DC lobbying giant adds Florida firepower

An influential Florida lobbyist is joining one of Washington’s biggest lobbying firms, a powerful addition as the Sunshine State is poised to play an outsized role in the incoming Trump administration.

BGR Group is bringing in Nick Iarossi as a managing director, The Hill has exclusively learned. Bob Wood, chairman and CEO of BGR Group, called Iarossi "an outstanding political talent who has helped build one of the most successful government affairs firms in Florida history."

Iarossi...