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Melissa RossFebruary 4, 2015

Dark horse mayoral candidate Bill Bishop is banking on an underdog appeal and policy wonk specificity as he mounts an insurgent’s challenge to incumbent Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown and extremely well-funded GOP establishment favorite Lenny Curry. Bishop, an architect and former president of the Jacksonville City Council, has peeled off a few GOP endorsements in recent days, and says he has a strategy to […]

Associated PressFebruary 4, 2015

The Supreme Court is taking another look at President Barack Obama’s health care law, and this time it’s not just the White House that should be worried. Republican lawmakers and governors, too, will feel the backlash if the court invalidates insurance subsidies worth billions of dollars to people in more than 30 states. Obama’s law […]

Associated PressFebruary 4, 2015

The Supreme Court is taking another look at President Barack Obama’s health care law, and this time it’s not just the White House that should be worried. Republican lawmakers and governors, too, will feel the backlash if the court invalidates insurance subsidies worth billions of dollars to people in more than 30 states. Obama’s law […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott appointed veteran Florida lawyer Marc Dunbar to the Northwest Florida Water Management District’s governing board. Dunbar, 44, of Tallahassee, is a partner with the Jones Walker LLP national law firm and an adjunct professor at the Florida State University College of Law. Prior to his tenure at Jones Walker, Dunbar was Assistant General […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott kicked off February with 11 appointments to a variety of state boards. Children’s Services Council of Saint Lucie County Scott announced the appointment of Eric Finkel and the reappointment of Marilyn Lawless to the Children’s Services Council of Saint Lucie County. Both terms end Nov. 13, 2018. Finkel, 49, of Port Saint […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 4, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is emerging as the Republican front-runner in an early look at possible presidential primaries in the critical swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. However, even with Mitt Romney out of the race, Bush’s only clear dominance is in Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released today. […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 4, 2015

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Former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel T. Vinyard is joining white-shoe law firm Foley & Lardner. A formal announcement is expected soon. Vinyard, a former Jacksonville shipbuilding executive, resigned his DEP post in December and was replaced by Cliff Wilson. Gov. Rick Scott appointed Vineyard in 2011. “Secretary Vinyard is a welcome addition to Foley […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 4, 2015

Former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel T. Vinyard is joining white-shoe law firm Foley & Lardner. A formal announcement is expected soon. Vinyard, a former Jacksonville shipbuilding executive, resigned his DEP post in December and was replaced by Cliff Wilson. Gov. Rick Scott appointed Vineyard in 2011. “Secretary Vinyard is a welcome addition to Foley […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 4, 2015

Jeb Bush will take his prospective 2016 presidential candidacy to the Hawkeye State next month, with a speech at the Iowa Ag Summit on March 7 in Des Moines. There was a great deal of speculation over whether the center-right former Florida governor would avoid Iowa altogether, bypassing a group of voters that lean distinctively anti-establishment, […]

Associated PressFebruary 4, 2015

John Oliver says that he’s hired three new researchers to help with what has become his HBO show’s signature, a long-form take on a newsy subject where it’s often hard to figure out where he will find the comedy. Oliver’s show, “Last Week Tonight,” returns Sunday after being on hiatus since November. He’ll make 35 […]

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Plainspoken underdog Bill Bishop takes shot at Alvin Brown, Lenny Curry

Supreme Court’s new health law case cuts both ways

Supreme Court's new health law case cuts both ways

Gov. Rick Scott names veteran lawyer Marc Dunbar to Northwest Florida Water District

Gov. Rick Scott begins February with 11 board appointments

Top 3 in poll of Florida GOP primary voters go Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee

Former DEP Sec’y Herschel Vinyard set to join Foley & Lardner law and lobbying firm

Former DEP Sec'y Herschel Vinyard set to join Foley & Lardner law and lobbying firm

Jeb Bush takes it to Iowa, Scott Walker mounts money challenge

John Oliver bulking up on staff with news experience