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More than 15 line items received a more than 100% boost in this year’s budget, including an upgrade to a website for lobbyists that has reportedly resulted in inaccurate disciplinary action.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: Emails exposed through an ongoing lawsuit give insight to the close relationship between lobbyists for the state’s top-earning casino and a state legislator; a settlement between the State Police and ACLU means officers can no longer stop drivers for immigration enforcement or check immigration status; and North America’s longest-running exhibition of international art, Carnegie International, returns to Pittsburgh.
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Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives is starting to advance a package of bills aimed at lobbyist influence. The bills won passage in the House State Government Committee on Monday and now go to the full House.
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Pennsylvania lobbyists are subject to a new law that requires them to file their disclosure reports electronically.Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday…
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Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration is taking another run at raising the fee for lobbyist registrations.A state panel will consider hiking the lobbyist…
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Greg Vitali has been a state representative for more than 20 years. He saw the rise of the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania mainly through the lens of…
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This week WESA and the Allegheny Front are airing a special series on hydraulic fracturing and state politics – specifically the money spent on lobbying.…
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This week WESA and the Allegheny Front are airing a special series on hydraulic fracturing and state politics – specifically the money spent on lobbying.…
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As the agency that oversees 2.5-million acres of public land in Pennsylvania formed policy on drilling in state forests, the agency's head met frequently…
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Barry Kauffman sees similarities between the oil and gas business and the business of ‘government relations’--lobbying.In fracking, gas companies inject…