In August we'll unveil the 2024 Top 100 list. In that list we’ve never deeply explored a critical dynamic of Capitol clout: the Capitol power couple - whose combined prominence & rolodex is greater than the sum of their parts. Our Top 10 Power Couples:
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The Top 100 has never deeply explored a critical dynamic of Capitol clout: the Capitol power couple whose combined prominence and rolodex is greater than the sum of their parts. So today we publish our first ever Capitol Weekly Top 10 Power Couples. tinyurl.com/22753395

Today's Micheli Minute has posted to Capitol Weekly. Last week and this week are very busy in the California Legislature. Here is the link:
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Capitol Weekly Podcast with Robb: A lawsuit has challenged the constitutionality of the Taxpayer Protection & Government Accountability Act. Now local govts wait to see if the measure they call 'an existential threat' will be on the ballot in Nov.
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Lobbyists fees could skyrocket under a new Steve Glazer bill: California lobbyists could see one of their annual fees rise as much as 900 percent if an under-the-radar bill survives Suspense Day.

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Something new from us: Capitol Quick Hits. Short bits of news you know you need to know. capitolweekly.net/capitol-quick-…

Sacramento is more reliant on government jobs than any other large city in the country — putting it at particular risk as the state contemplates budget cuts. bizjournals.com/sacramento/new…

Eagle-eyed readers of Capitol Weekly’s recent report on quarterly lobbying payments might have spotted an unfamiliar firm name among the top recipients for the first quarter of 2024: The Andrea Deveau Timothy Burr Jr. Group. Story here:

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.Capitol Advocacy, the top earning lobby firm in the first & third quarters of 2023, regained the top spot in the first quarter of 2024, with receipts over $2.97 million. Four other firms reported making more than $2 million in the first quarter of 2024...
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Capitol Weekly Podcast: The California Personal Finance Education Initiative has been certified as eligible for the November ballot. Tim Ranzetta, one of the leading proponents of the measure tells us why CA students need this.

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HUGE news today for POLITICO California 🥳

We're adding TWO (2) ballot measure reporters to our ranks. Emily Schultheis and Will McCarthy, led by Sasha Issenberg will cover California's lively realm of ballot measure campaigns.

Give them a follow and read their latest coverage politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

Capitol Weekly Podcast: a poll from Public Policy Institute of California found that 85% of Californians believed that basic finance should be taught in high schools - Tim Ranzetta backs an initiative to do just that. How does it stack up against Kevin McCarty's similar bills?
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Lobbyist employers paid lobbying firms a little more than $76 million to lobby CA state government in the first quarter of 2024, according to our analysis of lobbying firm reports. Capitol Advocacy was the top earner for the quarter

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Wedding Crashers the movie was a comedy. But there's nothing funny about wedding crashers in real life. What kind of lowlife loser inserts themself into someone else's special day AND steals from them too?

Lobbyist and McGeorge School of Law professor Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week under the Capitol Dome:

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New Capitol Weekly Podcast: The California Personal Finance Education Initiative appears poised to be certified for the Nov. ballot by CA SOS Vote. Tim Ranzetta, one of the leading proponents tells us why the measure is so important for CA students

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Capitol Weekly Podcast topic this week: NDAs. Bob Hertzberg argues that confidentiality agreements can build trust in sensitive legislative negotiations between diametrically opposed parties – and are sometimes the only way to get warring sides to the table
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There's no one like Sam, a 'weight-bearing wall of a journalist,' as his editor called him when he was named Journalist of the Year at our 2023 awards. Sam did it all — powerful investigations, deep profiles, running into disaster zones. Thank you for your coverage!

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OPINION: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has found his way on to the California Presidential ballot, but typical of his image, it was the most desperate, head-scratching, and absurd launch imaginable. Paul Mitchell in Capitol Weekly

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