Sentences with phrase «thousands of dollars this year lobbying»
The gaming industry has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars this year lobbying the state's executive and legislative branches, and if recent news is any indication, the investment is paying off.
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In recent years, PRI has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying state officials on legislation related to medical malpractice.
Maple Street Charter School, the for - profit charter school hoping to open in Rochester next year, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a lobbying firm at the center of a rapidly expanding federal investigation into improper influence in Albany.
The amount appears to be more than double the previous record for spending by any lobbying client during these months, a time of year when most political activity is directed toward elections and lobbying campaigns rarely top a few hundred thousand dollars, according to information maintained by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.
Thousands of New York City school teachers contribute small sums ($ 5 top $ 25 dollars) to the UFT's Committee on Political Education fund, which raises about $ 10 million a year for lobbying and protests.