Spending to lobby Kentucky lawmakers hits a new record of more than $24 million in 2024
By Tom Loftus Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT – Health industry groups, business organizations and electric utilities helped drive spending on lobbying…
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Legislative Ethics Commission reports KY lobbying hits record $12.4 million in first four months of 2024
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Kentucky lobbying spending for the first four months of 2024 hit a record of $12,421,079,…
Legislative Branch Ethics Commission data shows KY Lobbyists spent record amount in January
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Spending by Kentucky lobbying interests before the General Assembly for January 2024 hit an all-time…
Spending to lobby Kentucky legislature hit all-time high in 2023, spurred by gambling bills
By Tom Loftus Kentucky Lantern Gambling interests drove lobbying spending in Frankfort to a record level in 2023. More than…
Legislative Ethics Commission reports lobbyists spent record amount during 2023 General Assembly
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Final figures for the 2023 General Assembly were released on Tuesday by the Kentucky Legislative…
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission reports lobbyists spent record $24 million in 2022
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Spending by lobbyists on members of the Kentucky General Assembly and their staff members hit…
Record $24-plus million spent on lobbying the Kentucky General Assembly in 2022
By Tom Loftus Kentucky Lantern A record amount of nearly $24.2 million was spent lobbying the Kentucky General Assembly in…
Lobbyists set new record of $11.13 million for money spent in this year’s Kentucky General Assembly
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today After COVID-19 led to a lower spending total for the previous even-year legislative session in…
Lobbying spending for the 2021 General Assembly short session is eclipsed only by 2019 record
The state Legislative Ethics Commission reports that total lobbying spending for the 2021 General Assembly Regular Session, $9 million, nearly…
Lobbying in state legislature’s short (30-day) session in 2019 set new record at $22.2m ($740k-plus a day)
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today It was a record year for lobbying expenses during a 30-day session year, totaling $22.2…
Most new laws (total: 198) passed during last legislative session go into effect June 27
Most new laws approved during the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2019 session will go into effect on June 27. That means…
KY Legislative Ethics Commission reports lobbying spending at all-time high for odd-year session
Although the General Assembly met for only four days in January to begin the 2019 session, lobbying spending hit $2.2…
Spending by lobbyists in last year’s legislative session hit all-time $23.1 million high
Kentucky lobbying spending hit an all-time high of $23.1 million last year, blasting past the previous high of $20.8 million…
With final spending numbers in, lobbying hits all-time high for 2018 General Assembly session
The final lobbying spending numbers for the 2018 General Assembly are in, and spending hit an all-time high of $10.67…
EKU student Rachel Knoebel of Florence lobbied in D.C. for single-gender organizations, students’ rights
An Eastern Kentucky University senior was one of two Alpha Omicron Pi representatives to lobby in Washington, D.C., recently on…
50-cent cigarette-tax hike largest ever in Ky but advocates say it won’t cut smoking; no tax on e-cigs
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As part of a larger tax bill, the Kentucky General Assembly voted April 2…
Lobbying spending reaches record high $2.6 million in first half of Kentucky legislative session
Immediately following a year of record lobbying spending, Kentucky businesses and organizations spent an all-time high of $2.6 million on…
2017 will set a record for lobbying the General Assembly in odd-numbered year, exceeding $20m
Kentucky lobbying spending for 2017 will surpass $20 million, an all-time record for spending on lobbying the General Assembly in…
Lobby spending exceeded $6.9 million during 2017 session; money total matches record set in 2015
Lobbyists and their employers reported spending $6.98 million in the 2017 session of the General Assembly. The total matches the…
Ethics Reporter: Spending on legislative lobbying reaches all-time high of $9.53 million
The final numbers for the 2016 General Assembly are in, and lobbying spending hit an all-time high of $9.53 million,…
Legislative Ethics Commission says spending on lobbying during legislative session may set a record
Businesses, organizations, and legislative agents spent $7.5 million lobbying in the first three months of the 2016 General Assembly, and…
Ethics Reporter: Nearly 700 outlets lobbying General Assembly during first month, spending $2.3 million
A total of 658 businesses and organizations were registered to lobby in the first month of the 2016 General Assembly…
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