Money ATM of the Conservative Movement</a>,&nbsp;<i>Mother Jones</i>, February 5, 2013.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-11" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Daniel Bice,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/127259723.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Franklin Center boss wants apology from Democratic staffer</a>,&nbsp;<i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i>, August 8, 2011.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">The Bradley Foundation.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bradleyfdn.org/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">The Bradley Foundation</a>. Organizational website. Accessed August 19, 2011.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-13" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Sam Adams Alliance.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.samadamsalliance.org/media/5148/sam_adams_alliance_media_kit.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaae5jrefuef5lykekgdambdf="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF" es="Es" qkiosicburxizjoozohmwex6gwmkcei="QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI" oqc2c1fnvnf2ejlqyu0tlk2njy6f="Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f" l8v12ti7uhffgdj19b58ewxuqkaaaaabjru5erkjggg="=" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Sam Adams Alliance Media Kit</a>. Organizational PDF. Accessed August 19, 2011.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-14" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Media Matters Action Network.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Sam_Adams_Alliance/funders" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Sam Adams Alliance</a>. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Media Matters Action Network.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/State_Policy_Network/funders" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">State Policy Network</a>. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-16" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Media Matters Action Network.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Claude_R_Lambe_Charitable_Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation</a>. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-17" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Connor Gibson,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationofchange.org/koch-brothers-continue-state-state-attempts-stifle-growth-renewable-energy-1363529460" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"Koch Brothers Continue State-by-State Attempts to Stifle Growth of Renewable Energy,"</a>&nbsp;Nation of Change, March 17, 2013.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-18" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Kansas Policy Institute,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kansaspolicy.org/AboutUs/History/default.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">About Us: History</a>, organizational website, accessed September 2012</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-KPI_Board-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">↑&nbsp;<sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-KPI_Board_19-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">20.0</a></sup>&nbsp;<sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-KPI_Board_19-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">20.1</a></sup>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Kansas Policy Institute,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kansaspolicy.org/AboutUs/BoardofTrustees/default.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">About Us: Board of Trustees</a>, organizational website, accessed September 2012</span></font></li></ol><table style="background-color: rgb(255, 250, 205); 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</font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Martin K. Eby, Jr. - Wichita</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Eby-Headshot---WEB.png Mr. Eby is the past president and chief executive officer of Martin K. Eby Construction Co., one of Kansas' oldest and largest construction firms. A life-long Kansan, Mr. Eby attended Wichita public schools and graduated from Kansas State Universsity in 1956 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He married his wife Melodee in 1955 and together they have three children and 12 grandchildren. He has also served on the Board of numerous organizations including AT&T Communications Inc., Intrust Bank, Southwest Federal Savings and Loan, United Savings and Loans, YMCA, Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas, Students in Free Enterprise, Kansas Economic Education Foundation, United Way, his church, and many others.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kent Garlinghouse - Topeka</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Garlinghouse-Headshot---WEB.png Mr. Garlinghouse is Chairman of M-C Industries, Inc., a Topeka-based manufacturer with plants in three states. He has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and chaired Topeka Collegiate School, Heritage Bank, St. Francis Health Center, and Kansas Children’s Discovery Center. Mr. Garlinghouse and his wife Susan, have five children and 11 grandchildren. He and his wife founded Topeka Collegiate School in 1982; at the time it was only the second independent school in Kansas. Mr. Garlinghouse graduated from Wesleyan University (Connecticut), and received an MBA from Harvard.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David Gibson, Vice Chairperson - Mission Hills</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Gibson-Headshot---WEB.png Mr. Gibson has been a member of the Kansas City Board of Trade for over forty years where he has served as Chairman and as a member of the Board of Directors several times. He is also a former member of the Chicago Board of Trade. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Grain and Feed Association, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the National Grain Trade Council, the Board of Directors of the Future’s Industry Association, the Board of Directors of the Commodity Markets Council, and as a member of the National Future’s Association. He has served as Chairman and as a member of the Board of Directors of The Welcome House in Kansas City, MO. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Saint Luke’s Health System.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Phyllis Nolan - Louisburg</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nolan-Headshot---WEB.png Ms. Nolan brings a career’s worth of business experience and civic leadership to KPI. She served in several executive positions with Hallmark Cards, Inc. until 1997, and subsequently served as the president of a specialty catalog/retail clothing company with production operations in South America and sales operations in the United States and Europe. These experiences allowed Ms. Nolan to witness firsthand how government bureaucracies erect hurdles and prevent entrepreneurs from creating value for their customers. Ms. Nolan brings a strong passion for education as well and served as the Project Director for the Teacher Development Coalition at the University of Kansas and the board chair of the Kansas Board of Regents. She is involved with many other civic and women’s organizations and received her MBA from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">George Pearson, Board Chair - Wichita</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pearson-Headshot---WEB.png Mr. Pearson worked for nearly three decades for the Koch family as manager of various Koch Foundations and for Koch Industries in various corporate positions including Director of Public Affairs. In addition to KPI, he has served as an officer or director of state and national think tanks including the <b>Institute for Humane Studies and the Cato </b>Institute. He has also served on the Boards of numerous Wichita non-profit organizations including the Salvation Army Advisory Council, the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce and Goodwill Industries. He is involved in real estate development and investment as an individual investor and as a principal in Industrial Development Investors, LLC.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Robert L. Smith, Jr. - Mission Hills</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Smith-Headshot---WEB.png Mr. Smith is a co-founder of C3 Capital, LLC, &nbsp;a Kansas City based private equity firm which manages three funds totaling $450 million. &nbsp; C3 focuses on investing in small businesses throughout the U.S. and has invested in over 50 businesses since its founding in 2002. &nbsp;Prior to co-founding C3 Capital, &nbsp;he worked in a variety of positions at<b> Koch Industries,</b> Inc. over the course of 14 years. &nbsp;Mr. Smith has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Kansas and an MBA from the<b> University of Chicago.</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nestor Weigand - Eastborough</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Weigand-Headshot---WEB.png Mr. Weigand is CEO and Chairman of the Board of J.P. Weigand & Sons, Inc.; a Wichita-based real estate firm he joined in 1961, after retiring from the U.S. Army where he would attain the rank of Captain. He has served as the president of both the Wichita Area Association of Realtors and the Kansas Association of Realtors. Beyond the state level, Mr. Weigand has been a director of the National Association of Realtors since 1978 and is active with the International Real Estate Federation, of which he was the president in 2000-2001. He is also active in his community having served in leadership positions with the Institute of Logopedics (Heartspring), the Kansas Health Foundation, the Kansas Highway Commission, and the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce. He is presently the chairman of Wesley Medical Center and a director of Regal Entertainment. Mr. Weigand earned his BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dave Trabert, President</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dave Trabert is President of Kansas Policy Institute. He is a frequent speaker to &nbsp;business, legislative and civic groups and also does research and writes on fiscal policy and education issues. He is the author of “Kansas County Budget Analysis – In Search of Efficient Government," "Volume III: Analysis of K-12 Spending in Kansas,” a primer on K-12 finance, and most recently<b> "Removing Barriers to Better Public Education.</b>" Trabert regularly testifies before Kansas House and Senate committees on state budget, tax and education issues. He also serves on the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force for the American Legislative Exchange Council and is a member of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's Speakers Bureau. He graduated cum laude from West Liberty State College with a degree in Business Administration.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">James Franko, Vice President</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In addition to his role as vice president, James serves as KPI's policy director. In this role he is responsible for much of the organization's outreach, policy analysis, and communications efforts.<b> James brings experience from across the free-market movement including time on Capitol Hill and with the National Center for Policy Analysis, a Dallas based think tank. While on Capitol Hill, he handled a variety of policy issues and spent time as a staff member within the Kansas delegation. James has published opinion pieces in such places as The DailyCaller and the Washington Times as well as policy briefs while working for the National Center for Policy Analysis</b>. A Kansas native and Wildcat, James was raised in Stilwell and graduated from Kansas State University in 2005. At K-State, James received his Bachelor of Business Administration while dual majoring in marketing and entrepreneurship and earning a minor in economics.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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Among other widely published work, he is the author of the nation's first practical guide to establishing MSAs and the co-author of a market-based guide to reforming Medicaid.&nbsp;</span><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><strong style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jagadeesh Gokhale, Ph. D.,</strong><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;is an Adjunct Health Policy Fellow with Kansas Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow at Cato Institute. He is recognized internationally as an expert on entitlement reform, labor productivity and compensation, U.S. fiscal policy and the impact of fiscal policy on future generations. He works with Cato's Project on Social Security Choice, has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Treasury, and was a visiting scholar with the<b> American Enterprise Institute</b> in 2003. Gokhale was also a senior economic adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from 1990 to 2003. He has been widely published including in several top-tier economics journals such as the</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">American Economic Review</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Journal of Economic Perspectives</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Quarterly Journal of Economics</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Review of Economics and Statistics</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, and in publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. He is also the author of two books,&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fiscal and Generational Imbalances: New Budget Measures for New Budget Priorities</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Social Security: A Fresh Look at Policy Alternatives</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Gokhale holds a Ph.D. in economics from Boston University and is currently a member of the Social Security Advisory Board.&nbsp;</span><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><strong style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">John R. LaPlante</strong><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;is an Education Policy Fellow with the Kansas Policy Institute. He has a Masters of Art in Political Science from The Ohio State University, where he studied the politics of economic development, social movements, and international relations. Mr. LaPlante has worked in the field of public policy since 1998, assisting lawmakers across the country in promoting consumer-driven, cost-effective solutions to the public issues of the day, particularly in regards to education. His commentaries have been widely published online and in publications such as the&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Wichita Eagle</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, the&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Minneapolis Star-Tribune</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, the&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Detroit News</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,&nbsp;and the&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Salina Journal</em><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.&nbsp;</span><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></font><p style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong>John Merrifield, Ph.D.,&nbsp;</strong>an Education Policy Fellow at KPI, is a member of the economics faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio, a position he has held since 1987, the Editor of the Journal of School Choice, and Director of the E.G. West Institute for Effective Schooling. He has published<b> The School Choice Wars, </b>School Choices, Parental Choice as an Education Reform Catalyst: Global Lessons, 45 peer-reviewed journal articles, and several chapters in edited books in his primary teaching and research fields of Education Economics, Urban and Regional Economics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, and Public Finance.&nbsp; Merrifield received a B.S. in Natural Resource Management from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1977, a M.A. in Economic Geography from the University of Illinois in 1979, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wyoming in 1984.</font></p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Barry W. Poulson, Ph.D.,</strong><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;an Adjunct Fiscal Policy Fellow at KPI, is a professor (retired) at the University of Colorado – Boulder and is the past president of the North American Economics and Finance Association. Additionally, he has served as a visiting professor at universities around the world including the University of North Carolina, Cambridge University in England, and Konan University in Japan. Beyond academia, Dr. Poulson has served in advisory roles to government and elected officials as a member of the Colorado Tax Commission, Vice Chair of the State Treasurer’s Advisory Group on Constitutional Amendments, and a member of the Commission to Strengthen and Secure the Public Employees Retirement Association. Dr. Poulson also serves in scholarly roles with Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, the Independence Institute, and the American Legislative Exchange Council. He is the author of numerous books and articles on a variety of economic topics and his “Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights” model legislation has been considered by many different state legislative bodies.&nbsp;</span><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><strong style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stephen Moses</strong><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;is an Adjunct Scholar for Kansas Policy Institute and is President of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Inc. in Seattle, Washington. Previously, he was Director of Research for LTC, Inc., a Medicaid State Representative for the Health Care Financing Administration, and a Senior Analyst for the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Moses publishes and speaks throughout the United States on public versus private financing of long-term care and related issues and is widely recognized as an expert and innovator in the field of long-term care.&nbsp;</span><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><strong style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Richard B. Warner</strong><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;is senior advisor on Health Policy to Kansas Policy Institute. A native Kansan, Dr. Warner is a psychiatrist in private practice in Overland Park, Kansas. He is vice-president of the Kansas Medical Society, and past president of the Medical Society of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties (MSJWC). Over the past five years Dr. Warner has contributed a number of articles to the publications of the MSJWC and the Kansas Medical Society on policies that would preserve the patient-doctor relationship and enhance individuals’ control over their own health care.&nbsp;</span><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><br style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><strong style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jonathan Williams</strong><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;is an adjunct Fiscal Policy Fellow and the director of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), where he works with state legislators and the private sector to develop free-market fiscal policy solutions in the states. Prior to joining ALEC, Jonathan served as staff economist at the non-partisan Tax Foundation, authoring numerous tax policy studies. His work has been featured in many publications including </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes and Investor’s Business Daily<b style="">. With Dr. Arthur Laffer and Steve Moore, </b>Williams co-authored&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18px;">Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer Economic Competitiveness Index</em><span style="line-height: 18px;">. </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jonathan has been a contributing author to the Reason Foundation’s Annual Privatization Report and has written for the Ash Institute at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. A Mid-Michigan native, Williams graduated magna cum laude from Northwood University in Midland, Mich., majoring in economics, banking/finance, and business management. While at Northwood, he was the recipient of the prestigious Ludwig von Mises Award in Economics.&nbsp;</span></font></div></div>