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Staff ReportsMay 23, 2018

NFL owners approved a new national anthem policy Wednesday that gives individual teams the authority to set their own anthem-related rules and permits players to remain in the locker room during the playing of the anthem, according to a person familiar with the deliberations. The new policy eliminates the current requirement from the league’s game operations […]

Staff ReportsMay 23, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff to honor Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Police Officer Lance C. Whitaker, a 17-year veteran. Scott ordered the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, City Hall in Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in Jacksonville, and the Capitol in Tallahassee, from sunrise […]

Staff ReportsMay 22, 2018

Delegation in the middle of farm bill fiasco Last Friday, Capitol Hill was rocked by the unexpected defeat of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, otherwise known as the Farm Bill. The 213-198 final vote includes all 183 Democrats voting against it, joined by 30 Republicans. The bill went down due to significant mistrust of House Republican […]

Staff ReportsMay 21, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott announced several judicial appointments late Monday. — Stephen Pitre to the 1st Judicial Circuit Pitre, 46, of Gulf Breeze, is a shareholder at Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond, & Stackhouse, P.A. He previously served as an Assistant State Attorney for the 1st Judicial Circuit. He received his bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State […]

Staff ReportsMay 21, 2018

With last year’s Atlantic storm season among the strongest, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) urges residents to prepare now for the 2018 hurricane season, which runs June 1-Nov. 30. The commission, which issued a press release Monday, regulates the state’s investor-owned utilities. “Hurricane preparedness should top our to-do lists,” said PSC Chairman Art Graham […]

Staff ReportsMay 21, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff in Florida, in solidarity with Texas as it mourns 10 dead there after another high school shooting spree. “My wife, Ann, and I are devastated to learn of the tragic school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas,” he said in a statement. “I spoke to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott […]

Staff ReportsMay 20, 2018

Hundreds of opponents of offshore oil drilling gathered at Florida beaches and held hands. The Tampa Bay Times reported Saturday that the protest at Clearwater Beach drew local and state elected officials including U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. There were also protests held at other beaches throughout Pinellas County. The “Hands Across the Sand” demonstration has […]

Staff ReportsMay 19, 2018

Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are expressing outrage and heartbreak after authorities said a student killed 10 people Friday at a high school in Texas. The attack at Santa Fe High School is the deadliest school shooting since a former student was arrested in the killing of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory […]

Staff ReportsMay 19, 2018

This week, an extra 10 cities, including Tallahassee, were officially tacked onto a lawsuit challenging a state law that gives the Legislature the sole authority to regulate firearms and ammunition. The original lawsuit was filed in April by several South Florida cities frustrated at their inability to further restrict guns through acts of the local […]

Staff ReportsMay 18, 2018

Re-election races bringing out ‘bipartisanship’ This week, two issues began to break through the fog of personal “collusion” between Stormy Daniels and President Donald Trump, as well as the still unproven “collusion between Trump and Russia. Both issues involve some bipartisanship, but tough re-election battles have placed two prominent Floridians at the center of the action. The first […]

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Buccaneers QB Teddy Bridgewater. Image via AP.

NFL owners approve team-by-team national anthem policy, will allow players to remain in locker room

Flags at half-staff for JSO officer killed in wreck

Delegation for 5.22.18 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Rick Scott names four to circuit, county benches

Prep for hurricanes, PSC reminds Floridians

Flags at half-staff for Texas school shooting victims

Hundreds of Floridians show up for offshore drilling protest

Parkland students on Texas: They’re part of this now

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Capitol vs. capital

Delegation for 5.18.18 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State