This week on Capitol Chat: Record high lobby dollars being spent in the current legislative session.

WUKY | By Alan Lytle

Published March 26, 2024 at 2:13 PM EDT

FILE - The Kentucky Capitol is seen, Jan. 14, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky. Republican lawmakers have advanced a school choice constitutional amendment that could become the most hotly debated state issue this fall if the proposal reaches Kentucky’s ballot. The measure cleared a GOP-led House panel Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

At last count, nearly 800 groups have spent in excess of $6M in January and February in an attempt to influence legislation and the session isn't even over yet. Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock joins WUKY's Alan Lytle in a conversation about what lobbyists can and cannot do by law in Frankfort.

Laura Cullen Glasscock is the editor and publisher of the Frankfort-based Kentucky Gazette.

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Alan Lytle

Alan Lytle has more than 25 years of experience as a Kentucky broadcaster. Over that span he has earned multiple awards for anchoring, writing and producing news & features for WUKY. He took home the Kentucky Broadcasters Association's Best Radio Anchor award in 2021.

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