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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 11, 2016

Kathleen Passidomo and Matt Hudson used a casual candidate forum to try to garner support for their state Senate District 28 campaigns. The two are vying to replace Sen. Garrett Richter in the Florida Senate. On Monday, the Naples Republicans faced off in a low-key candidate forum during the Collier Republican Club meeting. There were […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 11, 2016

The political committee backing the effort to legalize medical marijuana raised more than $41,000 last month, bringing its 2016 total to nearly $240,000. People United for Medical Marijuana raised $41,245 in March, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Division of Elections. The organization received 400 donations last month, dozens of them less than […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 11, 2016

Byron Donalds’ campaign war chest grew by more than $3,000 last month, according to recently filed campaign finance reports. Donalds raised $3,100 in March. The Naples Republican has raised $93,118 since jumping in the House District 80 race in March 2015. RAI Services Co. was among Donalds’ top donors during the one-month fundraising period. The […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 11, 2016

The race to replace Kathleen Passidomo in the Florida House is heating up; with Bob Rommel outraising Lavigne Ann Kirkpatrick in March. State records show Rommel raised $8,540 last month; while Kirkpatrick raised $4,800. However, March marked the first full month of Kirkpatrick’s House campaign. Rommel, a Naples Republican who serves as president of the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 11, 2016

The political committee backing Gov. Rick Scott raised more than $1 million in the first three months of 2016. State records show Let’s Get to Work — the political committee that fueled Scott’s 2010 and 2014 gubernatorial campaigns — raised $248,000 in March. Since January, the political committee has raised more than $1.07 million. The […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 11, 2016

Florida’s lieutenant governor is headed to Israel. Carlos Lopez-Cantera is traveling to Israel this week as part of the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association delegation. The trip is meant to develop existing relationships, as well as promote new partnerships. “The United States’ relationship with Israel is critical, and I am traveling there to gain a firsthand […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 11, 2016

The future is here. Gone are the days when self-driving cars were just a thing of science fiction. The technology is being tested across the country; and autonomous vehicles could be hitting Florida’s roads soon, thanks in part to a transportation bill signed into law last week. Tucked into the omnibus transportation passed by the Florida […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 8, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has nominated Lt. Col. Glenn Sutphin to be interim executive director of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sutphin has been chief of staff and legislative affairs director for the Department of Military Affairs since 1999. He served in the Florida National Guard as an Army officer and a Field Artillery Officer for […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 8, 2016

Consumer confidence is at its highest point in nearly a year. According to the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida, consumer sentiment rose to 93.4 in March. That’s up from February 2015, but still below March 2015’s reading, which was the highest reading in a decade. “Floridians are confident in […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 8, 2016

Remember the woman who shouted at Gov. Rick Scott in Starbucks on Tuesday? Gary Farmer, a Broward County Democrat, is hoping to raise a little campaign cash off of it. In an email to supporters on Friday, Farmer, who is running for state Senate in District 34, said while he understands that the episode “might […]

Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster

Kathleen Passidomo, Matt Hudson talk 2016 at Collier GOP forum

Medical marijuana backers raise more than $41K in March

Byron Donalds raises more than $3K in bid for HD 80 seat

Bob Rommel, Lavigne Kirkpatrick boost their HD 106 campaign coffers in March

Let’s Get to Work raises $248,000 in March

Carlos Lopez-Cantera traveling to Israel

Open roads: Florida preparing for self-driving vehicles

Rick Scott picks Glenn Sutphin as interim head of Department of Veterans Affairs

Floridians’ consumer confidence rose in March

Email Insights: Senate candidate fundraising off video of Rick Scott getting yelled at in Starbucks