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 ...

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Lobbying was a nearly $17 million business in Rhode Island last year, with over 620 registered lobbyists active in the state.

Health interests aggressively vied for the state’s attention over several high-profile issues and spent tens of millions of dollars on lobbyists to get it. Companies and wealthy individuals spent a ...

In recent decades, states and localities have implemented increasingly complex lobbying laws that sometimes require groups to disclose their donors or members when registering to lobby. Unfortunately, ...

How special interests make their mark on Maryland politics and governing can be difficult to track. Companies, trade groups and nonprofits hire high-priced lobbyists to testify at public hearings and ...

The Lee County School Board approved a $180,000 contract with Ballard Partners for federal lobbying services. Some residents expressed concerns about potential conflicts of interest due to Ballard ...

Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated Columbia University’s lobbying expenditures after contracted lobbying firms misfiled its expenses. The nation’s top schools have ramped up ...

In Annapolis this year, lobbyists, companies and special interest groups spent nearly $1 million treating Maryland lawmakers to dinner at some of the city’s most expensive restaurants.

If you are following how climate issues in Europe and the US are unfolding—think about the US Endangerment Findings being rescinded and the EUDR postponed for another year—you might, like me, be ...

Lobbying groups spent more than half a billion dollars to influence the state government in 2024, the most ever, according to a CalMatters analysis of data recently filed with the secretary of state.