Maine Weighs Lobbyist Text Message Rules

February 1, 2007

(AP) -- Wary of lobbyists calling signals from the sidelines, Maine is taking steps to ban text messages and e-mails to lawmakers in session as it becomes the latest state to address the ever-expanding use of electronic communications in statehouses.

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