GSC’s Political Insights
Should Our Company Make Political Campaign Contributions?
We are getting requests for political donations, but how do we know if it makes good sense for our company? One of the most important roles of a government relations/ lobbying firm like Grant Street Consultants is to [...]
Week In Review – August 24th, 2019
This week, the National Association of Business Economics reported that 38% of economists predict the US will experience a recession in the next year. Global economic indicators reported earlier this month, including lower than expected economic output in [...]
Week In Review – August 16th, 2019
Forty-five years ago this week, the Ohio Lottery sold its first ticket. Tickets for the only game offered at the time and could be purchased for a mere fifty cents. Since then, the Ohio Lottery has grown to [...]
Week In Review – July 26th, 2019
Populism arose in America during the 19th century to empower the Farmer's Alliance, which was created in response to poor harvests, dropping prices and dysfunctional economic infrastructures. The Populist Party also known as the People's Party proclaimed the [...]
Week In Review – July 19th, 2019
After a 17 day interim budget when the General Assembly failed to arrive at a deal before the June 30th deadline, yesterday afternoon the Governor signed the 2-year budget into effect. Some of the most notable and widely [...]
Top 3 Reasons to Hire a Lobbyist
When do we need to hire a lobbyist? In our over forty years of experience, Grant Street Consultants has found that businesses and organizations typically hire a lobbyist for one or more of the following reasons: Clients need [...]
Hemp to Legalize
Ohio Lawmakers Set to Legalize Hemp: A briefing on SB 57 by Neil Clark, Grant Street Consultants You’d have to be living under a rock not to hear or read about the purported miraculous properties of CBD oil [...]
National Debt Dilemma
I write often about the state of Ohio’s economy, I study the monthly OBM and LSC reports and analyze the state’s income and expenditures for my own research on a regular basis. But I don’t often write to [...]
Spring 2018 Post Primary Poll
The 1984 Society conducted its first post-primary poll and I’d like to share some of my thoughts on the results with you. The good news is that while nationally the generic ballot is +6 Democrat, Ohio’s generic ballot [...]
To Impeach or Not To Impeach
More than 70% of Democrats support the idea of impeaching the President, so why does Nancy Pelosi want to steer clear of the subject while Trump continues to raise the issue? Pelosi said this week that she believes [...]
Census and Citizenship
Redistricting is a popular topic throughout the country, and especially here in Ohio, where voters just approved a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment on Ohio’s state legislative districts in 2015 and this November will get to vote on a Congressional [...]
Nate Silver Cites 1984 Society Poll; Says Ohio Governorship Stays Republican
One of my favorite numbers guys, Nate Silver, did a rundown of all the governorships up for grabs this fall. Of the Democrat-held states, 7 could realistically be flipped. Amongst states currently boasting a Republican governor, 8 are considered [...]