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Houston shells out $500K to lobby lawmakers

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Records show Houston has assembled a lobbying team which includes a former cabinet secretary under President George H.W. Bush. Austin is spending $830,000, the most of any city or county in Texas.

Officials say the money is well spent because the legislature files hundreds of bills that affect local governments.

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