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Texas. In 2017 around $41 million, 11% of all lobbying dollars spent in Texas, were spent by taxpayer-funded entities. In 2020, the City of Austin spent $435,000–$824,000 lobbying other governments for money. The Texas GOP established the abolishment of taxpayer-funded lobbying as a legislative goal for the 2019 legislative session.
This table lists the tax revenue collected from each state, plus the District of Columbia and the territory of Puerto Rico by the IRS in fiscal year 2012, which ran from October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012.
It follows that as state's per capita income rises, its tax receipt also increases. The data between changes in per capita taxes to the national averages in ratio to the changes in the per capita income to the national average has a correlation of .88 (Leonard and Walder, Page 56-57).
The Texas Public Policy Foundation reported spending more than $41,000 on lobbying in Kentucky in 2023, including $16,130 in the last four months of that year and an additional $8,750 in January ...
Of course, what lobbyists were really buying was influence. How much did it cost them? Close to $150,000, according to lobbyist expenditure reports filed with the Secretary of State's Office.
The states are often opposed politically, with California being progressive and generally supporting the Democratic Party, while Texas is conservative and generally supports the Republican Party. [3] [4] Texas is commonly seen as having little government intervention and regulation, while in California the state takes a larger role in public ...
Tax rules can apply to lobbying. In one situation, the charity Hawaii Family Forum risked losing its tax-exempt status after it had engaged in lobbying activity; federal tax law requires charities such as that one to limit their lobbying to 20% of their overall expenditures or else be eligible for being taxed like a for-profit corporation. [143]
The top 10 lobbying groups for the first month of the General Assembly range from chambers of commerce to hospitals. Lobbying for 'Safer Kentucky': How much in-state, national groups paid to weigh ...