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Ryan RayAugust 12, 2015

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney collected one of the largest hauls of last quarter, according to recently submitted compensation reports: the white shoe firm’s Tallahassee lobbying practice earned an estimated $1.14 million between April 1 and June 30 of 2015. The largest contributor to the firm’s bottom line in Q2? U.S. Sugar Corporation by a mile. […]

Ryan RayAugust 12, 2015

The lobbying practice led by longtime Adams Street fixture Ron Book continued to net some of the largest earnings figures in all of Florida lobbying this past quarter: His firm took in $2,015,000 in lobbying fees, according to estimates based on a compensation report submitted Tuesday. The Ronald L. Book PA firm led by its namesake had a legislative […]

Ryan RayAugust 12, 2015

The group originally founded to advance 2014’s landmark Amendment 1, Florida’s Water and Land Legacy, has rebranded itself as a new political committee called Florida Conservation Voters. Key to the nonprofit group’s new formal arrangement is its designation as a 501(c)(4), like most major issue advocacy groups such as the National Rifle Association and the National Audubon Society. That […]

Ryan RayAugust 12, 2015

Two candidates with no party affiliation have jumped into state Senate races in South Florida. Mario Jimenez has jumped into the race against Hialeah Sen. Anitere Flores in SD 39. The longshot candidate is running on a single-issue platform of reforming the state’s Department of Children and Families and family law courts, which he says oversees both […]

Ryan RayAugust 11, 2015

The two-lobbyist governmental relations firm William J. Peebles PA, operated by the firm’s namesake along with John Wayne Smith, reported earning more than $300,000 during the second quarter of 2015, according to recently submitted compensation reports. The boutique shop’s list of clients heavily tilted toward local government clients: nearly all of the Peeble’s 22 legislative and 21 executive […]

Ryan RayAugust 11, 2015

Anfield Consulting collected $560,000 last reporting quarter, according to estimates based on recently submitted compensation reports. The team of Frank Bernardino, Edgar Fernandez, Lee Killinger and Albert Balido managed a profitable portfolio of 87 contracts that was heavy on the legislative side of the ledger. About $405,000 of their earnings came from work with state lawmakers, the […]

Ryan RayAugust 11, 2015

Gunster Yoakley & Stewart’s Tallahassee governmental affairs practice hauled in an estimated $470,000 in consulting fees in the second quarter of 2015, according to recently submitted lobbyist compensation reports. In their first quarter since adding veteran influencer Cameron Yarbrough to their roster, Gunster managed 38 executive lobbying clients who paid a total of about $110,000 along […]

Ryan RayAugust 11, 2015

A bipartisan pair of South Florida lawmakers — Democrat Sen. Joe Abruzzo of Boynton Beach and Rep. Holly Raschein, a Key Largo Republican — say they will pursue legislation to update state law to include sexual orientation and gender identity under Florida’s workplace and public accommodations protections. The bill — HB 45, filed Tuesday morning — […]

Ryan RayAugust 11, 2015

Tallahassee-based governmental affairs consultancy Adams Street Advocates hauled in $375,000 between April 1 and June 30 of 2015, according to estimates based on recently submitted compensation reports. The firm boasted a wide and varied portfolio of clients during Q2, ranging from high-paying industry interests like Symantec and Intuit, Inc. – who combined to account for some $60,000 in […]

Ryan RayAugust 11, 2015

Adams & Reese – the one-man lobby shop piloted by former Florida House Speaker H. Lee Moffitt – took in a healthy sum from its governmental relations work last quarter: some $120,000, according to estimates based on recently submitted compensation reports. As you might expect from a former presiding officer in the Legislature, around $90,000 of that […]

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney rakes in $1.14 million in Q2 lobbying fees

Ron Book’s shop hauls in more than $2 million in Q2 lobbying fees

Amendment 1 sponsors reorganize, launch anew as Florida Conservation Voters

Two South Florida state Senate races pick up NPA filers

Local government specialists at William Peebles’ firm rake in $310K in Q2 lobby fees

Anfield Consulting takes in $560K in Q2 lobbying fees

Gunster takes in $470K in Q2 lobbying fees

Joe Abruzzo, Holly Raschein file bills to expand LGBTQ protections

Adams Street Advocates pulls down $375K in Q2 lobbying fees

Adams & Reese collects $120K in Q2 lobbying earnings