Stacy Forster summarizes record Wisconsin special interest spending

Aside from the biennial budget, the so-called taxpayer bill of rights was the most lobbied bill in the session, representing 10,631 hours of lobbying, most of it this year. That was nearly equal to what was spent on the next nine most lobbied bills, according to reports filed with the state Ethics Board.
During the first six months of 2004, special interests spent $11.4 million, or 30% of the $37.8 million.