Top 10 stories that the media missed or ignored in 2015-2016.
Lobbying
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Anti-casino group second in lobbying spending
In the first half of 2014, the No More Casinos Coalition was second only to New York State United Teachers in what it spent on lobbying. The coalition, which was formed by Western Regional Off-Track Betting and Finger Lakes Gaming and Racing, spent $24,000 on compensation for lobbyists and approximately $1.4 million on lobbying expenses, […]
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Buying power
A new report from the New York Public Interest Research Group says that state legislators representing the Rochester region relied heavily on campaign donations from lobbying and special interest groups in 2012. | The report says the 18 legislators representing counties in the Rochester region brought in $2.1 million from lobbying firms and their clients, […]
