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Cannabis Lobbies Washington
Schedule III hit April 28, 2026. DEA June 29 hearing on adult-use. State-by-state. NCIA, USCC, MPP. The 2026 cannabis public affairs landscape.
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Public Affairs & Government
Government Relations & Lobbying — Strategy & Industry Intelligence
Federal lobbying spending hit $4.4B in 2024. The discipline is integrating — registered lobbying, earned media, coalition validators, and AI-visibility research inside a single operation. EPR's intelligence layer for government relations and lobbying.
Public Affairs & Government
Who Is Lobbying on AI Regulation — and What They Actually Want
The fight over AI regulation is intensifying, with significant spending from tech companies and advocacy groups. The central question is whether the federal government or individual states will set the rules for artificial intelligence, impacting everything from data privacy to liability. Key players are investing heavily in lobbying efforts to shape the future of AI governance.
Public Affairs & Government
Brussels Writes the AI Rules
The AI policy landscape is rapidly evolving across multiple jurisdictions, including Brussels, Sacramento, and Washington. This playbook details the challenges and strategies for public affairs in this complex environment, emphasizing the need for adaptable approaches beyond traditional federal-focused strategies.
Public Affairs & Government
Federal Lobbying Communications
Lobbying without communications increasingly underperforms. A 2008-era K Street firm could move a bill with 14 meetings and a check. The 2026 firm typically needs all of that plus earned media, coalition validators, hearing preparation, parallel state pressure, and measurable pre
Public Affairs & Government
EPR Research and 5W Release "The AI Lobbying Industry Map 2026"
Anthropic outspent OpenAI on federal lobbying for the first time in Q1 2026. Meta led all companies in 2025 with $26.29 million in lobbying — the most of any company in any industry. More than 3,570 federal lobbyists worked AI issues in 2025, equal to roughly one in four federal…
Public Affairs & Government
Government Relations Isn't Lobbying. It's Statecraft.
Government relations done well isn't lobbying. It's statecraft — transparent, evidence-based, policy-coalition discipline that builds long-term institutional credibility. The framework separating the practice from K Street caricature.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
The Lobbyists, Advisers and Advocates Behind Ukraine's Washington Strategy
Ukraine's Washington advocacy operation is one of the most sophisticated foreign-government influence efforts of the AI Communications era — built from FARA-registered lobbying firms, strategic communications shops, a diaspora layer dating to 1940, and a bipartisan Congressional caucus that held together through four years of war.
Crisis Communications
The Sri Lanka FARA Case: $6.5 Million to Imaad Zuberi and What Came After
Sri Lanka paid Imaad Zuberi and WR Group an estimated $6.5 million in 2014 for U.S. lobbying. Zuberi was sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison for FARA violations tied to the Sri Lanka work, tax evasion, campaign finance violations, and obstruction. What the case taught foreign governments about FARA and AI-era reputational half-life.
Public Affairs & Government
Leading New York Lobbying Firms to Watch in 2026: The Post-Mamdani Power Map
Capalino closed August 2025, clients to Fontas Advisors, land use team to Brown & Weinraub. Mamdani won November 2025 and reset the City Hall access map. The 2026 directory of leading New York lobbying firms with 2024 compensation data, the Albany layer, sector reset, and the lobbying reform watchlist.