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High-profile federal lobbying scandals tend to obscure state-level lobbying, but influence buying is at least a $1 billion-a-year industry across the 50 states, with more than 1,300 ex-legislators lobbying ranks.

Key Findings:

  • State-level lobbying tends to fade into the shadows of high-profile federal lobbying scandals. But influence buying is at least a $1 billion-a-year industry across the 50 states. The Center for Public Integrity has been tracking state-level lobbying since 2002. This interactive website provides state-by-state facts on the amount lobbyists spent and the ratio of legislators to lobbyists in every state, among other facts.
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