Top-spending Nevada lobbyists through April

Top 25 lobbyists and the amount they spent in first three months of session:

Robert Dickens, University of Nevada, Reno, $1,930.

Rick Bennett, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, $776.

Jim Avance, slot machine companies, $767.

Russ Fields, Nevada Mining Assn., $701.

Carole Vilardo, Nevada Taxpayers Assn., $689.

Leland Smith, Independence Mining, Independent Insurers, $487.

David Howard, Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce, $440.

James Spinello, Clark County, $420.

Gaspar Laca, Glaxo Wellcome Inc., $402.

Joyce Newman, Utility Shareholders Assn., $394.

Ronald Fong, Nev-Calif. Credit Union League, $364.

Larry Osborne, Carson Chamber of Commerce, $361.

Thomas Knox, Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., $349.

Irene Porter, home builders, $326.

Scott Craigie, casinos, insurers, airlines, medical, others, $315.

Tom Wood, Wyeth-Ayerst Labs, $314.

Renny Ashleman, Clark County, health care, others, $314.

Harvey Whittemore, Nevada Resort Assoc., others, $311.

Ray Bacon, Nevada Manufacturing Assn., $300.

Danny Thompson, state AFL-CIO, $300.

Elizabeth Fretwell, city of Henderson, $272.

Margaret McMillan, Sprint, $228.

Larry Spitler, Clark County School District, Engineers Council, $214.

John Pappageorge, casinos, utilities, mines, others, $206.

Kent Lauer, Nevada Press Assn., $200.

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