Here’s an AP report on the regulation of lobbyist texts to lawmakers. More than half of the legislative chambers in the states restrict the use of electronic devices in some form, including dozens that prohibit the use of cell phones on the floor, according to the National Council of State Legislatures.
Category: California
California’s report on “billion dollar” club
The California Fair Political Practices Commission released a new report, “Big Money Talks, California’s Billion Dollar Club, The 15 Special Interests that Spent $1 Billion to Shape California Government.” (67 page PDF).
Keeping California lawmakers’ travel secret
This AP report discusses why California lawmakers’ travel is being kept off the public record. (Via Alan Silberberg.) California lawmakers charged taxpayers for airfare totaling $2 million over a recent 2 1/2-year period, but the Legislature, citing security concerns, won’t disclose the destinations or produce proof that all the trips were for official state business.