Staff ReportsFebruary 20, 2019
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Supporters of Sen. Tom Lee's bill call the stadium fund "corporate welfare."
Tag: Ballard Partners
Staff ReportsFebruary 20, 2019
Drew WilsonJanuary 31, 2019
3min451
Bondi is lobbying for the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking
Scott PowersJanuary 30, 2019
4min351
Robert Wexler drops foreign client lobbying to talk Middle East peace with new Congress members.
Staff ReportsJanuary 22, 2019
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The firm’s new national practice area will focus on serving Fortune 500 companies.
Drew WilsonJanuary 14, 2019
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Ballard Partners, one of the biggest lobbying firms in the Sunshine State and Washington, is opening a public relations branch. The lobby firm described the new venture, Ballard Media Group, as “a bipartisan, full service, multidisciplinary strategic communications division that brings together the talents of professionals with unrivaled real-world expertise.” Leading the operation are Raj […]
Peter SchorschDecember 10, 2018
8min525
It hasn’t gotten the credit, but the Tallahassee staff of the Jones Walker firm played a key role in the election and recount that led to Ron DeSantis’ winning the Governor’s race. Chief among them is lobbyist Jenn Ungru, better known as a health care policy guru. But in the election law world, she’s the […]
Peter SchorschNovember 20, 2018
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The ongoing regulatory battle surrounding bike sharing just ratcheted up a notch. New lobbying registrations show Bird Scooters, the first electric scooter sharing company in the world, inked a deal with mega-lobbying firm Ballard Partners while competing dockless bike company Lime has retained Capital City Consulting and Skip has signed on with Southern Strategy Group. The industry […]
Drew WilsonOctober 31, 2018
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The witching hour is upon us. Ghosts and ghouls fill the streets. Zombies walk side-by-side with princesses and superheroes. Their mission the same: Spook and scare their neighbors in hopes of scoring enough candy to sustain them for the next year. Florida Retailers are expecting their tills to be flush thanks to the most frightening […]
Staff ReportsOctober 17, 2018
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AshBritt Environmental, a “rapid-response disaster recovery and special environmental services contractor” in Deerfield Beach, has hired Ballard Partners‘ namesake Brian Ballard and its Christina Daly Brodeur. Veteran influencer Ron Book also remains the company’s lobbyist, according to lobbying registration records accessed Wednesday. Daly Brodeur, formerly Secretary of Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice under Gov. Rick Scott, joined Ballard’s firm last month. The […]
Peter SchorschOctober 3, 2018
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Nigeria’s People’s Democratic Party signed a $1.1 million per year contract with the Washington D.C. branch of Ballard Partners last month, adding to the Tallahassee-based lobbying group’s expansive roster of foreign clients since it expanded to the nation’s capital. The contract, worth $90,000 a month, went into effect on Sept. 21. The deal will see […]