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Bruce RitchieMarch 17, 2015

A House appropriations subcommittee chair on Tuesday recommended bonding Amendment 1 revenue for land-buying while using a significant amount of the cash from the conservation-spending initiative for existing environmental spending, debt service, land management, and agricultural water programs. A key issue in the 2015 Legislative Session is how the Legislature will spend an estimated $757 million […]

Florence SnyderMarch 17, 2015

A half-century after an unsolved murder, who did the crime is less important that what the crime did to those left behind. The Oct. 22, 1966, murders of Robert and Helen Sims and their 12-year-old daughter Joy changed Tallahassee, overnight, from a place where everyone trusted everyone to a place where the unspeakable could happen […]

Associated PressMarch 17, 2015

Two Broward County traffic court judges dismissed about 24,000 pending red-light camera ticket cases totaling more than $6.3 million. The judges ruled Monday that the program violates Florida law. Attorney Ted Hollander of Ticket Clinic told the South Florida Sun Sentinel his office argued for more than four years that the program was an improper delegation […]

James CallMarch 17, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott continues to preach from the Book of Low Taxation while a choir of number crunchers sings about more people going to work. The Florida jobless rate remained unchanged in January at 5.7 percent, above the national rate of 5.5 percent but showing an increase of 13,900 jobs compared with December and 274,000 more […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2015

Jacksonville mayoral candidate Lenny Curry took calls on First Coast Connect on WJCT-FM Tuesday. Aside from the expected question about expanding Human Rights Ordinance protections to the LGBT community, there weren’t many points of contention or surprise in the questions, which allowed Curry to introduce to this particular audience many of the themes he has used this campaign season. […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2015

Jacksonville mayoral candidate Lenny Curry took calls on First Coast Connect on WJCT-FM Tuesday. Aside from the expected question about expanding Human Rights Ordinance protections to the LGBT community, there weren’t many points of contention or surprise in the questions, which allowed Curry to introduce to this particular audience many of the themes he has used this campaign season. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 17, 2015

A bill that removes the requirement that write-in candidates live within the district of the seat they’re seeking has passed its first committee stop. Members of the House Government Operations Subcommittee passed HB 4043 Tuesday morning with no discussion. The bill’s sponsor, North Bay Village Democrat Joseph Geller, told committee members the bill was needed to repeal […]

Mitch PerryMarch 17, 2015

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you and yours. Well, it was quite a busy Monday. I reported a number of stories, but none bigger locally than this: The Pinellas County Democratic Party already has one more candidate to challenge David Jolly in 2016 than they did this past year. He’s Eric Lynn, and he’s definitely […]

Peter SchorschMarch 17, 2015

The era of Charlie Crist has come to an end. On Monday, the man who has been on a statewide general ballot six times since 1998 took to Facebook to say “no mas.” And while Crist may one day again run for office, his time at the center of Florida politics is officially over. Sure, Jeb Bush […]

Phil AmmannMarch 17, 2015

On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott announced the names of five appointments to a variety of regulatory boards. The list includes former Miami-Dade mayoral candidate and County Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Cancio to the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority. Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority Scott announced the appointments of Jose “Pepe” Cancio and Cliff Walters to the Miami-Dade […]

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Idea would bond Amendment 1 income, free cash for other enviro projects

Florence Snyder: Postcard from a Tallahassee cold case

Broward judges dismiss 24,000 red-light camera cases

Unemployment rate steady while Rick Scott focuses on new jobs

Lenny Curry takes calls on WJCT’s First Coast Connect

Lenny Curry takes calls on WJCT's First Coast Connect

Write-in candidate bill passes first committee stop

Mitch Perry report for 3.17.15 — David Jolly to get a challenger?

The Charlie Crist era comes to an end

Rick Scott names 5 to state boards, including former Miami-Dade commissioner