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Scott PowersApril 25, 2016

Florida’s wannabe U.S. Senate race front-runners Alan Grayson and David Jolly took on Social Security, campaign finance reform, abortion and minimum wage with detailed policy answers in the first-ever “open debate” in Florida Monday night. Grayson, the Democratic congressman from Orlando, and Jolly, the Republican congressman from Seminole set firm but mostly friendly differences between […]

Mitch PerryApril 19, 2016

Bill Nelson is praising the Senate’s passage of legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, in particular a provision that will test technology for intercepting a drone that flies too close to U.S. airports. “Madam President, last night’s national news was led by an international news report from London about an inbound British Airways flight into […]

Associated PressApril 18, 2016

Florida’s fight to keep intact a ban on gay marriage is going to wind up costing taxpayers. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle has ordered the state to pay the fees of attorneys who filed federal lawsuits challenging the state’s voter-approved ban. Hinkle said in an order dated Friday the attorneys were eligible for payment because […]

Peter SchorschApril 12, 2016

One of the focuses of Jacksonville Bold is hyperlocal coverage of the First Coast’s state legislative races. In this email program and on FloridaPolitics.com, we hope to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the House and Senate campaigns up for grabs in 2016. So let’s set the table on where these races stand now that the […]

Peter SchorschApril 9, 2016

Is State Sen. Greg Evers becoming the Hamlet of the Florida Panhandle? Reports first floated last year that the Okaloosa County Republican was toying with the idea of running for Santa Rosa County sheriff, to replace the retiring incumbent there. He was later mentioned as eyeing the job of Okaloosa County’s property appraiser. And Pensacola political blogger Rick Outzen added a 2018 […]

Jim RosicaApril 8, 2016

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Let’s Get to Work, the political fundraising committee affiliated with Gov. Rick Scott, is striking back against the Starbucks patron who called him an “a**hole” this week, labeling her a “latte liberal” in a new video. The 1-minute clip surfaced Friday on the group’s website and YouTube. The governor had stopped into a Gainesville Starbucks […]

Peter SchorschApril 8, 2016

The big story of the week in Jacksonville happened Wednesday evening. Mayor Lenny Curry plans to put his pension tax referendum up to a vote in August. Curry’s plan hopes to tackle the unfunded pension liability that bedevils local budgets, including the one being devised for next fiscal year The official reason: “This is a […]

Peter SchorschApril 8, 2016

Sunburn – The definitive morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. FIRST AND FOREMOST, a happy birthday to Florida’s Chief Infographic Officer and #1 St. Louis Cardinals fan, CFO Jeff Atwater. SHOW US THE MONEY — The fundraising race will be front and […]

Peter SchorschApril 7, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. What social media gives, it can take away. Self-proclaimed anarchist Cara Jennings became a viral video star Wednesday after a clip of her accosting Gov. Rick Scott in a Gainesville Starbucks the day before […]

Peter SchorschApril 5, 2016

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. The polls show Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders to be the leaders going into tonight’s Wisconsin Primary presidential election, but nothing appears to be certain in the day’s only election contest. Coming off what […]

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Florida’s U.S. Senate ‘open debate’ brings out policy, mostly on progressive agenda

Bill Nelson lavishes praise on reauthorization of FAA bill

Florida’s fight to keep gay marriage ban could be costly

Jacksonville Bold for 4.12.16 – The money chase

Takeaways from Tallahassee — A latte for one, bill signings for others

New video: Let’s Get to Work calls Rick Scott heckler a “latte liberal”

Jacksonville Bold for 4.8.16 – August is coming

Sunburn for April 8 – Ron DeSantis = Million Dollar Man; Joe Negron’s new CoS; Clay Ingram doesn’t wait; Happy B-day Jeff Atwater!; ‘Rogue One’ trailer

Sunburn for April 7 – Rick Scott trends on Twitter; Zika money flows; PayPal to Tampa?; Connie Mack’s new client

Sunburn for April 5: On, Wisconsin