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Drew WilsonAugust 24, 2017

Akerman LLP’s second quarter finance report shows the seven-member firm brought in $170,000 between April 1 and June 30, a period which included the second half of the 2017 Legislative Session and the special session that followed. Lobbyists who are registered to represent clients before Florida’s legislative or executive branches are required to submit reports […]

Staff ReportsAugust 24, 2017

Saying she needs to “spend more time at home,” state Rep. Alex Miller on Thursday morning resigned from the Florida House of Representatives. Less than an hour later, James Buchanan, son of Sarasota-area Republican Congressman Vern Buchanan, said he will run for the soon-to-be-empty seat. Buchanan had previously announced a run in House District 71, now held by term-limited […]

Drew WilsonAugust 23, 2017

Democrat Annette Taddeo has crossed the six-figure mark in total fundraising for her SD 40 campaign, but the perennial candidate’s spike was overshadowed by another banner campaign finance report from Republican Rep. Jose Felix Diaz. The pair are running to take over for former Republican Sen. Frank Artiles, who was pushed out of office in […]

Peter SchorschAugust 23, 2017

Republican state Rep. Bryan Avila earned some praise from Americans for Prosperity-Florida for sponsoring a bill to kill Sunshine State stadium deals. The conservative group called the Florida Sports Development Fund, an incentive program greenlighted by lawmakers in 2014, “corporate welfare” and lauded Avila’s HB 6005, filed Tuesday, for attempting to repeal the “sports incentive […]

Peter SchorschAugust 23, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt announced Wednesday that Alabamian Trey Glenn has been tapped as the Environmental Protection Agency’s new regional administrator in the Southeast. “Trey Glenn will bring invaluable experience as regional administrator having spent over two decades working in the field of environmental and regulatory policy,” Pruitt said. “Mr. Glenn will help […]

Jim RosicaAugust 23, 2017

House Speaker and presumptive Republican candidate for governor Richard Corcoran, who declared war on “corporate welfare” last Legislative Session, now wants to end “welfare for politicians.” On Wednesday, he asked the Constitution Revision Commission—of which he appointed nine of its 37 members—to consider an proposal to repeal a section of the state Constitution that provides […]

Staff ReportsAugust 23, 2017

SKB Consulting Group might be a one-man shop, but that isn’t stopping it from packing a big punch. With 14 legislative and executive branch clients, Stuart Brown earned at least $110,000 — an average of $55,000 for legislative and $55,000 for executive branch work — during the second quarter of 2016, which included the second half […]

Drew WilsonAugust 23, 2017

Lobbyist Adam Corey jettisoned his state-level clients this week, possibly due to an ongoing FBI corruption investigation in Tallahassee. Corey had been representing American Clinical Solutions, Coalition of Affordable Housing Providers, PNC Financial Services Group, Broward College Foundation and San Felasco Nurseries, but state records show he withdrew as a lobbyist for each client Monday. […]

Phil AmmannAugust 22, 2017

Former state Sen. Greg Evers died in a car wreck near his northwest Florida home on Monday night. He was 62. The Florida Highway Patrol said that Evers drove off a curve on Griffith Mill Road, and his car was found submerged in a roadside creek Tuesday afternoon. Evers was the only person in the vehicle.

Jim RosicaAugust 22, 2017

An ex-aide to former state Sen. Maria Lorts Sachs has asked a federal court to drop his sexual harassment case against the Florida Senate. Matthew Damsky’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss Tuesday, asking that each side pay for its own attorneys’ fees and costs. The Senate was named as the defendant because it was […]

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Three people were killed in an accident on the Florida Turnpike in St. Lucie County on Aug. 12. Image via Treasure Coast Newspapers.

Ackerman’s lobbying practice brings in $170K in Q2

Alex Miller resigns from House; James Buchanan seeks to replace her

Jose Diaz stomps Annette Taddeo in new SD 40 fundraising reports

American for Prosperity praises Bryan Avila’s bill to kill stadium incentives

Personnel note: Trey Glenn appointed as EPA’s administrator for Florida, southeast

Déjà vu: Richard Corcoran seeks repeal of public campaign financing

Stuart Brown could earn more than $219K in Q2

Adam Corey drops lobbying clients

Greg Evers, former state senator, dies in wreck

Maria Sachs accuser seeks to drop harassment case