State integrity news for Kentucky, from the Lexington Herald-Leader:

Business interests and advocacy groups spent $8.8 million lobbying the Kentucky legislature in 2012, a new record. The money spent by lobbyists and their employers to influence legislation during the 2012 General Assembly, which ended in April, surpassed the previous record of $8.4 million during the 2010 legislative session, according to information released Thursday by the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission.

The totals reflect spending for the first four months of 2012.

Read the rest of the story at the Lexington Herald-Leader.

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