Arielle Maffei, former Clinton Foundation staffer, has joined McGuireWoods Consulting’s Illinois government relations team as a vice president.
The Hill announced its 2020 “Top Lobbyists” list Dec. 10, highlighting accomplished professionals from corporations, grassroots organizations, associations and hired guns in what was a challenging and chaotic year.
McGuireWoods Consulting senior vice president, Stephanie Kennan, spoke to a variety of media outlets on President-elect Biden’s appointment of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, as well as Biden’s selection of Marcella Nunez-Smith, a Yale doctor and expert on healthcare disparities, to lead his administration’s task force on COVID-19 equity.
Bernard L. McNamee, who recently completed a term as a commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), has joined McGuireWoods Consulting as a senior advisor in the firm’s Richmond, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. offices, and rejoined the McGuireWoods law firm as a partner in its Richmond, Virginia office.
In a Nov. 18 daily roundup, Florida Politics provided an overview of comments from McGuireWoods Consulting on transition teams, including insights from MWC president, Gov. Jim Hodges and senior vice president, Mike Reynold.
This week, Governor Roy Cooper announced that the state is considering expanding the number of people eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
This week in Washington: The 117th Congress will be in session on Jan. 21.
Proponents say "Florida can’t trust Big Tech"
McGuireWoods Consulting has prepared analyses of what to expect in the 2021 legislative sessions, in the following states — Florida, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia, plus an overview on how to work effectively with transition teams and an update from our national multistate strategies team for a look ahead to 2021.
The Virginia 2021 General Assembly session will be unlike any we have seen in the past. Coming off a months-long special session, Republicans in the Senate and House of Delegates intend to keep the session to the 30-day constitutional limit.
Updates on state and local action taken in Virginia in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)
Updates on state and local action taken in Illinois in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)
Florida state and local action in response to COVID-19.
Updates on state and local action taken in Texas in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)
McGuireWoods Consulting’s bipartisan team held a discussion on the results of the 2020 gubernatorial, attorneys general and state legislative races. The panelists provided analysis of the election outcomes and the likely policy implications in key states, as well as information on transition teams and what to expect in the 2022 races.