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Jim RosicaJune 8, 2016

Stephen Lawson tells FloridaPolitics.com he’s departing as communications director for Enterprise Florida for the same job at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Lawson’s last day at EFI is Thursday. He starts at DBPR next week, replacing Chelsea Eagle. She wasn’t immediately available Wednesday. Eagle departs in the wake of a high-profile battle with […]

Florence SnyderMarch 30, 2016

In Greek mythology, Ajax is known as the guy who raped the prophetess Cassandra. In Tallahassee, Ajax is known as the absentee landlord of Northwood Centre, a state office building so sick with mold and bat poop that Gov. Rick Scott took the extraordinary step of cutting off rent payments and relocating 1,500 state employees. […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 11, 2016

To many businesses and consumers alike, Tallahassee is known for a laissez-faire approach to industry, where low taxes and a light regulatory touch spring eternal. Not so when it comes to manufacturing cosmetics, where state regulators have thrown the proverbial book at businesses that have failed to comply with unusually strict mandates. Industry advocates say […]

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Personnel note: Stephen Lawson heading to DBPR

Florence Snyder: State workers bothered by bats, bad air

Proposal would overhaul arcane cosmetics manufacturing rules