There is a widespread lack of understanding about lobbyist and lobbying today. Lobbying is “a deliberate attempt to influence political decisions through various forms of advocacy directed a policymakers on behalf of individuals, organizations, or groups.” Technical lobbying, that is professional, does not include congressional testimony, public relations work, or advocacy on behalf of churches. […]
News for Texas Conservative Lobbyists: Promoting Texas in Canada
As it turns out, Dallas sits right in the middle of Mexico City and Toronto, which gives us a very good perspective on how NAFTA affects local economies. Recently a trade mission took place to promote Texas businesses to our northern neighbor. Canada is currently our largest trade partner in Texas with $35 billion dollars […]
News for Texas Conservatives: Comparing the 2017 House and Senate Budgets
The House and Senate have passed their budgets but there are important differences between them. Now they must decide upon and reconcile their budgetary funding priorities and agree on a final draft to be submitted to the governor. The two budgets are quite similar, but there are significant differences in public education and health care. […]
Lobbyist News: Texas Still Tops in Business
Despite the state of Texas’ recent decline in job creation, the Lone Star state appears to still be the country’s top destination for doing business and creating business opportunity. CEO Magazine’s 11th annual survey of the “Best States to do Business” was released Friday and Texas topped the rankings for the 11th year in a […]
Texas Best Lobbyist News: April 27th Legislative Update
The House and Senate both adjourned last Thursday. Today, they are both back and with just over a month left in the Regular Session, this week is turning into make or break time. In fact, today the Senate Intent Calendar has 66 bills on it. The budget is moving along, with conferees appointed at the […]
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