The Associated Builders and Contractors of WIsconsin spent the most time and money influencing the Legislature in the 2021-22 session.

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More than two dozen construction industry groups spent $1.7 million in total lobbying state lawmakers this past year.

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Interest groups spent $16.7 million lobbying the state Capitol during the second half of 2019, a big drop from the same period two years earlier, according to a WisPolitics.com check of filings.

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Lobbyists spent nearly $18 million to influence the Wisconsin Legislature and state agencies during the first budget season under Gov. Tony Evers, according to preliminary figures.

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Even as lawmakers inked a wide-ranging transportation plan and briefly considered prevailing wages and other divisive policies earlier this year, they found themselves being lobbied far less than in previous years by construction-industry groups.

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The Wisconsin Ethics Commission won't be pursuing fines after an audit determined more than 14 percent of lobbyists may have engaged in unauthorized advocacy.

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The debate that led earlier this year to the state’s right-to-work law and prevailing wage overhaul was the main driver of government lobbying in the first six months of the year.

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The numbers are in, let the crunching begin.

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Given the many millions of dollars spent by interest groups to help determine who gets elected, it’s easy to overlook the many millions more spent trying to influence politicians once they are in office.

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Among the bills lobbyists and lawmakers have spent the most time discussing in 2013 was one that would take away the operation licenses of companies that are on unemployment insurance payments.

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