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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You may have heard that Paul Manafort was indicted today, for being a bad man in the Russia way. In the wake of Manafort’s indictment, prominent lobbyist Tony Podesta resigned from the Podesta Group, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Barry Aarons, Arizona's most recognizable lobbyist, shares his 55-year journey in the field, from humble beginnings to shaping state policy.

Like his rivals, Joe Biden is swearing off donations from corporate lobbyists and corporate PACs, according to Politico. But this is hard to reconcile with the news that Biden kicked off his campaign ...

Amid multiple pending federal investigations, fights with a dozen federal agencies, and two high-profile lawsuits, Harvard’s fight with the federal government has been the main focus of attention 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 ...