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Peter SchorschMarch 14, 2015

With a hat-tip to LobbyTools, here is latest on who is on and who is off the legislative staffing merry-go-round. On: Melissa Santoro is Sen. Jeff Clemens’ new legislative assistant. Off: LaNedra Carroll has left her position as Sen. Geraldine Thompson’s legislative assistant. On: Whitney Langston has joined the House Health & Human Services Committee. On: Ebony Pardo is now district secretary for Rep. Bobby DuBose Off: Wayne Neunie is no longer a […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2015

Last week, our distinguished colleague Melissa Ross won yet another award for the work she’s done on her radio show First Coast Connect. This time around, it was an award for her show’s consistent coverage of environmental issues. The U.S. Green Building Council North Florida Nonprofit Chapter (USGBC NF) announced that Ross won its 2015 Green Media Award at […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2015

Last week, our distinguished colleague Melissa Ross won yet another award for the work she’s done on her radio show First Coast Connect. This time around, it was an award for her show’s consistent coverage of environmental issues. The U.S. Green Building Council North Florida Nonprofit Chapter (USGBC NF) announced that Ross won its 2015 Green Media Award at […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2015

We’ve written before about Texas Governor Rick Perry‘s support for Jacksonville Mayoral Candidate Lenny Curry. Perry, in endorsing Curry in January, said that “in Texas, and as I travel the United States, I meet people who understand what it takes to transform communities and bring more opportunity for economic growth. By electing Lenny Curry, Jacksonville can have exactly […]

William MarchMarch 14, 2015

The Florida Legislature is considering a bill that would end permanent alimony in most future divorces, setting up formulas that would set time limits and amounts based on the length of the marriage and the income difference between the spouses. Sponsored by Rep. Colleen Burton and Sen. Kelli Stargel, both Polk County Republicans, the bill […]

Associated PressMarch 14, 2015

Gov. Jerry Brown has a message for Republican governors planning to visit California to woo business from the state: Welcome. Gov. Rick Scott is the latest governor to say he’s planning a recruiting trip to California. A letter he sent to shipping companies in the state takes shots at Brown’s “tax and spend administration.” Brown, […]

Mitch PerryMarch 14, 2015

Five of the seven members of the current Tampa City Council have composed a statement expressing their disdain with the negative attacks that keep on coming in the District 6 City Council race between Guido Maniscalco and Jackie Toledo. “While none of us are strangers to the rough and tumble of the political process, we […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 14, 2015

Florida’s controversial gun bill that would allow guns on college campuses has already passed one committee and will be heard in another next week. The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus is asking for help defeating the measure. “The vast majority of Florida’s students and faculty don’t want guns in their classrooms or other buildings […]

Guest AuthorMarch 14, 2015

Home for me has always been Poarch, Alabama – 10 miles from the Florida state line. I know when I pass the highway marker that I am leaving one state and entering another, but it is a separation that means little to those of us who grew up with family spread out on both sides of that […]

James CallMarch 13, 2015

I was all prepared to begin this week’s column telling you how cool and smooth I think John Armstrong is. I’ve taken some shots at the Secretary of Health over his handling of developing rules to implement the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014. The process places us in an adversarial relationship and the Scott administration communication strategy makes it a […]

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Supporters celebrate the opening of a wheel-chair accessible playground at Anastasia State Park. Image via Florida State Parks Foundation.

The latest on the legislative merry-go-round

Melissa Ross wins “2015 Green Media” Award

Melissa Ross wins "2015 Green Media" Award

Email Insights: Rick Perry coming to Jacksonville Tuesday for Lenny Curry

Alimony reform bill again stirs passions on both sides

Jerry Brown says Republican governors like Rick Scott are welcome for jobs visits

Majority of Tampa City Council members express concern over negativity of District 6 race

Email insights: Opponents look to rally against guns on campuses bill

Stephanie A. Bryan: Poarch Creek Indians deserve gambling agreement

The week that was in Florida politics — March 13, 2015