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Associated PressAugust 14, 2015

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said Friday they have no intention of seeking to remove the Florida panther from the endangered species list or changing any protections. But the officials also said they believe it’s time to rethink some of the criteria set by federal officials about what it would take for the […]

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 14, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is slamming President Barack Obama’s outreach to Iran and Cuba, calling his diplomacy with the two nations evidence of “every flawed strategic, moral and economic notion” that has driven his foreign policy. In a blistering speech Friday to the conservative-leaning Foreign Policy Initiative in New York, set for delivery the […]

Associated PressAugust 14, 2015

Despite sharp criticism from a Florida congresswoman that it would disenfranchise black voters, the Florida House is moving ahead with a substantial overhaul of the state’s 27 congressional districts. A House panel split along party lines on Thursday and approved a proposed map that would substantially alter the state’s political landscape and which could lead […]

Associated PressAugust 13, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday declined to rule out resuming the use of torture under some circumstances by the U.S. government. “I don’t want to make a definitive, blanket kind of statement,” Bush told an audience of Iowa Republicans, when asked whether he would keep in place or repeal President Barack Obama‘s executive […]

Associated PressAugust 13, 2015

Despite sharp criticism from a Florida congresswoman that it would disenfranchise black voters, the Florida House is moving ahead with a substantial overhaul of the state’s 27 congressional districts. A House panel split along party lines on Thursday and approved a proposed map that would substantially alter the state’s political landscape and which could lead […]

Associated PressAugust 13, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio will address the Detroit Economic Club next week. It’s the Florida senator’s first visit to Michigan since he announced his candidacy. Rubio will speak Aug. 20 at the economic club’s luncheon in a hotel in downtown Detroit. Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Rand Paul have made multiple trips to Michigan […]

Associated PressAugust 12, 2015

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is asking a federal judge to stop the Florida Legislature from changing the boundaries of her congressional district. The Jacksonville Democrat on Wednesday filed a new lawsuit against the Legislature, as well as Secretary of State Ken Detzner. Brown contends legislators will violate federal voting laws if they revamp her district […]

Associated PressAugust 12, 2015

Joe Reedy, an award-winning sports writer, is joining The Associated Press in its Tallahassee bureau to cover Florida State University sports and state government. The appointment was announced Wednesday by AP South Editor Lisa Marie Pane and Florida News Editor Terry Spencer. Reedy, 44, most recently covered the Cleveland Indians for FoxSportsOhio.com and also worked for AP […]

Associated PressAugust 12, 2015

The Obama administration doesn’t plan to invite Cuban dissidents to Secretary of State John Kerry’s historic flag-raising at the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Friday, vividly illustrating how U.S. policy is shifting focus from the island’s opposition to its single-party government. Instead, Kerry intends to meet more quietly with prominent activists later in the day, […]

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Florida officials want new chapter in panther protection

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

In speech, Marco Rubio slams Obama’s outreach to Iran and Cuba

Florida House panel OKs congressional map despite criticism

Jeb Bush leaves door open for use of torture by government

House moves ahead with new map despite criticism

Marco Rubio to address Detroit Economic Club next week

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown asks federal judge to stop Legislature

AP adds award-winning sports writer to Tallahassee bureau

Cuba dissidents won’t attend US Embassy event