A Texas elected official is making news with his blog post about a lobbyist “training day.” From the article: Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, said today he only blogs what he hears and wasn’t intending last week to suggest that he might lead lawmakers in a bipartisan “rolling” of or “training day” for a […]
Day: March 16, 2009
Following the State Money
Edwin Bender of the National Institute on Money in State Politics writes this article on the need to promote standardized campaign finance and lobbyist data reporting in the states. The lack of uniform disclosure for the 50 states is a failure by design. Fragmented campaign-finance reporting means it’s more difficult for people to follow the […]
Labor, Lobbying, and Law Enforcement
MSNBC reports from Olympia: A criminal investigation is under way and a powerful labor group has lost a major legislative fight because a lobbyist wrote lawmakers threatening to cut contributions to Democrats until a worker rights bill becomes law. … It is unclear what laws this e-mail might violate. Lobbyist behavior is an area watched […]