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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 […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 31, 2016

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With about a week until Election Day, Gov. Rick Scott remains confident Donald Trump come out on top. “I think Trump is going to win, and I think the reason he’s going to win is that there’s a clear choice,” he said following a stop in Fort Myers. “Even though we’ve added 1.2 million jobs […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 13, 2016

According to the Associated Press, the governor’s office just got a $153,000 makeover. Well, technically it was to the reception area outside the place where Gov. Rick Scott conducts the weighty affairs of state. There was new carpet to replace the 13-year-old stuff that covered the floor. That’s good. We want visitors to think we […]

Jim RosicaJuly 22, 2016

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The times, they are a-changin’ at the Florida Press Center. Since 1988, the tan three-story building in downtown Tallahassee has been the home-away-from-home for many of the state’s newspapers, wire services and television and radio stations. (It replaced another building torn down to make way for what is now downtown’s Kleman Plaza.) But the Florida Press Association […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 14, 2016

Marco Rubio is demanding answers from the U.S. Small Business Administration. In a letter to the SBA administrator, the Miami Republican said “it is unconscionable” that officials recently stated that they had no problem delaying the opening of a relief center in Martin County. “Please answer the following question,” said Rubio in his letter. “In […]

Scott PowersJune 23, 2016

The City of Orlando and a long list of news media are headed to court to decide whether scores of phone call recordings of the Pulse nightclub massacre should be released to the public. Media companies including the Associated Press, the Orlando Sentinel, several Orlando TV stations, various other newspaper companies, TV networks and online […]

Darryl PaulsonApril 22, 2016

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As we get closer to the national conventions, more and more Democrats are denouncing the superdelegates for undermining the will of the voters. Not surprisingly, most of the critics are Bernie Sanders supporters who see superdelegates as the primary reason he trails Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Party nomination for president. Clinton […]

Darryl PaulsonApril 21, 2016

As we get closer to the national conventions, more and more Democrats are denouncing the superdelegates for undermining the will of the voters. Not surprisingly, most of the critics are Bernie Sanders supporters who see superdelegates as the primary reason he trails Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Party nomination for president. Clinton […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

And then there were four. Ben Carson‘s departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the GOP nomination and his three rivals try to trip him up. Cheered on by many Republican leaders, […]

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Sen Rick Scott in Sarasota. Photo by Jacob Ogles.

Rick Scott to roll out his spending plan

Pulse nightclub massacre is Florida’s top story of 2016

Rick Scott says ‘there’s a clear choice’ in 2016 election

Joe Henderson: Open government office goes behind closed doors

Tallahassee’s Press Center loses Hall of Fame photos to Poynter Institute

Marco Rubio to SBA: ‘It is unconscionable’ agency considered delaying relief announcement

Media and City of Orlando go to court over Pulse nightclub massacre tapes

Darryl Paulson: Democratic leaders say superdelegates help them pick a winner

Darryl Paulson: Democratic leaders say superdelegates help them pick a winner

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