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Christine Jordan SextonMay 28, 2015

A blue ribbon panel created to examine taxpayer funded health care costs will hit the road meeting in Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami in the next two months, inviting the lowest and highest performing facilities in the region to address the panel. The Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding meets in Tallahassee on June 4 but […]

Ryan RayMay 28, 2015

Conservative political group Americans for Prosperity-Florida told FloridaPolitics.com Thursday afternoon that it will target legislators supportive of a FHIX-style health care expansion plan with a new mail piece portraying the ongoing Senate-driven negotiations as a “game.” The mailers feature the number to Senate President Andy Gardiner‘s district office in Orlando and exhorts recipients to “Tell Andy Gardiner […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 28, 2015

The 2015 Special Session is being referred to as a budget session but it could just as easily be described as the Special Session on health care. Thirty-two bills have been filed for consideration in the 2015A session and 40 percent of them involve health care, either through substantive policy changes, financing, or both. They […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 28, 2015

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Republican State Attorney Angela Corey officially filed for re-election on May 28. Her opponent, Wes White, had filed in March. His fundraising has been slow; he’s raised less than $8,000 so far. White’s case against Corey is predicated on her having “failed largely in the court of public opinion. What we […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 28, 2015

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Republican Scott Wilson was elected to Jacksonville City Council just last week, but District 4 voters already knew him very well. He has been outgoing Councilman Don Redman‘s assistant for the past two terms. Redman, whose social conservatism has sometimes been controversial with the downtown set, was nonetheless popular in his district for making the rounds of […]

Ryan RayMay 28, 2015

A hallmark of the White House pre-campaign of Jeb Bush has been a genteel, understated approach. Jeb, the most erudite of the Bushes and the proverbial “adult in the room” among the bomb-throwers and firebrands in the 2016 Republican field was not known for singeing his rivals, other than his Democratic bête noire Hillary Clinton. That’s changing as […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 28, 2015

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the University of Central Florida’s Athletic Association has sovereign immunity and the parents of a deceased football player must file a claims bill if they are to collect on a $10 million jury verdict. The unanimous ruling in Enock Plancher v. UCF Athletics Association affirms in part […]

Peter SchorschMay 28, 2015

U.S. Rep. David Jolly caught fire from progressives Thursday over a vote this month on HR 2353, the short-term Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015. The Indian Rocks Republican was one of the 387 members of Congress to support a two-month extension of the highway trust fund. But singling out Jolly – who represents the […]

Melissa RossMay 28, 2015

Jacksonville’s mayor’s race may have just wrapped up, but Lenny Curry’s win has Floridians of all political stripes already prognosticating about the upcoming presidential race here in 2016. And Florida remains the swingiest of swing states, with its 29 coveted electoral votes eyed by operatives and donors as the ultimate prize for the nominees. “This […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 28, 2015

The Ron DeSantis for Senate juggernaut rolls on, according to an email sent out Thursday morning by the DeSantis campaign. “DeSantis for Florida began the second fundraising quarter with nearly $1.1 million in Cash on Hand and has already picked up the support of conservative grassroots groups like the Club for Growth PAC, Senate Conservatives Fund, […]

Day: May 28, 2015

Rick Scott healthcare commission launches a “transparency” tour aimed at hospitals that won’t fork over financial data

First look: Americans for Prosperity chides Senate FHIX plan in new mailers

Upcoming special session almost as much about health care as budget

Circuit 4 State Attorney Angela Corey files for re-election

Scott Wilson talks about Jax City Council win and plans for next 4 years

Jeb Bush sharpens elbows as GOP presidential field grows crowded

University athletic association protected under sovereign immunity, state Supreme Court rules

DCCC singles out David Jolly on highway trust fund vote — even though Nancy Pelosi, other Fla. Dems did the same

Susan McManus: 2016 race will see record spending in Florida

Email Insights: Ron DeSantis for Florida thanks “key supporters”