The Austin-American Statesman appears to take an immense interest in the dining habits of lobbyists and lawmakers here. With less than two weeks left in the Texas legislative session, lawmakers and Capitol aides are eating in a lot these days, often on the tab of the hundreds of lobbyists trying to pass and kill legislation on […]
Category: Texas
Lobbyist “Training Day”
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 […]
No Notes, Please
In Texas, lobbyists have been banned from “passing notes” in one body of the legislature, according to this report.