Drew WilsonFebruary 21, 2022
8min0
The firm holds the No. 2 spot among all Florida lobbying firms.
Tag: Wansley Walters
Drew WilsonFebruary 21, 2022
Peter SchorschFebruary 25, 2019
5min932
That total includes more than $3.6 million in receipts during the last three months of the year.
Drew WilsonAugust 31, 2018
15min728
Lobbying compensation reports are in for the second quarter, and the usual rankings have been shaken up among the state’s top-earning lobby firms. After several quarters leading the pack, Ballard Partners has slipped to second place in legislative lobbying compensation while Southern Strategy Group ascended to the top spot. It doesn’t hurt that the firm […]
Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2017
7min451
Speaking to a Senate panel Monday, Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Christina Daly didn’t address many specifics from “Fight Club,” a Miami Herald series detailing a dozen deaths of youths in DJJ custody. But Daly did discuss reforms in place at the department to curb a repeat of those incidents. “I’m not here to deny, defend […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 16, 2016
4min372
Ballard Partners finished the second quarter as the top earning governmental affairs firm in Florida. The Tallahassee-based firm reported second quarter median compensation of about $2.2 million. The earnings mean the firm will once again be among the state’s Top 3 earners. Firms must file compensation reports each quarter, and the reports covering the second quarter […]
Guest AuthorNovember 12, 20157min328
It’s working! No, not Gov. Rick Scott’s economic incentives program, which Scott is pushing relentlessly (to the detriment to his credibility: little does Scott care) and receiving much resistance from state lawmakers. It loses money, doesn’t bring jobs, and has a total of $140 million in escrow accounts. Yet the governor asks for an additional […]
Shannon NickinsonSeptember 20, 20157min276
The Florida Children and Youth Cabinet recently voted to write state leaders urging them to prioritize early education and child services for “the first 1,000 days” – from pregnancy to age 3. Based on data from the Pensacola Metro Dashboard, only 66.2 percent of Escambia County’s 5-year-olds are ready for kindergarten; in Santa Rosa County […]
Guest AuthorMay 27, 20147min241
Last week word leaked out that one of the first agency heads Gov. Rick Scott selected was leaving state government. Wansley Walters, Secretary of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, had signed up for a state pension program that required her to leave state employment after five years. So, her time ran out before the […]
Guest AuthorMay 13, 20146min234
The 2014 legislative session may go down as a watershed year for Smart Justice initiatives that were passed and are now on their way to Gov. Rick Scott for his signature. After a decade or more of tough love for criminals, which has no doubt helped to decrease Florida’s crime rate, the Republican-led Legislature wisely […]