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Interest groups seeking to change state policy have plenty of tools for the job: lobbying, campaign donations, grasstops campaigns, conference sponsorships, traditional and non-traditional PR, model legislation, ballot measures and more. And every state has a different set of disclosure rules giving reporters a peek into the influence machine, as well as different regulators overseeing (or failing to oversee) money in politics. This session will give journalists their own set of tools and ideas for tracking all sorts of advocacy campaigns at the state level.