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Christine Jordan SextonApril 9, 2015

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At the final regularly scheduled meeting of the 2015 session for his committee, House Health & Human Services Committee Chairman Jason Brodeur dropped a bomb. He announced that the chamber next year would tackle some of the thorniest issues in health care: certificate of need (CON), insurance mandates and medical malpractice. The news puts most […]

Staff ReportsApril 9, 2015

Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco thinks selling spirits alongside beer and wine is not an issue of minors having increased access to alcohol, but one of properly training clerks and other employees. On Thursday, Nocco joined other law enforcement officials, businesses, and organizations who have spoken out in the effort to repeal Florida’s Prohibition-era laws […]

Mitch PerryApril 9, 2015

Under current law, pregnant workers are supposed to be protected from being fired, turned down for employment, or otherwise discriminated against just because they’re pregnant. But it still happens. Here in Florida, state law protects many different groups of people from discrimination, but one group not part of that protected class is pregnant women. That would […]

Phil AmmannApril 9, 2015

Sachs Media Group is tipping its stylish fedora to Don Draper and all the other Mad Men. Florida’s leading independent public relations firm is marking an end of an era — the final seven episodes of Mad Men, which began airing this week. In honor of the popular AMC show, SMG produced a miniseries of […]

Mitch PerryApril 9, 2015

A Florida Senate committee advanced a memorial resolution calling on the U.S. government to increase economic sanctions on Iran should the two nations fail to agree on the Middle Eastern nation’s nuclear program. While President Barack Obama already is facing strong opposition in the GOP-led Congress, the GOP-led (but bipartisan on this issue) Florida Legislature wants […]

Bruce RitchieApril 9, 2015

A bill that would allow septic tank maintenance businesses to continue spreading waste on fields for two more years is teed up for approval in the House on Thursday. In 2010, the Legislature voted to ban the land application of septic tank waste beginning in 2016 as part of a bill that supporters said would protect springs […]

Phil AmmannApril 9, 2015

On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced six appointments to a variety of state regulatory boards, including the replacement for Cyndi Stevenson as St. Johns County commissioner. Merritt Island Library District Board Scott began by announcing one appointment and two reappointments to the Merritt Island Library District Board. Barbara Giel, 63, of Merritt Island, is an assistant […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 9, 2015

For a couple of days now, those following the Jacksonville mayoral race have wondered what the #UniteJax event teased by Duval County Republicans for Monday, April 13 was all about. Turns out it’s all about a rally featuring Republican candidates and current Cabinet members on Monday 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Hyatt in downtown Jacksonville, […]

Associated PressApril 9, 2015

If he runs for president as expected, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will have a political committee ready to raise and spend unlimited cash on his behalf. Rubio is set to announce his 2016 campaign plans in a speech Monday in Miami and would become the third major candidate to declare his White House ambitions. A […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 9, 2015

More research has revealed that Zakee Fur’qan‘s political contributions in recent years extend beyond Mayor Alvin Brown and U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown to at least one Duval County School Board candidate. A Duval County contribution search shows donations from his company, Freedom Lawn and Landscape, and from his wife Hanan Fur’qan to candidate Constance Hall. Three […]

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House will tackle certificate of need, malpractice in 2016, Jason Brodeur says

Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco joins call to re-examine alcohol separation laws

Senate panel moves bill to add pregnant women as protected class

Sachs Media honors end of “Mad Men” era with mini-series of TV spots

Senate panel calls for tougher sanctions on Iran if nuclear talks fail

House vote could allow septic tank waste to continue spreading on land

Rick Scott announces 6 appointments, including new St. John’s County commissioner

Email Insights: Duval GOP wants to #UniteJax with its candidates

Marco Rubio, set to launch 2016 campaign, gets a super PAC

School board contributions from Zakee Fur’qan wife, business raise questions