Lobbyists have become a big issue in the political campaigns, as the candidates and the voters show their disdain for special interests that buy government action with piles of campaign cash. In ...

Gary Bass and Rick Cohen have both written in your pages about the impact of the scandal involving the lobbyist Jack Abramoff and suggested ways to reduce wrongdoing by paid lobbyists (“Let’s Change ...

The practice of “committee dinners,” which can cost lobbyists and other special-interest groups as much as nearly $13,500 in ...

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Businesses, interest groups and other power brokers spent a record amount of money to lobby Michigan officials in 2024, evidence that business is good for Lansing’s lobbying corps. The period marked ...

Interest groups and lobbyists spend hundreds of thousands of dollars providing meals, snacks and beverages to members of the General Assembly and other public officials. In 2010, the last full year ...

Political committees, consultants, and lobbyists linked to President Donald Trump made out with millions of dollars in ...

Two Portland-based lobbying firms advocating on behalf of the state’s largest gas utility are also lobbying on behalf of conservation and public health groups and local governments interested in ...

Influencers boost one another’s content, tag diplomats, appear on one another’s Twitter Spaces, and push traffic to Taliban-friendly outlets to shape media narratives for the Taliban. Since the ...

Google, oil companies and utilities helped push California lobbying to a record $540 million in 2024, up 10% from the year before. This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their ...