Top-lobbying Maryland companies in 2011

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Johns Hopkins Institutions, including the university, hospital and health system, spent $362,917.00 on lobbying in 2011, 10th-most in the state. (Barbara Haddock Taylor, The Baltimore Sun)

<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-new-report-shows-companies-that-paid-the-most-to-influence-the-general-assembly-20111231,0,7826636.story">Companies and organizations spent big money</a> on lobbyists last year, looking for help in convincing the state government to act in their interests. Here are some of the biggest spenders, according to a Maryland State Ethics Commission report covering the period between Nov. 1, 2010 and Oct. 31, 2011