Tips & Trends

The Buck Stops...Short

Harry Truman made famous “The Buck Stops Here.” The words on a small sign on his desk in the Oval Office came to symbolize what Americans expected of anyone in position of authority: Accountability. Today, too often, it seems, “The buck stops … short.”

The Gallatin Story - 20 Years Forward

Twenty years ago, four friends came together to create a business. All had backgrounds in government, politics, media and corporate public affairs. Two were Democrats, two were Republicans. Each wanted to settle in their native states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. After a weekend meeting at a cabin in north Idaho, a few shots of whiskey and handshakes to seal the deal -- The Gallatin Group was born.

Biomass and Climate Change

Cecil D. Andrus was elected Governor of Idaho four times and served as Secretary of the Interior. Before public policy called, he worked in the woods as a logger and mill operator. He knows resources issues! Read his thoughts about managing the National Forests for energy, economic development and the environment in a time of climate change.

What’s Your Energy Policy IQ?

1) Did you know that Congress has introduced 350 pieces of legislation related to clean energy policy? 2) Did you know that more than 20 fortune 500 companies have joined forces with the nation's leading ...

Sustainable Development: Tips and Trends

Sustainability is playing an increasing role in shaping how developers site, design, and market communities. There is an expectation, if not an outright demand, from homebuyers that developments – and individual homes within the developments ...



Celebrating 20 Year

To celebrate 20 years of helping clients overcome challenges, seize opportunities, win and grow, we’ve chosen not to bake a cake or throw a party. Like Albert Gallatin, who labored behind the scenes, we like to think acknowledging the quality and success of our clients over two decades is the best possible way to celebrate.
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Winning the Boeing 7E7

When Gov. Gary Locke signed the agreement to assemble the Boeing 7E7 in Everett, Boeing vice president Mike Bair confided that when the aerospace giant started the site selection process, Boeing officials didn’t think Washington had a chance.
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Securing Seafood Jobs

In 2001, Pacific Seafood Group faced increasingly strict regulations governing wastewater discharges from its Warrenton, Ore., fish processing plant.
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Expanding Northwest Trade and Jobs

The Columbia River Channel Coalition had successfully built public consensus among the political and opinion leaders of the Pacific Northwest for an economically viable and environmentally sound plan to deepen and maintain the Columbia River channel from Portland to Astoria.
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Coalition Brings Sweet Success

The Amalgamated Sugar Company, the largest sugar beet cooperative in Idaho, wanted to extend an Idaho Department of Transportation pilot project that allowed the use of 129,000-pound trucks on specific routes.
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