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Jim RosicaOctober 21, 2016

AT&T Corp. on Friday lost its appeal over a contract potentially worth $360 million that went to competitor Harris Corp. to provide phone and internet service to the State of Florida. A unanimous panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the Department of Management Services (DMS) to award the contract to a wholly owned […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2016

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott applauded AT&T Monday for a $25,000 donation the telecommunications giant made to the Florida Disaster Fund. “I want to thank AT&T for its incredible generosity. Hurricane Matthew impacted communities from Palm Beach to Nassau [counties] and now thousands of families along the East Coast are focused on recovery and returning to […]

Mitch PerryAugust 19, 2016

Although the candidates for Florida’s 19th Senate District have engaged in numerous campaign forums over the past couple of months, Friday’s encounter at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club did offer some new wrinkles. One was the appearance of the lone Republican in the race, John Houman, who has carried such a light footprint to date in […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 8, 2016

Capital City Consulting continues to be one of the top lobbying firms in the state, bringing in more than $1 million in the second quarter of 2016. The Tallahassee firm reported a median compensation of more than $1.2 million for its work lobbying the Florida Legislature between April 1 and June 30. Those second quarter […]

Peter SchorschJuly 18, 2016

Last week, the Miami Herald’s Mary Ellen Klas reported Florida’s sugar industry has spent a “whopping” $57.8 million over the last 22 years on political campaign contributions. This number sounds huge. But to those actively involved in Florida’s political process, the number is not so whopping when you’re plying your trade as a health care, theme park/entertainment, […]

Associated PressJune 6, 2016

Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Colin hit north Florida and southern Georgia on Monday, knocking out power in some areas and flooding roads on the Gulf coast. Residents filled sandbags, schools closed early and graduation ceremonies were postponed as Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency. The National Hurricane Center said Colin marked the […]

Drew WilsonMay 24, 2016

AT&T announced Monday that Troy L. McNichols will serve as its new director of external affairs for North and Central Florida. In McNichols’ new role he will lead a team responsible for representing AT&T with local governments in the region along with state lawmakers in Tallahassee. Prior to his promotion, McNichols worked as AT&T’s regional […]

Drew WilsonMay 19, 2016

AT&T announced Thursday that Alejandro “Alex” Dominguez will serve as its new director of external affairs for South and Southwest Florida. In his new role, Dominguez will lead a team responsible for representing the telecom company with local governments in the region as well as with state lawmakers in Tallahassee. The role should prove natural […]

Peter SchorschMay 17, 2016

Telecom giant AT&T announced Monday nearly $2.7 billion in upgrades to Florida’s cell and landline networks since 2013, including adding data capacity at more than 1,400 cell sites last year. “We’re committed to providing our customers fast, reliable, highly secure connectivity. We want them to be able to access the internet at any moment, from almost […]

Mitch PerryApril 1, 2016

Good news for you AT&T customers in the Tampa Bay area: You should be back online soon. “Service has been restored for a vast majority of AT&T wireless customers in the Tampa and Sarasota areas of Florida affected by a local service provider issue,” AT&T spokeswoman Karen McAllister said in a statement issued at 10:45 […]

Tag: AT&T

Court rejects AT&T appeal over $360M state contract

Rick Scott praises AT&T for $25K donation to Florida Disaster Fund

SD 19 candidates talk it out at Tampa Tiger Bay Forum

Capital City Consulting tops $1M in second quarter lobbying compensation

Putting the sugar industry’s history of political contributions into some much-needed context

Power outages, flooding in Florida due to Tropical Storm Colin

Personnel note: AT&T names Troy McNichols regional director of External Affairs

Personnel note: AT&T names Alejandro ‘Alex’ Dominguez regional External Affairs Director

AT&T announces ‘GigaPower’ service expansion, $2.7B in Florida upgrades since 2013

Update – AT&T service restored for most of Tampa and Sarasota areas