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Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2015

The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) today announced it is endorsing Mike Davis in the upcoming special election for Florida House District 17. “We are proud to endorse Mike Davis for the Florida House. As a business owner, he will use his experience to help Florida create jobs,” said FRF Director of Government Affairs Melissa Joiner […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2015

Despite a last-ditch effort to save his job, it looks like Kevin McCarty will soon be out at the Office of Insurance Regulation. The Palm Beach Post‘s John Kennedy has the details: Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater put up little resistance Wednesday to Gov. Rick Scott’s call for reviewing the future of more state […]

Associated PressJanuary 21, 2015

A trial to determine whether U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson’s wife committed bigamy when she wed the congressman has been delayed because she required emergency surgery to remove breast implants. The trial had been scheduled for Thursday in Orlando but is now set for March. Lolita Grayson had been suffering chest pains. When she went to […]

Ryan RayJanuary 21, 2015

Titusville Republican Rep. Tom Goodson has filed legislation banning revenge porn — the public sharing of sexually explicit media without the consent of the person depicted, often by former lovers — for the third time in as many years. The bill was conceived back in 2012 in partnership with Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey who […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 21, 2015

Starting today, Mayor Alvin Brown’s “biggest lie” will be pushed on television screens throughout the Jacksonville area: that he did not raise taxes on Jacksonville families and small businesses. According to Republican opponent Lenny Curry, the new spot, paid for by Florida Democrats, ignores the fact that Brown just last year accepted a city budget with […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 21, 2015

I will never, ever underestimate Sally Harris again. Harris is one of the two freshly minted members on the Hillsborough County School Board who was fated with deciding the fate of Superintendent MaryEllen Elia at last night’s board meeting. Last week I predicted that with the collective establishment in Tampa (including the editorial boards of both of the dailies, […]

Gary FineoutJanuary 21, 2015

Florida’s new prisons chief on Tuesday promised wide-ranging changes amid the suspicious deaths of dozens of inmates in the state’s prisons. But Corrections Secretary Julie Jones, in a blunt assessment given to state legislators, said fixing the troubled system will require millions in new spending to compensate for years of budget cuts pursued by the […]

Ryan RayJanuary 21, 2015

Without any standard operating procedure governing the transition following the death of a Congressman, Bill Young’s family has had little recourse when the late lawmakers’s personal affects began to go missing, writes Warren Rojas in CQ Roll Call: A corrosive mix of myopic estate planning, lax oversight and a moving truck-sized hole uncovered in guidelines governing continuing […]

Gary FineoutJanuary 20, 2015

The sudden ouster of the leader of Florida’s main law-enforcement agency is now causing a major rift between Gov. Rick Scott and other top Republicans less than a month after his second term in office started. Last week, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater joined with Scott and two other officials to appoint Richard Swearingen as […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 20, 2015

In the Jacksonville mayoral race, never mind the official qualifying period, which is through Friday. The real campaign has begun … with Lenny Curry bumper stickers. You know it’s a race now! With only a $15 contribution, the brand new, official Lenny Curry for Mayor Bumper Sticker can be yours. The former Republican Party of Florida chair has […]

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Florida Retail Federation endorses Mike Davis in HD 17 special election

So if Kevin McCarty is toast, here's who may replace him at OIR…

Breast implant leak delays Alan Grayson's wife's bigamy trial

Tom Goodson files 'revenge porn' legislation

Lenny Curry: Florida Dems, Alvin Brown push “Biggest Lie” in new JAX TV spot

Mitch Perry Report for 1.21.15 — Hillsborough County will survive MaryEllen Elia's exit

Florida's new prisons chief promises wide-ranging changes

C.W. Bill Young's family and staff inherit a nightmare

Ouster of Florida's top cop dividing Rick Scott and Republicans

Email insights: Lenny Curry gets real, with new bumper sticker