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The Daily 202: Koch network donors growing nervous about losing their majorities in the midterms

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   Koch network donors growing nervous about losing their majorities in the midterms Charles Koch delivers welcoming remarks on Saturday at his network's seminar in California. (Photo by The Seminar Network)   BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—The daughter of a Nebraska trucking magnate urged a ballroom of deep-pocketed donors gathered here Sunday to reach deeper into those pockets to protect the electoral gains that the Koch network has made in recent years. “This midterm is going to be  hard ,” said Gail Werner-Robertson. “We need everybody to help. We can’t lose the progress that you all have fought so hard for. So I would tell everybody to get ready to fight. Get ready to double down.” Turning to billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, she quipped: “I’m happily helping my dad spend my inheritance and moving much of it your direction.” Werner-Robertson is one of 550 m...

MASSterList: Education history? | Wynn-lose scenario | JOB BOARD MONDAY

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 01/29/2018 Education history? | Wynn-lose scenario | JOB BOARD MONDAY Happening Today   MBTA Control Board, Education commissioner vote, State House leadership meeting   -- Boston Mayor  Martin Walsh  offers remarks at the Catholic School Week Kick-Off, St. Gregory's, 2222 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, 9:30 a.m. -- Massachusetts Tech Collaborative Executive director  Tim Connelly speaks at the Massachusetts TechHUB Caucus State House Innovation Day 2018, with Sen.  Karen Spilka  and Rep.  Ann-Margaret Ferrante  expected to attend, Hall of Flags, 10:30 a.m. -- Sen.  Marc Pacheco  and the  Senate Committee on Global Warming an...