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Phil AmmannFebruary 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott kicked off February with 11 appointments to a variety of state boards. Children’s Services Council of Saint Lucie County Scott announced the appointment of Eric Finkel and the reappointment of Marilyn Lawless to the Children’s Services Council of Saint Lucie County. Both terms end Nov. 13, 2018. Finkel, 49, of Port Saint […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 4, 2015

Jeb Bush will take his prospective 2016 presidential candidacy to the Hawkeye State next month, with a speech at the Iowa Ag Summit on March 7 in Des Moines. There was a great deal of speculation over whether the center-right former Florida governor would avoid Iowa altogether, bypassing a group of voters that lean distinctively anti-establishment, […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 4, 2015

Jeb Bush is giving one of his first 2016-policy speeches not in Iowa, the first caucus state, or New Hampshire, the first primary state, but in Detroit, the nation’s chronically troubled city. Selecting Detroit – a calculated choice – gives some insight into Bush’s campaign strategy, Dana Bash of CNN says. In a speech at […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 4, 2015

Jeb Bush is giving one of his first 2016-policy speeches not in Iowa, the first caucus state, or New Hampshire, the first primary state, but in Detroit, the nation’s chronically troubled city. Selecting Detroit – a calculated choice – gives some insight into Bush’s campaign strategy, Dana Bash of CNN says. In a speech at […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 3, 2015

Jeb Bush has set off for the Beltway money trail. The former Florida governor will be in the Washington, D.C., area Feb. 17 hosting a pair of fundraising events for the Right to Rise PAC, his newly formed leadership committee. Bush starts with a $1,000-a-plate late morning/lunch reception at Washington offices of BGR Group, the […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 3, 2015

A bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers met with reporters on Tuesday to express confidence a telemedicine bill would successfully pass the Florida Legislature this year. Telemedicine, otherwise known as “telehealth,” helps provide remote healthcare access to patients in rural communities and underserved regions. It often involves the Internet and other telecommunications for services such as […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 3, 2015

Like a bad penny, Joshua Black keeps coming back. The St. Petersburg Republican filed a challenge on Tuesday against Rep. Dwight Dudley in Pinellas County House District 68, according to the Florida Division of Elections. Black, a former taxi driver and candidate for Dudley’s seat last year, alienated nearly every GOP member in Tampa Bay, and many […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 2, 2015

Former Jacksonville City General Counsel Jim Rinaman is supporting Bill Bishop in this spring’s mayoral race. Rinaman sat on the commission that proposed the elimination of a separate county executive or legislature, announced his endorsement of Bishop – an underdog in the race — in a letter last week. Initially, the prominent attorney threw his […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 2, 2015

Jeb Bush added two veteran political consultants to his campaign team this week, setting up an almost certain White House campaign in 2016. The pair includes former ad men for Ted Cruz and Ron Paul. Jon Downs and Danny Diaz, co-founders of FP1 Strategies, a Washington-based political consultancy, will take charge of advertising and messaging […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 2, 2015

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential 2016 presidential hopeful, is kicking off a book tour in early primary states with a trip to Iowa on Feb. 13. The Miami Republican says a final decision on a 2016 White House bid will happen in the coming weeks, going so far as to instruct his campaign team […]

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Gov. Rick Scott begins February with 11 board appointments

Jeb Bush takes it to Iowa, Scott Walker mounts money challenge

Jeb Bush to roll out "reform conservatism" vision in Detroit speech

Jeb Bush to roll out “reform conservatism” vision in Detroit speech

Jeb Bush hits the D.C. money trail this month

Lawmakers confident telemedicine bill will pass Florida Legislature in 2015

St. Pete Republican who wanted to hang Obama for treason files to run in HD 68

Former Jacksonville general counsel endorses underdog Bill Bishop

Jeb Bush adds two veteran political ad men for likely White House run

Marco Rubio starts book tour in Iowa, early primary states, on Feb. 13