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Jim RosicaSeptember 1, 2015

Florida Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard both sides of a proposed constitutional amendment on solar-generated electricity. Lawyers for its proponents and opponents presented their cases to the court as part of a required legal review. Proposed amendments can deal with only one subject and the summary that voters see on the ballot can’t be misleading. The amendment […]

Phil AmmannAugust 27, 2015

Mission: NEXT, Jeb Bush’s NASA-inspired bundler program for young Republicans, lands in Miami next month for a fundraising reception hosted by Jeb Bush, Jr. The event, which focuses on donors under 40, begins 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 24 at American Social, 690 SW 1st Court in Miami. Evening reception tickets start at $250 – with […]

Jim RosicaAugust 24, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott gave Attorney General Pam Bondi a heads up on Monday that some of the 129 hospitals being audited for Medicaid fraud or waste could be referred to her office for criminal prosecution. Scott is on the warpath against hospitals that participate in the statewide Medicaid Managed Care program, concerned that some are over-billing […]

Ryan RayAugust 24, 2015

Former Senate President Don Gaetz — fresh from bad publicity for his role in the 2011 redistricting fiasco, when he was chairman of his chamber’s map-making committee — accentuated the positive Sunday in an email to his constituents in his sprawling Senate District 1, which runs from Walton to Jackson counties in the western Panhandle. Legislators […]

Gary FineoutAugust 20, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott is defending the use of taxpayer money to pay a hefty legal settlement, but there are questions about whether his administration was transparent in how it got the money. State officials last week paid $700,000 to Tallahassee attorney Steven Andrews to settle seven lawsuits. The lawsuits contended that Scott, Attorney General Pam […]

Associated PressAugust 14, 2015

A Tallahassee attorney says Florida Gov. Rick Scott was a “novice politician” who got “bad advice” that led him to ignore the state’s public records law. State officials on Friday paid $700,000 to Steven Andrews to settle seven lawsuits that contended that Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other officials flouted Florida’s public records law. […]

Associated PressAugust 8, 2015

Attorney General Pam Bondi has activated the state’s price gouging hotline for people living in five counties affected by severe weather and flooding. Bondi announced the hotline would be in operation starting Friday for Dixie, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Taylor counties. Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in those five counties. State […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2015

The group who has been working all year to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot in Florida next year allowing citizens more access to solar power, Floridians for Solar Choice, received some bad news today. According to a new Mason-Dixon poll, their measure is losing, 45 percent to 30 percent, with 25 percent undecided. Adding insult to injury […]

Phil AmmannJuly 23, 2015

On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott took the time to highlight Florida’s fight against human trafficking with a ceremonial bill signing of four bills to raise protect survivors and set harsher penalties for exploitation of victims. “While Florida has a 44-year crime low,” Scott said at the Citrus Health Network Family Medical Center in Hialeah, “even one victim […]

Peter SchorschJuly 23, 2015

Attorney General Pam Bondi has decided not to bring forward any additional applicants for the position of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, meaning that Interim Secretary Jon Steverson will be the only candidate to be interviewed by the Cabinet at their next meeting. Steverson and FDLE head Rick Swearingen were the first state officials affected by […]

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Justices hear arguments on proposed solar power amendment

Jeb Bush’s “Mission: NEXT” bundler program lands in Miami Sept. 24

Gov. Rick Scott: Hospitals may be referred for fraud investigations

Don Gaetz says BP recovery bill a coup for Northwest Florida

Gov. Rick Scott defends payout in records lawsuit

Rick Scott got ‘bad advice’ on open government law, lawyer says

Florida activates price gouging hotline for 5 counties

New solar power amendment in Florida up in poll, another one down

Gov. Scott highlights human trafficking fight with four new Florida laws

Jon Stevenson to be only DEP candidate interviewed at next cabinet meeting