The Texas Legislature won’t meet again until January, but lobbyists have been haunting the halls of the state Capitol since the last session ended in May 2001. The breaks between the Legislature’s biennial sessions aren’t what they used to be, and lobbying in Texas has turned into a year-round job.

“We’re working like crazy in the interim,” says 32-year lobby veteran Gaylord Armstrong, who leads the lobby practice at Austin’s McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore. “There aren’t many days that I don’t spend up to 12 hours on the job.”

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