A woman walks past a sign requiring customers to wear face masks inside a Nordstrom store due to COVID-19, at the Towson Town Center shopping mall in Baltimore, MD. August 9, 2020. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Money talks.

As was the case pre-pandemic, the annual state budget got the most attention by lawyer-lobbyists, according to a study by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, which released its findings Wednesday.