Lobbying Archives - Flaherty & Hood, P.A.

Program created by F&H’s client provides $5.2M in funding for local governments

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:08:43 +0000

Today, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced that $5.21 million in grants has been awarded to local governments contending with the impacts of the closure of large power plants. These grants were made possible by the work of Flaherty & Hood’s legislative advocacy on behalf of the Coalition of Utility Cities

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F&H’s Shane Zahrt presents on national initiative to support coal communities

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:51:02 +0000

On Thursday, August 24, Flaherty & Hood Senior Attorney/Lobbyist Shane Zahrt presented to a national coalition of leaders assembled by the United States Economic Development Association (USEDA) and operated by the National Association of Counties (NACo). The initiative is dubbed Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities (BRECC) and is designed to help communities with coal-reliant

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Greater Minnesota “lobby day” led by F&H staff brings together city leaders and legislators

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:48:50 +0000

The legislative team at Flaherty & Hood coordinated and staffed the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) Legislative Action Day on March 2. The CGMC’s annual lobbying event was a huge success, with more than 100 city officials and business leaders from over 40 cities in attendance. The day kicked off with a welcome from

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Scott McMahon talks legislative session in podcast

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:31:37 +0000

Flaherty & Hood senior lobbyist Scott McMahon was a guest on the April 14 edition of the Center for Rural Policy and Development's (CRPD) "Center of Everywhere" podcast. McMahon, who also serves as executive director of the Greater Minnesota Partnership (an F&H client), was invited to participate in the podcast to share his insights heading

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F&H provides ‘half-time report’ on Minnesota’s legislative session

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 15:47:22 +0000

F&H provides ‘half-time report’ on Minnesota’s legislative session On April 9, Flaherty & Hood shareholder attorney/lobbyist Bradley Peterson and senior lobbyists Elizabeth Wefel, Shane Zahrt and Scott McMahon conducted a “Legislative Half-Time Report” webinar. They were assisted by F&H policy analyst Ania McDonnell, media & communications director Julie Liew and communications & government relations

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F&H communications team successfully utilizes media for distanced advocacy

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:58:20 +0000

During the entire month of February, Flaherty & Hood’s communication’s team of Julie Lew and Kelly Haff took on a multi-media strategy to lobbying by spearheading the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) "Advocacy Weeks." While adapting to a mostly virtual legislative session, many parts of the lobbying team’s work has been forced to change

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F&H instrumental in creation of program that provides grants to cities facing power plant closures

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 23:22:44 +0000

This week, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Department announced that it has awarded nearly $2 million to five communities to help them plan for the economic ramifications brought on by the closure of local power plants. These are the first grants awarded under the new Community Energy Transition Grant Program established by the Minnesota

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Virtual Legislative Action Day brings St. Paul to Greater Minnesota

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:05:11 +0000

The legislative team at Flaherty & Hood coordinated and led the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) Legislative Action Day on Jan. 27. While the event had to move online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are proud to report that nearly 180 city leaders from across Greater Minnesota joined participated in the event

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Scott McMahon named executive director of the Greater Minnesota Partnership

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:16:20 +0000

The Greater Minnesota Partnership has chosen to renew its partnership with Flaherty & Hood and selected Flaherty & Hood lobbyist Scott McMahon as their new executive director. He takes the helm from previous executive director Dan Dorman, who announced his intent to step down from the day-to-day leadership of the organization effective the end of

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F&H legislative team delivers results for bonding clients

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:41:37 +0000

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. is proud to announce that its legislative team helped secure millions of dollars for its clients in the 2020 capital investment bill. The Minnesota Legislature passed the historic $1.9 billion public works funding bill, commonly referred to as the “bonding bill,” earlier this month and Governor Tim Walz signed it into

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F&H celebrates the passage of legislation to finish Highway 14 expansion

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:37:18 +0000

The legislative team at Flaherty & Hood is celebrating the passage of legislation that the Minnesota Department of Transportation says will finally complete the four-lane expansion of U.S. Highway 14 between the cities of Nicollet and New Ulm. This 12-mile expansion project is the final segment of the more than 100 miles between New Ulm

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Greater Minnesota ‘lobby day’ led by F&H brings together city leaders, legislators

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:16:42 +0000

The legislative team at Flaherty & Hood coordinated and staffed the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) Legislative Action Day on March 11. The CGMC’s annual lobbying event was a huge success, with more than 115 city officials and business leaders from over 50 cities in attendance. The day began with a update in which

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Conference of city leaders, led by F&H staff, sees attendance grow for third straight year

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 03:19:12 +0000

Attendance at the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) Fall Conference, which was led by members of Flaherty & Hood's legislative team, increased for a third straight year in 2019. More than 115 elected officials, city staff members and other city leaders from over 55 Greater Minnesota cities attended the annual conference, which took place

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Article Reflects on the Storied Career of F&H founder Tim Flaherty

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Thu, 16 May 2019 01:55:01 +0000

Tim Flaherty’s long and successful career spent helping Greater Minnesota communities is the focus of a recent article recently published in Forum Communications newspapers across the state. Flaherty, the founder of Flaherty & Hood, retired this May after more than 40 years as an attorney and lobbyist. The majority of his career has been devoted

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F&H Lobbying Team Leads “Final Push” Lobby Day at the Capitol

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Fri, 10 May 2019 02:05:57 +0000

The lobbying team at Flaherty & Hood, P.A. led the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities' (CGMC) "final push" lobby day efforts at the Capitol on May 8. Flaherty & Hood lobbyists joined forces with city leaders from across Greater Minnesota to help advocate for top legislative priorities including Local Government Aid, child care, water infrastructure

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F&H Legislative Team Leads Municipal Leaders in Lobby Day

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 02:21:18 +0000

The legislative team at Flaherty & Hood coordinated and staffed the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) “Legislative Action Day” on Jan. 30 Despite subzero temperatures and icy road conditions, more than 50 city leaders from across the state still made the trek to St. Paul for the annual lobby day event. The day kicked

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