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Staff ReportsJune 12, 2017

Rep. Matt Caldwell is getting a little help from his friends in bid for Agriculture Commissioner. Majority Leader Ray Rodrigues, Rep. Dane Eagle, and Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen are among the more than three dozen Southwest Florida officials scheduled to host a fundraiser for Caldwell on Monday night. The fundraiser, according to a copy of the […]

Staff ReportsJune 12, 2017

A new mailer landing in South Florida mailboxes has labeled Alex Diaz de la Portilla “not a conservative.” The mailer is the second from Making a Better Tomorrow, a Venice-based political committee, targeting Diaz de la Portilla in the special election to replace Sen. Frank Artiles in Senate District 40. “Alex Diax de la Portilla […]

Staff ReportsJune 12, 2017

Republican candidate for governor Adam Putnam’s political committee posted more than $1 million in contributions for May, the committee’s own reports show. The Division of Elections’ deadline for reporting May numbers is Monday. Florida Grown hadn’t posted its information with the state as of Monday morning, but has rolling contribution and expenditure information on its […]

Staff ReportsJune 12, 2017

Ashley Moody will officially kick off her Attorney General campaign with an event in Tampa later this month. Moody will hold a campaign kickoff at 6 p.m., June 29 at The Floridan Palace in Tampa. The event comes weeks after the former Hillsborough circuit judge threw her hat in the race to replace Attorney General […]

Staff ReportsJune 10, 2017

Alex Diaz de la Portilla’s legislative record could be coming back to haunt him. A new mailer calling Diaz de la Portilla a “tax & spend liberal” is hitting the mailboxes of voters living in Senate District 40. The mailer, paid for Making a Better Tomorrow, highlights Diaz de la Portilla’s time in the Legislature, […]

Staff ReportsJune 9, 2017

Former Yahoo executive and state Sen. Jeremy Ring capped off a week on the campaign trail Friday with a big get. Immediately following a speech at the annual convention of the Florida Professional Firefighters, the group moved to unanimously endorse Ring in the Democratic primary. In his speech, Ring reaffirmed his support for the state’s […]

Staff ReportsJune 9, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott expanded the call of the Legislature’s special session Friday to include money he wants to repair the Herbert Hoover Dike and higher education investments important to the Senate. And here are the details that got us here: The Senate will relent on trying to appropriate more money for hospitals; there will be nothing that […]

Staff ReportsJune 9, 2017

A bipartisan bill to reform the Department of Veterans of Affairs by allowing the secretary to dismiss bad employees is headed to the U.S. House, after clearing the Senate on a voice vote this week. Sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act gives the VA secretary […]

Staff ReportsJune 7, 2017

A Florida-based division of the National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing on a complaint against the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that the paper’s leadership intimidated and threatened “reprisals” if newsroom employees voted to form a union. The hearing is currently set for Aug. 21 in Tampa. Last September, the newsroom staff of the Herald-Tribune, a GateHouse Media paper, […]

Staff ReportsJune 7, 2017

Two senators have asked Senate President Joe Negron to support expanding the call for a special session to override two line-item vetoes. Sens. Denise Grimsley and Kelli Stargel sent a letter to Negron on Wednesday asking for his “assistant and support in expanding the call for Special Session 2017-A to include the veto override of […]

Staff Reports

Ray Rodrigues, other SWFL leaders host fundraiser for Matt Caldwell’s bid for Ag Commissioner

Alex Diaz de la Portilla labeled ‘not a conservative’ in new mailer

Adam Putnam’s political committee racks up another cool million in May

Ashley Moody to hold AG campaign kick-off event on June 29

Mailer in SD 40 races calls Alex Diaz de la Portilla a ‘tax & spend liberal’

Big, early get: State’s firefighters endorse Jeremy Ring in Democratic primary of CFO race

We have a deal: Rick Scott expands scope of special session

Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson backed VA reform bill clears the Senate

Labor relations panel will hear complaint against Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Denise Grimsley, Kelli Stargel ask Joe Negron to support veto overrides of 2 budget line items