March 2017 - Page 7 of 105 - Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Mitch PerryMarch 30, 2017

Central Florida businessman Chris King has made some major hires for his burgeoning candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Florida governor. King has named Omar Khan to serve as his senior adviser, as well as adding other Barack Obama alumni Jeremy Bird, Hari Sevugan, Larry Girsolano and Isaac Baker to his team. Khan was campaign manager for Charlie Crist’s 2014 gubernatorial […]

Peter SchorschMarch 30, 2017

The House of Representatives’ new lobbying registration regime has ensnared Susan Glickman, Florida director for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. House Speaker Richard Corcoran now requires lobbyists to disclose every bill, amendment, and individual appropriation they are trying to influence. Go to the House website, and you’ll see Glickman is registered for four House bills. But […]

Associated PressMarch 30, 2017

President Donald Trump‘s $25 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that alleged fraud at his now-defunct Trump University may be put on hold because a former student in Florida wants a full refund plus interest and an apology. A federal judge in San Diego will decide Thursday whether to let Sherri Simpson opt out of […]

Gary FineoutMarch 30, 2017

Calling it an “emergency,” Florida may agree to spend up to $200 million to shift students from chronically failing schools to charter schools run by private organizations. The idea crafted by House Speaker Richard Corcoran and other top Republicans in the Florida House is this: Offer up money to help build “Schools of Hope” in […]

Jim RosicaMarch 30, 2017

Good news for opponents of this year’s alimony overhaul, and bad news for its supporters: The bills are dead for the year. Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, the Naples Republican who’s carrying the Senate version (SB 412), on Wednesday said the chair of its first committee of reference has refused to hear the bill. Rene Garcia chairs the Committee on […]

Scott PowersMarch 30, 2017

If there was any concern about whether citizens would show up to tell Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission how they feel about the state’s founding document, the panel’s first public hearing meeting Thursday night at the University of Central Florida put that to rest. A crowd overflowed the 200-seat meeting room, then overflowed the 86-seat overflow […]

Peter SchorschMarch 30, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. FLORIDIANS TO LAWMAKERS: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF MEDICAID FUNDING, NEW POLLING SHOWS If there’s a budget crisis looming in Florida, voters sure as heck don’t know about it. A new survey, commissioned […]

Staff ReportsMarch 29, 2017

Some feathers may have been ruffled in Wednesday’s Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, as the committee discussed, and later adopted, budget recommendations that will almost surely be included in the Senate’s budget. One big ticket item up for discussion was whether a plan, known as the prospective payment plan, that would fundamentally […]

Michael MolineMarch 29, 2017

A proposal that could decertify public employee union chapters across Florida moved closer to a final House vote Wednesday, as its sponsor denied it was “union busting.” Sponsor Scott Plakon, a Republican business owner from Longwood, argued his bill was about transparency and democratic principles. “This empowers the majority who may not be paying dues,” […]

Michael MolineMarch 29, 2017

Two days after the Oakland Raiders won NFL approval to move to Las Vegas, the Florida House Wednesday set a final floor vote on a bill that would ban professional sports teams from building or refurbishing stadiums on public land. CS/HB 77, by Bryan Avila, says “a sports franchise may not construct, reconstruct, renovate, or […]

Month: March 2017
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Omar Khan among a group of former Obama staffers now working for Chris King’s gubernatorial campaign

Can Susan Glickman ever shoot straight?

Florida ex-student seeking full refund, apology may delay Trump U settlement

Florida may shift students away from failing schools

Alimony legislation dead for 2017, sponsor says

Constitution Revision Commission gets earful in Orlando

Sunburn for 3.30.17 – Don’t touch Medicaid, Florida voters tell pollster; Hot takes on Putnam, Latvala and Susan Glickman; Pam Bondi in D.C.; CRC meets; ‘It’ trailer!

Universal support for changes to nursing home payments? Not so fast …

Bill targeting public-employee unions advances toward final House floor vote

Ban on public support for profession sports facilities cleared for final House vote