Florida Politics

Times: Scott proposes more money for prisons, but not prison investigations

Herald: Rubio, in charge of Senate subcommittee, to hold hearing on Cuba policy

Scripps: Complaint filed alleging Sunshine Law violations in FDLE firing

Post: Scott unveils $77 billion budget with $673 million in tax cuts

TCPalm: Murphy, Posey refile lagoon bill

Scripps: Legislature fires back in court battle over redistricting

Herald: Carlos Curbelo named to aviation, maritime transportation subcommittees

Times: Husband of top House aide lands six-figure gig at DOE

Scripps: Scott pledges money for Everglades restoration, but not to buy land to move Lake O water south

Fineout: Pam Bondi, the reporter and the money

OS: Separate FSU-FAMU engineering schools could cost $1 billion, study says

Times: Not Romney. Not Bush. Rather, 'undecided' leads latest GOP presidential poll

TCPalm: Florida citrus business has ‘bottomed out'

Scripps: Rick Scott's office has ignored questions about Ron Henderson for nearly two weeks

Herald: Ballard drops Miami-Dade County to represent Uber

Post: Justice Sonia Sotomayor coming to Palm Beach Forum Club next week

SPB: Jeff Brandes says taking Uber & Lyft is short term solution for impaired driving problem

Times-Union: Lawmakers debate whether more guns make colleges campuses safer

Times: At Koch Bros event, Rubio, Cruz, Paul show GOP's split on foreign policy

Trib: New legislation aims to beef up ‘Rachel’s Law’ on police informants

OS: All eyes on Rubio as 2016 U.S. Senate talk begins

Times-Union: Primary elections are Tuesday for Florida Senate, House seats

Scripps: Bill aims to protect cyclists, pedestrians on Florida roads

Scripps: President’s proposals fall flat for many Southwest Florida politicos

Scripps: In attempt to rebut Bailey, Scott’s office misquotes his resignation letter

Times: Jeb Bush tests a stump speech in San Francisco

Herald: Senator conducts surprise inspections at two prisons with troubled history

Times: Police body camera bill loses its teeth

Post: Rubio looks like presidential candidate as ‘Team Marco 2016′ meets

Post: No dog dies alone under animal shelter bill

WSJ: Jeb Bush's donor blitz aims to squeeze rivals

Times: Scott puts little to rest in response to FDLE inquiries

Herald: Scott taps former Miami ports chief for economic post

Post: Scott’s office calls ousted FDLE boss’ claims “ridiculous,” as pressure mounts for probe

Times: Rand Paul trash talks Bush over Common Core, again

SFSS: Frankel, Wasserman Schultz criticize Republican moves to restrict abortion

Post: Mandatory GMO labeling proposed... again

Times: Despite calls for his involvement, Meggs says he won't investigate FDLE

Herald: Rick Scott pulled $580k from RPOF amid failed Chair's bid

Times: Gwen Graham draws fire from Democrats for Keystone and other GOP-leaning votes

Times-Union: Curry camp wastes no time criticizing Mayor Brown TV spot

Times: Scott's new corrections chief retracts criticism of private prisons

AG Pam Bondi: FDLE scandal raises "serious questions," Cabinet should discuss "in sunshine"

OS: Romney to speak at Jacksonville University this spring

Scripps: Gov. Scott proposes $470 million in tax cuts

Herald: Bailey off the agenda at FDLE head, House Democratic leader meeting

Times: King Ranch trip costs should have been picked up by FDLE, Bailey says

Scripps: Craft brewers turn to ‘crowdfunding’ for legal fight

Times: Castor, Rubio put Cuba politics on display at the State of the Union

Times: Poll shows support for Romney to jump in race, outpacing Jeb Bush

News-Journal: 2015 Legislature may consider Medicaid expansion

OS: Will EPA rules raise Orlando's utilities bills?

Trib: U.S Supreme Court to hear Hillsborough case regarding judicial candidate fundraising

Herald: Ousted FDLE chief: Rick Scott staff made false claims, tried meddling in investigations

Trib: Tampa Bay Times selling St. Pete headquarters to pay debt

Scripps: After Dougher defeat, Senate victory moves out of RPOF HQ and takes money with it

Scripps: Juston Johnson resigns as Florida GOP’s executive director

SPB: Blaise Ingoglia wins as new RPOF chair

SSN: Nan Rich will run for Broward County Commission

Scripps: Republicans plan for nine presidential primary debates; one in Florida in February 2016

Post: Florida GOP raises more than $1 million for Scott’s second swearing-in

SPB: State studying how to help poor get legal help

Scripps: National Committeewoman Sharon Day backs Leslie Dougher in contentious race to lead state GOP

Times: Cabinet Trifecta: Bondi shares misgivings about Bailey ouster

Herald: Atwater speaks out on Bailey exit

Herald: Carlos Curbelo will deliver Spanish-language GOP response to State of the Union

Herald: Scott admin didn't save records from former employees, but tells court it's not gov's fault

Times: What a coincidence: Prasad's new employer lands DOT contract

Scripps: Latvala, CFO’s office go back-and-forth over unspent homeless grants

Post: Scott wants $100M for charter schools, risking another union fight

Times: Agriculture's Putnam says Gov. Scott mishandled FDLE ouster

Herald: Are Democrats recruiting Annette Taddeo to run for Congress again?

Times: Coalition of conservatives, liberals fight for more Florida solar power

Post: Rader files House version of teacher-pay bill

Herald: Contractor gets help from Rep. Fresen in pursuing Miami-Dade project

Roll Call: Diaz-Balart Describes an Immigration Deal Undone

Herald: Senators have more questions for Education Commissioner Stewart

Naples: Gov. Scott's pick to run Florida GOP may not have the votes

Times-Union: Pension board wants Supreme Court to overturn Government in Sunshine decision

Times: Gov. Rick Scott's ouster of FDLE commissioner followed months of tension between agency, campaign

Times: Strike three: Putnam provides no answers on exit of FDLE's Bailey

Post: All four candidates for Florida GOP chair claim substantial backing

Scripps: Governor, Cabinet approve $9.7 million for 620 acres to preserve in Collier County

Herald: Bondi mum on ouster of FDLE's Bailey

SPB: Drive to expand choice for solar power for Floridians starts Wednesday

SPB: Florida lawmakers want Congress to send it south… to the Everglades

Times: CFO Atwater said he played no role in Bailey's departure

Scripps: Rick Swearingen formally takes over as new FDLE commissioner

Post: Scott’s choice for GOP boss touts endorsements; rivals voice confidence

Post: Majority of county premarital counseling providers agree to work with gay couples

Herald: Debt collectors seek $500K in outstanding fines from Florida public servants

OS: U.S. high court won't hear fuel-tax fight between state, Seminole tribe

Times: Rich Nugent: 'I would be lying if I said I respected (Boehner's) leadership'

Post: Murphy, Deutch, Atwater and their 2016 plans

SPB: Gov. Scott to propose funding increase for schools

SPB: Ted Yoho’s failed Speaker bid has happy ending, with a ‘thank you’ money pitch

Herald: How Rubio could run for prez then gov and what that does to other pols

Scripps: Water, gambling, Medicaid may fill Legislature’s plate

Herald: All in for Jeb Bush: The SuperPAC man who kept Mitt Romney from being ‘toast'

Times: Legislature has power to explore the gaming options with new Seminole casino deal

OS: Scars, memories of beatings follow Dozier victims into their twilight years

Scripps: Tampa could offer trade with Cuba

Herald: Bondi elusive as gay marriage becomes legal in Florida

Scripps: 'Glades Coalition: ‘Send it south’ to spare Indian River Lagoon from Okeechobee discharges

Herald: Cuban Americans in Congress ask John Kerry to stop U.S. 'concessions' to Cuba

Sun-Sentinel: Broker sentenced for role in Rothstein case

Post: Lois Frankel named vice-chairwoman of Woman's Caucus

Herald: Jeb Bush fundraising goal: $100 million

Scripps: Mayfield bill would tackle utilities expansions

Post: Florida reserves get good marks in study

Times: Advocates make early push for Medicaid expansion

Caputo: The politics and policy of medical marijuana, 2016 edition

SPB: Jeff Brandes refiles controversial gun bill from 2014

FP: Former Speaker Will Weatherford endorses Paul Renner for HD 24

Post: Teachers’ union plans no appeal of tax credit lawsuit

SPB: Gwen Graham co-sponsors Obamacare reform and hires a spokesman

Herald: John Morgan files revised medical marijuana amendment for 2016

Times: Florida comes in 28th in new national education rankings

Herald: Lawmakers blast 'coziness' between PSC, utilities

Scripps: Bob Graham: ‘Everything I learned about politics I learned in the Florida House’

Times-Union: Rick Scott makes unannounced visit to PSC for Patronis swearing in

Times: Rubio on whether to run for Senate or president and the presence of JEB!

Times: State gives in, tells gay employees their spouses can receive health insurance

Post: Senate panel mulls where environmental windfall goes

Roll Call: Gwen Graham Makes a Mark on First Day in Congress

SPB: Pam Iorio helps bring HQ of Big Brothers Big Sisters to Tampa

Herald: Lawmakers push for sexual orientation therapy ban

Herald: Governor, Senate president break bread at mansion

SPB: Rep. Ray Pilon files for Senate District 28 in 2018, could face Doug Holder

OS: Boehner threatens to boot Webster from House committee

Times: Republican-led group launches ballot petition to boost solar power in Florida

Times-Union: Marco Rubio endorses Lenny Curry for Jax mayor

Times: Scott's second term will get new interpretation of public records law

Post: Florida a hotbed of GOP Boehner defections; Dem bucks Pelosi as well

SPB: Senate committee approves CareerSource rebranding

Scripps: Clawson: Vote for Paul was an “unambiguous statement”

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Rick Scott builds health care budget with $2 billion in money that may not be there

MADD supports study that it’s best to take Uber when drunk

Bob Buckhorn looks strong in new internal poll

Mitch Perry Report for 1.29.15 – Justice served in Melissa Alexander case?

Rick Scott builds health care budget with $2 billion in money that may not be there

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MADD supports study that it’s best to take Uber when drunk

January 29, 2015

Bob Buckhorn looks strong in new internal poll

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.29.15 – Justice served in Melissa Alexander case?

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Rick Scott builds health care budget with $2 billion in money that may not be there

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott released his $77 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 2015-16 on Wednesday that is built in part on the assumption that Florida will receive $2 billion in federal health care dollars to help treat the poor and underinsured, mostly at Florida hospitals. Addressing a group of reporters at The Associated Press…

MADD supports study that it’s best to take Uber when drunk

January 29, 2015 No comment

At a drugged driving summit sponsored by AAA earlier this week, the former founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Candace Lightner, seemed unhappy when querying state Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) about Florida's lack of enforced regulations when it comes to increasing penalties against drunk drivers in Florida. She also disapproved of the legislator's enthusiasm for ride-sharing…

Lizbeth Benacquisto introduces bill to tweak evidence standards in child abuse cases

January 29, 2015 No comment

Republican state Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto of Ft. Myers has filed legislation to change course in a difficult area of state law -- the legal status of child abuse evidence recorded unbeknownst to the abuser. A recent Florida Supreme Court opinion overruled the conviction of a Lee County man found guilty of sexually abusing his stepdaughter, finding that…

Sen Prez hearing from members frustrated with DOH’s Charlotte’s Web rulemaking

January 28, 2015 No comment

SStatSenate President Andy Gardiner Wednesday said he’s expecting ongoing discussions about the Department of Health rulemaking and medicinal marijuana when lawmakers convene the 2015 legislative session in March. “I have heard from some senators a frustration when you pass legislation last May and the Department is still going through its rulemaking,” Gardiner said at the…

Florida GOP leaders promise tax cuts and education spending

January 28, 2015 No comment

Sketching the outlines of their legislative agendas, Florida's top Republicans pledged Wednesday to press for a bevy of tax cuts, more education spending and a review of controversial student testing in this year's legislative session. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner outlined their proposals during the annual legislative planning meeting hosted by…

AG Pam Bondi: Rick Scott didn’t know about ouster of top cop

January 28, 2015 No comment

Attorney General Pam Bondi Wednesday suggested some palace intrigue was involved in the Bailey affair. Bondi, speaking at the annual AP pre-session briefing, said the Cabinet knew there was going to be changes made in Cabinet agencies but the former prosecutor suspects not the governor but his staff was behind the unceremonious dumping of the…

Bob Buckhorn looks strong in new internal poll
January 29, 2015 No comment
Bob Buckhorn isn't facing serious opposition in his bid for re-election this year, and an internal poll conducted late last year by his campaign shows why nobody of note is even attempting a challenge. The survey conducted by Virginia-based Frederick Polls last November shows that 67 percent of citizens in Tampa support the mayor's reelection bid. That's…
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Janet Long wants Pinellas County to be a player in Cuba
Push poll roils Tampa City Council race
Direct mail round-up: Lenny Curry promises ‘pillars of leadership’ for ‘a better Jacksonville’
Cyndi Stevenson defeats Mike Davis by three points to win HD 17 GOP primary
Paul Renner decisively wins HD 24 GOP primary

Speaker Crisafulli among GOP House leaders to host David Santiago fundraiser

January 28, 2015 No comment

David Santiago is set to hold a downtown Tallahassee fundraiser during the penultimate week of pre-session committee hearings next month. Co-hosting at the swanky Florida Realtors Conference Room will be Speaker Steve Crisafulli, Pasco state Rep. Richard Corcoran and state Rep. Jose Oliva of Miami Lakes. All three are among the heaviest hitters in the Legislature…

Rick Scott say he’s meeting Amendment 1 but full breakdown lacking

January 28, 2015 No comment

Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday he is requesting $82 million next year in environmental spending above what is required by Amendment 1, the water and land conservation initiative approved by voters in November. Scott on Wednesday issued his $77 billion budget request for fiscal year 2015-16 including an estimated $757 million towards a broad array…

Florida Recycling Partnership announces new leadership team for 2015

January 28, 2015 No comment

Florida’s leading coalition committed to recycling and sustainable business practices have chosen a new leadership team for 2015. In an election of members held earlier this month, the Florida Recycling Partnership (FRP) selected its Board of Directors for the upcoming year. Elected as chair is Kim Brunson, who serves as Recycle and Solid Waste Manager…

Mitch Perry Report for 1.29.15 – Justice served in Melissa Alexander case?
January 29, 2015 No comment
Melissa Alexander is out of prison now, but she's not exactly free at last. The Jacksonville mother of three was released from prison yesterday, after she accepted a plea deal with the state on charges of aggravated assault with a…
Sean Shaw: End the Cabinet monopoly, save Insurance Regulator
January 28, 2015 No comment
Apparently, not even the Florida Constitution can save Kevin McCarty. He’s an insurance regulator in a sinkhole of Tallahassee politics. Here’s what we know about Kevin McCarty – Governor Rick Scott is finished with him. He doesn't want McCarty to…