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Lobbying compensation: Mid-major firms fared well during first quarter Here’s a rundown of how the rest of the firms in the Top 15 fared in the first quarter. The state’s biggest lobbying firms may be scooping up $2 million-plus every quarter, but there’s still plenty of work to go around for the rest of the lobby corps. In fact, many of the firms lingering just outside the Top 6 are putting up numbers that could go toe-to-toe with the bluebloods if team size is considered. Here’s a run...

Easter and Passover, as brought to you by these lobbyists and political associations However you celebrate this springtime, take a moment to enjoy the long weekend. Last year, people were optimistic the pandemic would be over by Easter 2020. Here we are in Easter 2021 and it’s still going. But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. For the fifth year running, the holiday sneaked into April — barely.  That’ll be the case for another couple years thanks to For the dedicated few in The...

Easter is brought to you by … Last year, people were optimistic the pandemic would be over by Easter 2020. Here we are in Easter 2021 and it’s still going. But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. For the fifth year running, the holiday sneaked into April — barely. That’ll be the case for another couple of years, thanks to For the dedicated few in The Process, this weekend — and the Legislature’s lax Friday and Monday schedule — will serve as a much-ne...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.22.21 Heres your AM rundown of people, politics and policy in the Sunshine State. With the state government firmly in Republican control since the last century, Florida policymakers have been extremely friendly to free-market principles. At the same time, local governments decry the trend of state lawmakers passing so-called preemption bills, which the locals believe step on cherished home-rule principles of local d...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.15.21 Heres your AM rundown of people, politics and policy in the Sunshine State. Imagine you’re in the Super Bowl, and you break free after recovering a fumble for an easy touchdown run. You’re inches from the goal line and start celebrating a bit too early when a speedy wide receiver slaps the ball from your hand, causing another fumble and denying what should have been an easy score. You know, like Don...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.12.21 Good Friday morning. According to a new poll released by Ryan Tyson of The Tyson Group, Florida voters support several measures pitched as improving election security and voter access. The poll, commissioned by nonpartisan nonprofit Secure Democracy, found more than three-quarters of Floridians want ballot drop boxes to be monitored either in-person or by video. The proposal earned 77% among the 600 voters po...

The firm could have reeled in as much as $6.5 million.