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Danny McAuliffeAugust 20, 2018

The election is almost a week away, and candidates are working overtime. Consider this a highlight reel of news and events from the weekend featuring Florida politicians. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was in Miami Lakes on Sunday attending the Red For Education teacher rally before teachers in Miami-Dade began school again Monday: Being here today, surrounded […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 18, 2018

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A Republican advantage fills the backdrop as voters head to the polls early across the state on Saturday. Of the nearly 790,000 mail-in ballots returned as of Friday afternoon, Republicans have the edge with 367,864 ballots cast. Democrats have returned 313,678, according to the Division of Elections. In the 18 counties that offered early voting […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 17, 2018

After successfully waging a legal battle against the state’s refusal to allow early voting sites on university and college campuses, the League of Women Voters of Florida is turning to campus leaders in an attempt to ensure those sites are established ahead of the Nov. 6 election. In a letter sent Friday to 10 college […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 15, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to Florida to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Gillum. The Gillum campaign announced late Tuesday that the Senator from Vermont will join Gillum at two rallies on Friday — less than two weeks away from the Aug. 28 primary. The first of the rallies is set to take place […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 14, 2018

The Florida Cabinet is moving forward with the purchase of a large parcel of land in Highlands County to ensure its preservation. On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet members Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam authorized the $5,528,250 buy of the specified 2,457 acres of ranchland, […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 13, 2018

Florida is now in a state of emergency over the impacts of red tide, a colloquialism used to describe the harmful algal blooms plaguing Florida’s Gulf Coast. Gov. Rick Scott issued the executive order declaring the state of emergency on Monday. “As Southwest Florida and the Tampa Bay area continues to feel the devastating impacts of […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 13, 2018

On Saturday, Gov. Rick Scott turned his Twitter account over to a group of students helping him in his bid for U.S. Senate: This is James, I get to make the last post of today’s social media takeover! We’re lucky to have a Governor like Rick Scott who truly cares about the people of Florida, […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 11, 2018

He’s untamed, intelligent and ferociously critical of President Donald Trump. And, if you’re in the capital city, he’s coming to a bookstore near you. GOP strategist Rick Wilson from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. on Thursday will be at Midtown Reader in Tallahassee to read from, discuss details and sign copies of his new non-fiction […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 10, 2018

A Democratic push to reconvene state legislators for a special session on the state’s controversial ‘Stand Your Ground’ law is dead. Although doomed Thursday night, when it became clear that the three-fifths support threshold could not be met, lawmakers had until noon Friday to go on record with their support or opposition to the special […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 10, 2018

Just hours after a five-year-old police report surfaced describing Jeff Greene smacking a waitress on the arm to get her attention, the Florida chapter of the National Organization for Women is calling on the Palm Beach billionaire to drop his bid for the Governor’s Mansion. “This type of assault is rooted in power imbalance, and so […]

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#FlaPol in Review: A weekend roundup

GOP holds lead in returned ballots as statewide early voting begins

League pressures higher ed leaders to prioritize early voting sites

Bernie Sanders to join Andrew Gillum for Tampa, Orlando rallies this Friday

Cabinet approves latest conservation easement

Red tide prompts state of emergency

#FlaPol in Review: A weekend roundup

Rick Wilson to come home for book signing at Tallahassee’s Midtown Reader

Final votes recorded for failed ‘Stand Your Ground’ session

Florida NOW calls on Jeff Greene to drop out