Florida PhoenixFebruary 6, 2025
22min0
Hurricanes and disease have already taken a tremendous toll on those fragrant trees, not to mention development demand for the land.
Tag: Ben Hill Griffin Jr.TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 3/4/25-Gov. Ron DeSantis talks with the media after giving the State of the State speech on the opening day of the 2025 Legislative Session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
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Florida PhoenixFebruary 6, 2025
Rosanne DunkelbergerFebruary 14, 2024
7min0
‘I liked politics’ which, like dance, is‘just a bunch of fancy footwork.’
Bill RuftyJune 8, 2017
5min469
Former state Rep. Baxter Troutman of Winter Haven said he will run for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. The grandson of the late citrus baron and one-time gubernatorial candidate, Ben Hill Griffin Jr., Troutman will enter the competitive race to succeed Adam Putnam, a Bartow Republican who is term-limited and is running for governor. “I will file […]
Jim RosicaOctober 19, 2015
6min637
Keaton Alexander didn’t fall far from the family tree. Her great-grandfather, Ben Hill Griffin Jr., was in the Florida Legislature and ran for governor in 1974, losing the Democratic primary to Reubin Askew. Her father, JD Alexander, was a Florida state representative and senator for 14 years. And her sister, Britton, was press secretary for the Senate’s Republican caucus. […]