special interests

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In the process, the LDP attracted all kinds of special interests, including farming and business lobbies, as well as religious groups, and multiple cases of corruption followed.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday that her administration is acting to “crack down on the out-of-state special interests that are pumping our state dry while Arizona families and farmers suffer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

History offers cautionary tales of how special interests and public fear can spawn government policies that delay progress and raise the cost of the transition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

But that has just given him time to pursue his own special interests.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

They had special interests and different ideas about how to run what eventually would be called “a more perfect Union.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis