NEW: The University of Colorado‘s men’s basketball team fell out of the #MarchMadness tournament with a loss to Marquette in the round of 32. 🏀

But when it comes to how much money American universities and colleges spend on federal lobbying, Colorado is the clear winner. 🏆

2/ Like many universities, the University of Colorado lobbied heavily to secure funding for research and development of AI, quantum computing and climate resiliency.

Between research, scholarships and other funding, the federal gov't routes billions to universities each year.

3/ As higher education institutions grapple with issues such as taxation, federal funding and scrutiny from politicians over perceived liberal bias, they are navigating an ever more complex political terrain — and increasingly turning to K Street.

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