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Tag: Lobbyist

  • Earmarking: A Necessary Evil

    The influence of Washington’s K Street, home to the offices of D.C.’s most prominent lobbyists, can be seen on Main Streets from Sumner, Washington to Simsbury, Connecticut. From filling potholes to installing water treatment facilities, lobbyists have a growing influence on how cities, counties and states secure funding for infrastructural needs. Unfortunately, with the continuing demonizing of the earmarking process, securing such a provision has become increasingly controversial. Evan Miller of The New Argument reports.   (keep reading…)
  • Release of Clinton documents, Detroit mayorial scandal, Supreme Court discussion on guns, and more

    Notable excerpts of the day on the election, Supreme Court, stocks, energy, corruption, lobbyists, police, Utah’s STDs, and more from all over the country.   (keep reading…)
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