Details about this story

• Source: New York Times
• Date: July 02, 2006
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: Aron Pilhofer , Jodi Rudoren
• Topics: Politics , Local Government
• Data Types: Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: Jodi Rudoren and Aron Pilhofer of the New York Times used federal lobbying data to show that "Cities and towns - and school districts and transit authorities and utility agencies - across the country are increasingly ... putting lobbyists on retainer to leverage their local tax dollars into federal tax dollars. Since 1998, the number of public entities hiring private firms to represent them in Washington has nearly doubled to 1,421 from 763, as places like Treasure Island, population 7,514, have jumped onboard with behemoths like Miami that have long had lobbyists." An interactive graphic shows local governments in each state with federal lobbyists.