FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota State University is launching a new research institute that will focus on global innovation, trade and economic growth.

East Carolina (10-18, 3-13) vs. Wichita State (15-13, 8-8)

Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: East Carolina seeks revenge on Wichita State after...

Connecticut (13-14, 4-10) vs. Wichita State (13-13, 6-8)

Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Wichita State looks to extend Connecticut's conference...

Memphis (16-11, 8-6) vs. Wichita State (13-12, 6-7)

Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Memphis goes for the season sweep over Wichita State after...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The family of conservative billionaire Charles Koch isn't pushing for property damage charges against a man who's accused of driving through the private gate of a home last month and ramming an officer's patrol car.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Officials with the powerful political network led by conservative billionaire Charles Koch said Monday that they are promoting a state-level education strategy that...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — A record-breaking number of wealthy donors have gathered at conservative billionaire industrialist Charles Koch's private weekend retreat, where leaders of the powerful political network have taken a decidedly different, more politically muted tone than in years past.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two men were arrested after their car intentionally rammed a police car at the home of a member of the Charles Koch family.

The Wichita Eagle reports the incident happened Tuesday night at the home of Chase Koch, son of Wichita billionaire Charles Koch.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota conservative group plans to push lawmakers to fulfill a law calling for tax cuts after the state's U.S. Supreme Court victory this year clearing the way for major new online sales tax revenues.

But Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota has a backup plan if officials don't deliver: let voters decide in the 2020 election.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative group that's part of the network run by Kansas billionaire Charles Koch is spending another $1.5 million to help Gov. Scott Walker win re-election.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative group that's part of the network run by Kansas billionaire Charles Koch is dropping another $1.3 million in the Wisconsin governor's race.

Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin announced Friday it was launching a second ad targeting Tony Evers. It comes after the group spent $1.8 million on an ad in August.

Evers faces Republican Gov. Scott Walker in the November election.

NEW YORK (AP) — The political network created by the billionaire Koch brothers announced plans to support eight House Republicans on Thursday, pledging financial resources and activists to help re-elect several vulnerable congressmen deemed "principled" conservatives.

The first wave of endorsements includes a handful of sometime-critics of President Donald Trump, particularly on immigration and spending.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two groups that are part of the network run by conservative Kansas billionaire Charles Koch unleashed $1.6 million in new ads attacking Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Wednesday, raising spending in a race that's already one of the most expensive in the country.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A new Wichita private school financed by members of the Koch family is preparing to open its doors to preschool and elementary-age children this fall.

Wonder, a private pre-K-through-12th-grade school on the Wichita State University campus, will open Sept. 4 with 39 students, the Wichita Eagle reported. The school is funded by Chase and Annie Koch, the son and daughter-in-law of Koch Industries chief Charles Koch.

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University's trustees have voted to remove the name of alumnus and Papa John's founder John Schnatter from a business institute because of his use of a racial slur.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch warned Sunday that Trump administration trade policies could trigger a recession.

The conservative activist lashed out at the Republican president's brewing international trade war as hundreds of donors gathered for a private retreat in the Colorado mountains.

Koch told reporters during a rare question-and-answer session that "protectionism at any level" is "detrimental."

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire conservative icon David Koch is stepping down from the Koch brothers' network of business and political activities.

The 78-year-old New York resident is suffering from deteriorating health, according to a letter that older brother Charles Koch sent to company officials Tuesday morning.

Charles Koch wrote that he is "deeply saddened" by his brother's retirement. "David has always been a fighter and is dealing with this challenge in the same way," he wrote.

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The conservative Charles Koch Foundation is dramatically increasing its donations to colleges and universities at a time when its philanthropy is facing increasing scrutiny, according to tax records.

The foundation gave nearly $49 million to more than 250 colleges across the U.S. in 2016, according to an Associated Press review of the foundation's most recent tax records. That's a 47 percent increase over 2015.

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The faculty senate at Virginia's largest university passed a resolution Friday calling for a moratorium on certain kinds of donor agreements in the wake of revelations that the school gave the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars.

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The faculty senate at Virginia's largest university has formally asked the school to disclose donor agreements after revelations that some gift arrangements gave the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of some professors.

The senate at George Mason University has for years been debating academic independence and raising questions about the school's relationship with the foundation, which donates millions of dollars annually to George Mason.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations, according to newly released documents.

The release of donor agreements between George Mason University and the foundation follows years of denials by university administrators that Koch foundation donations inhibit academic freedom.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University faculty members have voted against establishing an economic research center funded by a five-year grant from the Charles Koch Foundation.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A judge is weighing whether to force a Virginia university's philanthropic arm to disclose details of its relationship with the conservative Charles Koch Foundation.

The foundation gives tens of millions of dollars annually to universities all over the country, but no school has received more Koch money than Fairfax-based George Mason University, which has gained a reputation as a conservative powerhouse in law and free-market economic thought.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — The Charles Koch Foundation has donated $5 million to George Mason University's Department of Economics.

The Washington Post reported Thursday the money will go toward helping the department hire for three tenure-track positions.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University has announced the creation of a center to study the societal impacts of the country's drug war.

The Drug Enforcement and Policy Center is being established with a $4.5 million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation.

The center is based in the Ohio State law school and will tap experts from across the university, including the College of Social Work and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State University will use a $3.6 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to create an Institute for the Study of Economic Growth.

University officials say the institute will focus on economic and business research. It will be housed in the Barton School of Business.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group from the University of Utah is raising "serious concerns" about a $10 million donation from the conservative billionaire Koch brothers to help establish an economics institute.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A top Republican lawmaker resigned from the South Dakota Legislature on Tuesday to lead the state's chapter of Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch.

Former House Speaker Pro Tempore Don Haggar will take over as state director of the organization's local chapter, putting him at the helm of a group that has taken on high-profile political fights in South Dakota.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado Springs motorcycle officer who was seriously injured in a crash while escorting Vice President Mike Pence's motorcade is out of the intensive care unit and is "on his way to recovery."

Police say it has been determined that speed and poor road conditions were likely factors in Andrew Holland's crash on Saturday.

LOUISVILLE, KY – Jacob Parker of Idaho State University was congratulated by Mike Rowe, executive producer and television host, at the national SkillsUSA competition today in Louisville, Ky., where he is competing in the aviation maintenance technology contest this week. The SkillsUSA Travel Scholarship, sponsored by the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the Charles Koch Foundation, and Koch Industries, Inc., provided travel accommodations to the 2017 National Leadership and Skills Conference.

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah business school has received two donations totaling $50 million.

The donations were announced at Utah State University's Saturday commencement ceremonies. Reports say that the gift is the largest in USU's history.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — The billionaire industrialist Charles Koch and hair braider Jocelyn DoCouto have at least one thing in common. They are both part of a national movement to deregulate the business of African-style braiding.

DoCouto is pushing for legislation in Rhode Island that would exempt her from the cumbersome and expensive occupational licensing requirements for hairdressers and barbers.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A group of George Mason University students is suing the school and its nonprofit foundation to seek details of grant agreements tied to billionaire donor Charles Koch and others.

The lawsuit filed Thursday in Fairfax County seeks donor records under the state's Freedom of Information Act.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Conservative patriarch Charles Koch and his vast network is vowing to oppose President Donald Trump if and when he deviates from their dedication to "free and open societies."

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Thousands march at airports in support of refugees threatened by President Trump's latest restrictions.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Charles Koch first likened candidate Donald Trump's plan to ban Muslim immigrants to something Adolf Hitler would have done in Nazi Germany.

The billionaire industrialist and his chief lieutenants offered a more delicate response this weekend when asked about President Trump's plan to block immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. They described Trump's plan as "the wrong approach" that violated its dedication to "free and open societies."

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — The conservative Koch network plans to spend between $300 million and $400 million to influence politics and public policy over the next two years, intensifying its nationwide efforts in the initial years of Donald Trump's presidency.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Libertarian think tank The Cato Institute has awarded Maine's governor with its highest grade in its "Fiscal Report Card on America's Governors."

Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, was one of five governors to receive an "A'' grade on fiscal policy, and his mark was the highest of the five. The report is based on the governor's taxing and spending record.

LePage has made budgetary conservatism a focus of his six years as governor.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky's Senate Council has voted against a proposed free enterprise center funded by the Charles Koch Foundation and pizza magnate John Schnatter.

The Lexington Herald-Leader (http://bit.ly/2djXrDZ ) reports that the matter will still move to the full university senate despite the council's 4-3 vote against it.

BOZEMAN — Big money keeps pouring into Montana State University.

In April, Montana republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte signed a gift agreement to donate $8 million toward academics at MSU, most of which is supposed to be earmarked for the computer sciences department. Last week it was announced that the university had received a $5.7 million research grant from the Charles Koch Foundation.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University has announced that two professors have been awarded a $5.7 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation that could be used to create a research center.