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Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 20, 2015

Members of the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee will be hearing from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater at their 2015 Lincoln Day Dinner, one of the best political events each year.. Atwater will give the keynote address Friday, March 27 at the Hilton Carillon Hotel in the Gateway area of St. Petersburg. Pinellas County Congressman […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 20, 2015

Members of the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee will be hearing from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater at their 2015 Lincoln Day Dinner, one of the best political events each year.. Atwater will give the keynote address Friday, March 27 at the Hilton Carillon Hotel in the Gateway area of St. Petersburg. Pinellas County Congressman […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 20, 2015

Mike Fasano represented Pasco County in the Florida Legislature 19 years before being appointed tax collector in 2013 by Gov. Rick Scott. Having spent almost an equal amount of time between both chambers, he says there’s a vast gulf of difference between the two GOP-controlled bodies in Tallahassee as far as independence, philosophy, and temperament. “In […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 20, 2015

The First Coast Tiger Bay Club held a candidate forum Friday for the at-large seats on Jacksonville City Council hopefuls . Though not every candidate showed at the club’s monthly meeting, each of the five at-large races was represented, and the candidates acquitted themselves well for the mature crowd of the influential in the venerable University […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 20, 2015

Noted Republican political protagonist Tim Miller has joined Jeb Bush‘s Right to Rise political committee as a senior adviser. Miller is executive director of America Rising, a super PAC that The Wall Street Journal’s Beth Reinhard called the foremost GOP attack machine in recent American politics. Previously, Miller was a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, as […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 20, 2015

The state on Friday approved certificate of needs for 34 providers to operate 2,613 nursing home beds, rehab centers and hospices in 25 different counties across the state. The beds are the first new nursing home beds the state has approved in 14 years since implementing a moratorium in 2001. The beds are being built […]

Melissa RossFebruary 20, 2015

Whether he’s discussing the finer points of cold fusion or explaining incredibly complicated geo-engineering technologies, the lauded chief scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center is skilled at explaining cutting-edge solutions to the effects of climate change for a general audience. Dennis Bushnell has been with NASA since 1963, working on the Gemini, Apollo and Space […]

Gary FineoutFebruary 20, 2015

At a rural crossroads in Northwest Florida, the state may encounter a tough choice in its ongoing debate over the future of gambling. It’s here — amid mobile homes, cow pastures and cotton fields near the Alabama-Florida line — that a small, Alabama-based Indian tribe wants to expand its gambling operations into the Sunshine State. Rebuffed […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 20, 2015

Newly elected Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia announced Friday the party’s new general counsel and other key positions in the state’s GOP leadership team. Daniel Nordby will be RPOF general counsel, and George Riley becomes director of party affairs and development. Jordan Gibson moves up to digital director, and Richard Coates and Emmett […]

Ryan RayFebruary 20, 2015

Tallahassee lawyer and lobbyist Sean Pittman was elected second vice-chair of the Orange Bowl Committee this week. The move puts him in line to assume the presidency of the committee for the 2018-19 college bowl season, when the Orange Bowl will host a semifinal game in the College Football Playoff. “I am humbled that my fellow OBC […]

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Jeff Atwater to keynote Pinellas GOP's Lincoln Day Dinner March 27

Jeff Atwater to keynote Pinellas GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner March 27

At Tampa Tiger Bay, Mike Fasano says GOP leadership’s rein too tight on state House

Jax City Council hopefuls promote agendas at Tiger Bay forum

GOP oppo research king Tim Miller Joins Jeb Bush PAC

And the winners are? Agency OKs 2,613 new nursing home, hospice, rehab beds

NASA climate expert: Sea level rise will be very "interesting" for Florida

Tribe offers Florida a choice: casino or marijuana

RPOF Chair Blaise Ingoglia announces new general counsel, operations team

Sean Pittman snags Orange Bowl committee leadership post