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Scott PowersDecember 19, 2018

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio called for the Florida Cabinet to provide an action of posthumous justice for the Groveland Four during a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate Tuesday night, declaring, “It is time to do the right thing for the Groveland Four!” Rubio’s comments brought to the U.S. Capitol the case of […]

Jacob OglesDecember 8, 2018

Outgoing Cabinet members like won’t meet again to address a pardon for the Groveland Four. But Attorney General-elect Ashley Moody said the cause won’t go ignored. Asked about how her office will address the pardon for the Lake County men falsely accused of raping a woman in 1949, Moody told Florida Politics she will look […]

Ryan NicolDecember 6, 2018

Governor-elect Ron DeSantis has announced a series of upcoming rallies to serve as a “Thank You Tour” to his supporters throughout the campaign. DeSantis and Lieutenant Governor-elect Jeanette Nuñez will appear at the rallies, which are set to begin Saturday. “This historic win would not have been possible without the support of thousands of volunteers who […]

Jacob OglesDecember 2, 2018

Attorney General-elect Ashley Moody signaled she will crack down on fentanyl distribution after a decision by China to label the synthetic drug as a controlled substance. “Chinese companies are the largest fentanyl suppliers directly and indirectly to the US,” Moody tweeted Sunday. “I will aggressively fight our opioid epidemic and am glad to see more positive […]

Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

Ashley Moody, the state’s Republican Attorney General-elect, named Sen. Wilton Simpson, Rep. Chris Sprowls and lobbyist Michael Corcoran to serve as co-chairs of her Inaugural Committee, she announced Tuesday. “The Inaugural Committee will be responsible for planning and executing the events surrounding the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 8,” she said in a press release. Simpson, a Trilby […]

Jacob OglesNovember 20, 2018

Attorney General-elect Ashley Moody named former Assistant U.S. Attorney John Guard as executive director for her transition team, which includes a number of prominent leaders in the legal and law enforcement community. In announcing her team, the Republican also laid out a list of top priorities, including the opioid epidemic, elder abuse, law enforcement, human […]

Peter SchorschNovember 18, 2018

In a single election cycle, Florida’s firefighter union destroyed relationships dating back nearly 20 years. Why? Leaders of the Florida Professional Firefighters Union had out-and-out lied to membership. And because of that, the recently ended 2018 election cycle was nothing short of catastrophic for the FPF and its local Miami chapter. The crux of the […]

Jacob OglesNovember 8, 2018

Outgoing Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi could become the next U.S. Attorney General, according to CNN. “There are many people in contention for that position just because there are many qualified people who would like to do it,” Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s chief advisers, told reporters. Sources listed Bondi in the mix, […]

Jacob OglesNovember 7, 2018

History repeats: Another Tampa Bay-area prosecutor will be Florida’s Attorney General. Republican Ashley Moody, a former judge and prosecutor, came out ahead in the statewide race to be Florida’s chief legal officer. She defeated Democratic state Rep. Sean Shaw, also of Tampa. With 99.2 percent of precincts reporting statewide, Moody had more than 52 percent of […]

Ryan NicolNovember 6, 2018

On Election Day, as the polls close, the after-parties begin. Candidates — along with nearly everyone else in America — will be glued to their screens Tuesday night for election results. In the end, win or lose, there will be a party. Some will celebrate a hard-fought victory, while others will be a bit more […]

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Marco Rubio calls for justice for Groveland Four

Ashley Moody: Groveland Four will be ‘one of the first things I look at’

Ron DeSantis to launch statewide ‘Thank You Tour’

Ashley Moody to crack down on Chinese fentanyl

Big names tapped to head Ashley Moody’s inaugural committee

Ashley Moody puts John Guard in charge of transition team

Firefighter unions played the worst hand ever in modern politics

CNN: Pam Bondi in the mix for U.S. Attorney General

Ashley Moody easily defeats Sean Shaw to become next Attorney General

It’s not the party … it’s the after party! A rundown of where South Florida candidates will be on election night