Legislation filed to prohibit the use of public funds for lobbying won't affect university lobbyists, the bill's sponser says. State Rep. Shane Schoeller (R-Willard) has filed HB 1872 to establish the Fair Influence in Government Act. The bill would prohibit state appropriated funds from being used to hire lobbyists and to influence the passage or defeat of legislation and would subject state agencies in violation to pay a fine of up to $5,000.
For Will Lynch, interning has secured his interest in a political future, but he wasn't always a political science major or even interested in politics. "When I was a freshman, I had a professor for the core class of government, Thomas Simpson, and just having that class peaked my interest in government," Lynch said.
