Nearly 1,000 companies, interest groups and local entities spent money in an attempt to wield influence with Indiana lawmakers during the 2026 session ...

Local Interests: Politics, Policy, and Interest Groups in U.S. City Governments, by Sarah F. Anzia (University of Chicago Press, 312 pp., $35) Before a meeting on the city budget, a tense silence ...

It’s Time for Democrats to Woo the Man Vote The post-Dobbs emphasis on the women’s vote didn’t help the party among women—and it may have affirmatively alienated millions of men. It's time to treat ...

A year of gridlock amid divided government and Republican infighting on Capitol Hill drove down spending by the biggest interest groups by about 13 percent in 2023 from the previous year. In a year in ...

Interest groups spent a record $4.2 billion lobbying federal lawmakers in 2023, led by the pharmaceutical and health products industries, according to a new report by OpenSecrets. According to the D.C ...

Shared Interest Groups are another way for OLLI@SCU members to continue lifelong learning beyond the classroom. Meeting regularly, SIGS not only provide new and enriching opportunities to form ...