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A.G. GancarskiApril 25, 2015

On Friday, we reported on an internal poll from Lenny Curry’s consulting firm that shows the Republican ahead of Alvin Brown in the Jacksonville Mayoral Race for the first time. The poll showed Curry ahead of the Democrat by 4 points, and spotlighted some trends that would seemingly worry the Brown camp, such as a “dangerously low” re-elect number and […]

Phil AmmannApril 25, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday named Pensacola attorney Coleman Lee Robinson to the First Judicial Circuit Court. Robinson, 44, served as an Assistant State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit since 1994. He was a Special Assistant United States attorney from 2007-2009. Robinson is also a member of the First Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee. “Lee […]

Associated PressApril 24, 2015

Michael Pizzi should be restored as Miami Lakes mayor after his acquittal on federal corruption charges even though a replacement mayor was elected, a state appeals court ruled Friday. A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal rejected the argument from attorneys for Miami Lakes that Wayne Slaton‘s 2013 election after Pizzi’s arrest […]

Mitch PerryApril 24, 2015

Although most people dislike negative advertising in political campaigns, strategists say they work, which is why no matter how odious it is to the average voter, it’s not going away anytime soon. Whether that’s accurate or not, one veteran Florida Republican political strategist admitted at Friday’s Tampa Tiger Bay Club meeting that such advertising can suppress […]

Guest AuthorApril 24, 2015

Legislation being debated in Tallahassee — SB 728 — will raise costs for the state’s employers, consumers and public programs, while offering no clinical benefit to patients. In an effort to lower prescription drug abuse, the bill forces health plans to cover the most expensive brand name opioids even when more affordable generics are available. […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 24, 2015

The Florida Senate has not backed off its position that working uninsured Floridians need to have access to health insurance and that the Medicaid supplemental program known as Low Income Pool should remain intact. In a counteroffer to the House’s offer to put $200 million into health care financing the Senate held firm on its […]

Phil AmmannApril 24, 2015

When it comes to legalizing medical marijuana, it may once again rest in the hands of Florida voters. With only days left in the regular 2015 Legislative Session, a new email from United for Care says legislators are seemingly satisfied with running out the clock on comprehensive medical marijuana laws. The legislative session ends May 1, […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 24, 2015

Lenny Curry has pulled ahead of incumbent Alvin Brown in the Jacksonville mayoral race, a poll by Curry’s consulting firm indicates. As Melissa Ross reported Friday afternoon, “a polling document” provided to FloridaPolitics.com by Curry’s consultant Data Targeting Research contends that the Republican’s “positive name recognition continues to steadily increase and for the first time – in our […]

James CallApril 24, 2015

Patricia Nelson, director of the Florida Office of Compassionate Use, spent most of her Friday morning on the defensive. What kept her busy was justifying the plan to regulate the state’s nascent marijuana industry. For three hours and 10 minutes, attorneys for Baywood Nurseries of Apopka grilled Nelson about licensing requirements to grow marijuana and […]

Melissa RossApril 24, 2015

Choosing the classic Avondale café The Fox to illustrate the point, Mayor Alvin Brown joined the restaurant’s owner Ian Chase for a news conference touting his support for an increase in the local minimum wage. Denying the move was an electioneering strategy, Brown told reporters he supports raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, saying it […]

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Alvin Brown campaign on Lenny Curry internal poll: “an act of desperation”

Gov. Scott names Coleman Lee Robinson to the First Judicial Circuit Court

Court: Acquitted Miami Lakes mayor should get job back

GOP consultant at Tampa Tiger Bay admits negative advertising suppresses vote

Mark Merritt: Legislation would raise costs, fail to reduce prescription drug abuse

Senate counters House with Medicaid expansion; other health care items may be in play

Email insights: For medical marijuana legalization, there’s always 2016

Poll: Lenny Curry ahead in Jax mayoral race

Compassionate Use director grilled 3 hours on Charlotte’s Web rule

Alvin Brown calls for minimum wage increase