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Jim RosicaAugust 13, 2018

As it defends a slew of cases over medical marijuana, the state of Florida has spent close to $2 million on outside lawyers. Nearly all of that went to one firm. Records reviewed last week show at least $1.9 million approved by the Department of Health (DOH) going to two law firms — mostly Vezina, Lawrence & Piscitelli, […]

Staff ReportsJune 22, 2018

U.S. officials provided a glimpse Friday into a South Florida facility housing more than 1,000 teenage migrants, seeking to dispel any suggestions that children are being mistreated. Private contractors who run the center for unaccompanied minors in Homestead showed journalists around the campus like-complex for about an hour. Journalists were not permitted to interview the […]

Drew WilsonMay 22, 2018

Florida Democrats want Northeast Florida U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis to come clean about the contact he had with former RNC deputy finance chair and major gubernatorial campaign backer Elliott Broidy relating to Qatar. The Florida Democratic Party is pointing to a Monday report from The Associated Press about Broidy lobbying in favor of anti-Qatar policies in Washington […]

Scott PowersJanuary 13, 2018

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham alleged Friday that Gov. Rick Scott and his office could be partly to blame for the 14 heat deaths at a Hollywood Hills nursing home following Hurricane Irma after the Associated Press reported the facility called him three times seeking help. The Governor’s Office quickly shot back, insisting that nursing […]

Peter SchorschNovember 3, 2017

In the eyes of Jack Latvala, recent accusations of rampant sexual harassment in the Florida Senate are becoming more like a witch hunt than real news. On Thursday, the Senate budget chief offered a sharp retort to POLITICO Florida reporter Alexandra Glorioso over the suggestions he acted improperly with a female lobbyist, despite an affidavit […]

Staff ReportsAugust 25, 2017

The Associated Press’ annual pre-Legislative Session planning meeting and preview will be Nov. 2, with Gov. Rick Scott again the lead speaker, the news service announced Friday. Scott has used the meeting to release his yearly proposed state budget. Other speakers who have confirmed their attendance are, in order: — Senate President Joe Negron, a […]

Associated PressMarch 22, 2017

The White House is distancing itself from former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, saying his secret work for a Russian billionaire detailed in an Associated Press report happened during “the last decade.” White House press secretary Sean Spicer says nothing in Wednesday’s AP report references any action by the president, the White House or […]

Michael MolineJanuary 31, 2017

The Associated Press, Florida Press Association, and Florida First Amendment Foundation have entered the legal battle over whether the state’s Sunshine Law covered the organization behind the state’s workers’ compensation premium increase. In a friend-of-the-court brief, the three accused the National Council on Compensation Insurance, or NCCI, of employing “an evasive device” to get around […]

Associated PressJanuary 28, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is announcing his annual budget recommendations next week. Scott plans to release details of his spending plan on Tuesday during the annual legislative planning session hosted by The Associated Press. The Florida Legislature will consider Scott’s budget request during the session that starts in March. The Republican governor has already outlined […]

Associated PressDecember 28, 2016

The massacre of 49 patrons of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando has been voted Florida’s top story of 2016. The state’s newspaper editors said in an Associated Press poll that the second-biggest story of the year was Florida resident Donald Trump‘s defeat of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Florida by 1.3 percentage points in the […]

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State has spent $2M on legal bills for medical marijuana

Journalists tour center for migrant children in Florida

Florida Democrats want Ron DeSantis to disclose Elliott Broidy connections

Gwen Graham charges that receiving phone calls means Rick Scott should have acted on Hollywood Hills

Jack Latvala slams POLITICO reporting as ‘fake news’

Associated Press announces pre-session meeting lineup

White House distances Donald Trump from Paul Manafort after AP report

Press organizations file brief in workers’ compensation rate hike appeal

Rick Scott to roll out his spending plan

Pulse nightclub massacre is Florida’s top story of 2016