Lobbying Missouri

Missouri legislators took in about $100,000 in gifts from lobbyists during the summer legislative break. In total for this year, lobbyists have spent…

Ah, the summer recess. A time for legislators to unwind, have a few cold ones, and get taken to baseball games by lobbyists.Even though Missouri lawmakers…

With May's lobbying numbers in, and Missouri's legislative session completely behind us, we now have a complete picture of Missouri's lobbying system.With…

April was a good month for legislators hoping to receive freebies from lobbyists, showing a sharp uptick from the previous month in gifts, according to…

Nice restaurants in Jefferson City should be sad to see the Missouri Legislative session end. They’ve received tens of thousands of dollars worth of…

The running tab for tickets, meals, drinks and other lobbyist gifts hasn't slowed. In just three months this year, lobbyists spent more than $450,000 on…

Infographics: Explore the NumbersIn the second chart in our "By The Numbers" project, you can see who the biggest lobbyists are. The top is probably a…

Infographics: Explore the NumbersIn just two months this year, Missouri legislators and state-wide officials received more than a third of a million…