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The Archdiocese of Boston has retained Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck to push for changes in the childcare provisions of president Biden’s “Build Back Better” program.
That proposed stimulus package includes about $400B in federal funding for childcare and pre-kindergarten.
Thomas Carroll, superintendent of schools, said Biden’s program as written would be “catastrophic” for Boston’s Catholic schools and drive them out of the early childhoold education business.
That because it would require the Boston's Catholic schools to comply with federal discrimination laws regarding sex, sexual orientation and gender identity policies that conflict with the Church’s belief.
“We have 2,000 years of Church teaching,” he told the National Catholic Register. “We’re not giving it up to get federal money for childcare or pre-k.”
BHFS has Alfred Mottur, a top Democratic fundraiser & co-chair of the technology & telecom practice; Brian McGuire (chief of staff to Sen. Mitch McConnell), Carmencita Whonder (aide to Sen. Chuck Schumer) and Radha Mohan (executive director of the Early Childhood Education & Care Consortium) repping the Archdiocese.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
