Through thick, thin, and even a pandemic that virtually shut down legislating last year, Rhode Islanders stuck by their lobbyists.
Ocean State companies and organizations spent $12.4 million in lobbying fees in 2020, according to a summary of reports filed with Secretary of State
Nellie Gorbea s office.
That s around $100,000 more than state-registered lobbyists collected in 2019, despite being mostly exiled from the State House last March and told that almost no new policies would pass.
Good work if you can get it. And maybe not as surprising as it may seem.
After all, since the virus struck and Congress stepped in with more than a billion dollars in help, the importance of public-sector spending is more important to business success than before.
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NRA Must Face New York Fraud Lawsuit Seeking to Dissolve It
Bloomberg 1/21/2021 Erik Larson
(Bloomberg) The National Rifle Association was ordered to face a fraud lawsuit New York filed to dissolve the gun rights group for allegedly ripping off donors, even as the NRA pursues protection from creditors in bankruptcy court.
A New York judge on Thursday denied the NRA’s request to dismiss the suit by New York Attorney General Letitia James after saying last week’s bankruptcy filing was unlikely to derail the case. The judge said that since it’s in state court, he felt free to proceed with the hearing. Federal judges usually place a hold on litigation against debtors to give them breathing room to reorganize.