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A.G. GancarskiNovember 29, 2017

Wednesday saw Gov. Rick Scott visit Jacksonville, contending that he proposes spending “record” amounts of money on K-12 education in his latest budget. “We’re going to have historic funding, for the sixth year in a row,” Scott said, of a “record investment” that will “make sure we fully fund our education system.” Scott trumpets historic funding […]

Mitch PerryNovember 29, 2017

UPDATE A progressive group is attacking Gov. Rick Scott with a new website — Rick’s Recession — for what they claim is the state’s unequal recovery from the Great Recession and the detrimental cost of his policies for Florida families. The site, published by progressive group “For Florida’s Future,” highlights what it contends are the majority of Florida counties […]

Jim RosicaNovember 29, 2017

The “hot mic” has gone cold. In a one-sentence order, the Florida Supreme Court denied Gov. Rick Scott’s request to disqualify Justice Barbara Pariente from a pending case over his judicial appointment power. “The respondent’s motion to disqualify Justice Pariente is hereby denied,” it said, without elaboration. Scott “expects all judges to be fair and impartial,” […]

Peter SchorschNovember 29, 2017

A new poll released Tuesday found a majority of Floridians support the use of state money to lure jobs to the Sunshine State and also showed significant shifts in attitudes about the Florida budget, taxation and the quality of government services. The USF-Nielsen Sunshine State Survey found 58 percent of Floridians support business incentives while […]

Jim RosicaNovember 28, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday announced he had ordered flags at half-staff to honor the late David Hobbs, Sheriff of Jefferson County in north Florida. Hobbs, who had cancer, died after being hospitalized Monday. He was 58. According to a news obituary in the Tallahassee Democrat, he was elected sheriff in 2004 after serving as a Florida Highway Patrol […]

Danny McAuliffeNovember 28, 2017

Clowns to the left of him, jokers to the right; John Morgan is stuck in the middle with you. With sleeves rolled up, the powerful injury attorney preached the merits of compromise in a 6-minute long, convoluted, stream-of-consciousness PSA released on social media Tuesday. The address came just three days after the major Democratic fundraiser announced […]

Scott PowersNovember 28, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott has set a special election for 2018 to fill the seat vacated by former state Rep. Neil Combee in House District 39, serving parts of Polk and Osceola counties. Scott set a primary election for Feb. 20, 2018, and a general election for May 1. That would keep the seat open until […]

Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2017

Libertarian candidate Alison Foxall is accepting campaign contributions via digital bitcoin currency. The House District 72 hopeful is one of a number of political candidates who have solicited contributions from the cryptocurrency, which was first created in 2009. Rand Paul accepted bitcoins during his 2016 presidential campaign, as has Colorado Democratic Rep. Jared Polis and […]

Jim RosicaNovember 28, 2017

“There is no there there” in Gov. Rick Scott‘s complaint that Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente is biased against him, say the plaintiffs in a case over his judicial appointment power. The League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause Florida responded Tuesday to Scott’s motion for disqualification against Pariente. It was filed earlier this month by […]

Drew WilsonNovember 28, 2017

Nearly 8,000 pupils from the Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and various Caribbean nations affected by Hurricane Maria have enrolled in Florida public schools, Education Commissioner Pam Stewart said Tuesday. At a State Board of Education Meeting in Lake County, Stewart said the tally of new pupils included 7,212 Puerto Rican children and 710 […]

Headlines

Questions remain about math behind Rick Scott’s ‘record’ K-12 spending

Website blasts Rick Scott’s policies for working Floridians

Barbara Pariente to stay on Rick Scott judicial appointments case

Floridians back business incentives, split on how state should tackle 2018 budget

Flags at half-staff for Jefferson County Sheriff David Hobbs

John Morgan: I’m a ‘compassionate capitalist’ — let’s talk compromise

Rick Scott sets spring special election to replace Neil Combee in House

Florida House candidate accepting campaign contributions in bitcoin

Plaintiffs pooh-pooh Rick Scott’s bias concern in judicial appointments case

Florida public school enrollment has jumped by 8,000 post-Maria