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Staff ReportsJanuary 5, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff this Sunday in honor of Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael David Ryan. The Governor’s Office made the announcement Friday evening. Ryan, 58, died on New Year’s Eve after almost 14 years of service with the sheriff’s office, a news release said. He had “collapsed during an encounter […]

Scott PowersJanuary 5, 2018

As President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to allow off-shore oil drilling practically everywhere, Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson appears to have dug in for his best Clint Eastwood “Make my day” impersonation. “The administration is planning to drill off the coast of Florida,” Nelson told reporters in Orlando Friday. “I can […]

Scott PowersJanuary 5, 2018

Philip Levine is gassing up a bus again for another tour of Florida, this time as an official candidate for governor. Levine, the Democratic former mayor of Miami Beach, announced Friday that he plans to take a bus campaign tour that will start in Orlando next Tuesday morning and end in Key Largo on the […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 5, 2018

True to his word, Rep. Ron DeSantis made news on Fox and Friends. On Friday, he announced his decision to run for Florida Governor — a decision that seemed made months ago, with the groundwork for a campaign being laid slowly and surely. “As you remember a few weeks ago, the president tweeted support for me as […]

Scott PowersJanuary 5, 2018

The Florida chief financial officer campaign of Democratic former state Sen. Jeremy Ring announced Friday he has received the endorsements of more than half the Democrats in the Florida Senate, plus 11 Democrats in the Florida House of Representatives. “From the very beginning I have believed that our campaign is all about people power,” Ring […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 5, 2018

Attorney General candidate Jay Fant released his first campaign video Friday morning, just as a new poll on the contest shows it’s still anybody’s race. When registered Republican voters were asked by St. Pete Polls who they’d vote for in the A.G. race, former Hillsborough Circuit Judge Ashley Moody beat Fant by about a point—10.1 […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 5, 2018

Rep. Matt Caldwell announced Thursday that his December finance reports will show another six-figure fundraising month for his Agriculture Commissioner campaign, putting him at $1.56 million raised in 2017. “We are working hard and our support continues to grow each and every day. We have traveled nearly 41,000 miles across this State since May 1 […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 4, 2018

Former Margate Sen. Jeremy Ring announced Thursday that 19 Democratic state lawmakers have endorsed him in the chief financial officer race. “From the very beginning I have believed that our campaign is all about people power,” Ring said. “I am proud to have the support of each and every one of these legislators. Over the […]

Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott‘s office wants $1,200 from Gwen Graham before it will deliver anything to respond to her public records request, contending that’s how much staff time cost to research her inquiry into whether he spoke with nursing home administrators during the September 2017 tragedy at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. The governor’s office […]

Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum‘s campaign is reporting that he raised a quarter million dollars in December between his official campaign and his independent committee, marking his first $200,000 month since early last spring. Spokesman Geoff Burgan characterized December as a month of momentum. Gillum hadn’t seen much momentum since before his campaign team was […]

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Buccaneers QB Teddy Bridgewater. Image via AP.

Flags at half-staff for Broward County deputy

Bill Nelson on off-shore oil drilling: ‘Not while I’m in office’

Philip Levine planning another bus tour of Florida

Ron DeSantis declares run for Governor, sets up two-man GOP race

Jeremy Ring announces Florida Democratic lawmakers’ endorsements for CFO race

Poll shows wide-open AG race as Jay Fant releases first video

Matt Caldwell caps off 2017 with a six-figure December

Jeremy Ring snags a pile of endorsements from state lawmakers

Governor’s office seeks $1,200 to respond to Gwen Graham’s Hollywood Hills query

Andrew Gillum reports raising $250K