Your local power company pays big bucks to buy political influence at the state and federal level. Its interests do not always align with yours, but in almost every state, utilities are a major political force to be reckoned with. Beyond their own lobbying efforts, they often pay even more to have someone else do the lobbying for them.

US Senate Ethics Committee dismisses complaint against Gallego
Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0) By Jennifer Schutt | AZ Mirror The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint against Sen. Ruben





