Though it largely flies under the radar, lobbying efforts to sway executive branch decisions are an important, lucrative and growing aspect of Frankfort. Lobbyists collected around $9.5 million over ...

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 ...

During the 2025 legislative session, which wraps up Sunday, lobbyists crowded outside the wings of the state House and Senate in Olympia. They chilled under blossoming cherry trees by the Territorial ...

Charitable organizations often find themselves in the precarious position of determining the difference between lobbying, education and advocacy. This issue revolves primarily around the determination ...

I’m old enough to remember when corporate lobbyists swarmed Capitol Hill. I also remember when half the members of Congress who retired got lucrative lobbying jobs taking their old chums out for meals ...

I’m old enough to remember when corporate lobbyists swarmed Capitol Hill. I also remember when half the members of Congress who retired got lucrative lobbying jobs taking their old chums out for meals ...

Momentum to eliminate government waste is sweeping the nation — from Washington’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to parallel initiatives in Texas. In that spirit, we recently met to ...

Michigan should shut off the Legislature-to-lobbyist pipeline, but perhaps not as tightly as a new bill seeks. Bipartisan legislation passed by the state House aims to reduce the potential for ...

I’m old enough to remember when corporate lobbyists swarmed Capitol Hill. I also remember when half the members of Congress who retired got lucrative lobbying jobs taking their old chums out for meals ...