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Jacob OglesAugust 6, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott announced late Sunday that he would travel to Colombia for the inauguration of new President Ivan Duque in Bogota. While in South America, he plans to meet with exiled leaders from Venezuela. Scott, who right now is running against incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, stressed his longtime connections to South American leaders […]

Peter SchorschAugust 4, 2018

Every July Fourth, Florida Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston reads a copy of the Declaration of Independence reprinted in the Tallahassee Democrat. “I always sit in the morning with a cup of coffee and read back through that,” Polston told members of the Economic Club of Florida in Tallahassee this week. “I just enjoy doing […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2018

Rick Scott is blaming his Democratic opponent Bill Nelson for the harmful algae blooms devastating Lake Okeechobee and Florida’s coasts, according to a new TV and internet commercial from Scott’s Senate campaign. “Experts agree: Washington controls the dike at Lake O, so they have to fix it. And so we wait for Washington,” the commercial declares, as CBS News footage […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2018

A new space bill sponsored by Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, with a key provision from Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, cleared its last committee Wednesday with stipulations to expand business options at Kennedy Space Center and keep the International Space Station operating an additional five years. Senate Bill 3277, or the Space Frontier Act, […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2018

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed a statement to Monroe County Mayor David Rice. The statement was made by his predecdessor, George Neugent, who was mayor at the time of the cleanup efforts following Hurricane Irma last year. Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s reelection campaign is releasing a new television commercial Wednesday […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2018

For roughly an hour Tuesday night, Donald Trump worked the crowd at the Florida State Fairgrounds, in his element in a state he won in 2016 and clearly wanting to call the shots in the 2018 elections. A central question coming into the event was how much the President would say on behalf of U.S. Rep. Ron […]

Drew WilsonJuly 31, 2018

The Clearwater branch of the NAACP on Tuesday repeated its call for an arrest in the recent fatal shooting of Markeis McGlockton and said that it has also sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking for an investigation. The statement from Clearwater/Upper Pinellas County NAACP chair Marva McWhite came after the group […]

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2018

While Americans For Prosperity has made it clear that nationally it’s not going to be weighing in on every significant election, the national organization is announcing Tuesday that it will be supporting Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s bid for the U.S. Senate this year, or at least opposing Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s re-election effort. The […]

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott has slipped ahead of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in the latest Mason-Dixon poll of Florida’s 2018 U.S. Senate race, which also shows a stark difference of opinion between men and women. The new poll, conducted last Tuesday and Wednesday, gives the two-term governor a three-point lead, 47 to 44, over […]

Scott PowersJuly 30, 2018

Republican gubernatorial candidate Gov. Rick Scott is blasting his U.S. Senate opponent Bill Nelson for reports that the Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator wasn’t paying payroll taxes to campaign staffers. “Stealing from Medicare,” a 30-second television and digital ad launching today, charges that Nelson is “stealing from Medicare and Social Security” by not paying the employers’ matching […]

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Rick Scott to attend inauguration of Colombian President Ivan Duque

Takeaways from Tallahassee — A justice talks civics

Rick Scott ad seeks to blame algae disaster on Bill Nelson

Bill that would keep space station aloft until 2030 clears U.S. Senate panel

Bill Nelson airs TV ad ripping Rick Scott for ‘hurricane gouging’

Adam Putnam, the forgotten man at Donald Trump Tampa rally

NAACP calls on DOJ to investigate Clearwater ‘Stand Your Ground’ case

Americans For Prosperity ‘encourage(s) voters to remove Bill Nelson’

Rick Scott 47%, Bill Nelson 44% in latest Mason-Dixon poll

New Rick Scott ad goes after Bill Nelson on payroll taxes