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Jessica Beeson Tocco Joins Rasky Partners in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 11, 2017) – Rasky Partners announced today that Jessica Tocco will join the firm’s government relations team in Washington, D.C. as a senior vice president. An Indiana native, Tocco enjoys a longstanding political relationship with Vice President Mike Pence and his team. “There are few people in…

O’Dywer’s: Rasky Sets Up Codes & Regulations Offering

Rasky Sets Up Codes & Regulations Offering April 6, 2017 By John O’Dwyer Rasky Partners, one of the top independent public affairs and public relations firms in the nation, has set up a new codes and regulations consulting service within its public affairs team. Jeff Terrey The new offering is…

Rasky Partners Launches New Codes and Regulations Consulting Service

Senior vice president Jeff Terrey will lead new consulting service advancing firm’s work with building and fire code regulations April 5, 2016 (Boston) – Rasky Partners, Inc., one of the top independent public affairs and public relations firms in the nation, announced that it has launched a new Codes and…

Jessica Beeson Tocco Joins Greater Boston to Discuss Equal Pay

WGBH’s Greater Boston, “Equal Pay Day,” April 4, 2017 Today is national Equal Pay Day — a symbolic day designed to point out that, on average, a woman would have to work all of 2016 and up until today to earn the same amount of money as her male counterpart…

Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, Inc. Changes Name to Rasky Partners, Inc.

Feb. 8, 2017 (BOSTON) – Today, Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, Inc. announced it will be operating the company under a new name, Rasky Partners. The name change of the company, a leading US public relations firm for over two decades, comes after the departure of two of its partners, Joe…

Boston Political Power Duo Larry Rasky and Joe Baerlein Part Ways

Boston Globe, “Boston Political Power Duo Larry Rasky and Joe Baerlein Part Ways,” February 7, 2017 By Jon Chesto They came together 20 years ago: two friendly rivals who would build one of the city’s most powerful public relations and lobbying firms. Two decades later, Larry Rasky and Joe Baerlein…

Rasky Baerlein Buyout to Split PR Power Team

Boston Herald, “Rasky Baerlein Buyout to Split PR Power Team,” February 7, 2017 By Joe Battenfeld Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications — one of Boston’s most powerful business teams — is breaking up. The lobbying and public relations firm at the center of dramas ranging from the sale of the Red…

David Tamasi Quoted in Roll Call Article Exploring Surge of K Street Donations to Donald Trump

Roll Call, “Lobbyists, Corporate Clients Open Wallets for Trump,” February 6, 2017 By Kate Ackley K Street has entered the Trump era. Lobbyists and organizations that seek to influence Washington mostly neglected the presidential campaign of Donald Trump early last year, but by the end of 2016, the sector had…

David Tamasi Among POLITICO’s 2017 Power Players

POLITICO Magazine, “Power Players: David Urban, David Tamasi, Matt Schlapp,” January 9, 2017 Donald Trump has banned lobbyists from his transition as part of his pledge to “drain the swamp.” And nearly all of professional Washington abandoned him during the election. So the K Streeters who spent the campaign defending and…

David Tamasi Discusses State of Lobbying Following 2016 Election

Boston Globe, “With Imminent Republican Takeover, Lobbyists See an Opening,” November 16, 2016 By Matt Viser The swamp is not being drained. Instead, it’s about to be restocked with a species that is used to running this town and taking advantage of nearly every opportunity: lobbyists. Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s…