Posts By: Jim Courtovich

Sphere is working with over 200 mayors and local elected officials on a national effort to address the opioid crisis that is crippling their communities. From San Diego to Montgomery we have dispatched our grassroots and media teams to challenge those who have profited from this epidemic that has destroyed so many families in every… Continue reading →

• Good Morning! President Trump joked at the Gridiron dinner that he loves chaos, but inside the White House aides say “these are the darkest days in at least half a year … and they worry just how much farther President Trump and his administration may plunge into unrest and malaise before they start to… Continue reading →

• Good morning! Congress returns to town today facing intense pressure to solve their decades-long failure to institute any gun-control measures. Governors gathered in Washington last week warned of the perils of inaction. And President Trump claimed that he told the National Rifle Association that it needs to get busy helping to craft some gun-control… Continue reading →

JIM COURTOVICH has inked a deal to represent Qatar as a lobbying client, according to a recent FARA filing. SPHERE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS will get paid $40,000 a month, and the firm will “provide government and public relations services for Qatar with regard to bilateral issues pertaining to the relationship between Qatar and the United States.… Continue reading →

SGR Government Relations and Lobbying represents Catalonia, the northeast region of Spain that yesterday voted overwhelmingly to declare independence from Spain despite fierce opposition from the central government in Madrid and a brutal crackdown by Spanish police that injured more than 750 people. The Catalan parliament, which is based in Barcelona, is expected to declare… Continue reading →