Tag: Capitol
U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Easter Sunday. Image via the Associated Press.

Staff ReportsJanuary 4, 2019
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Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Friday announced his senior leadership team for his first four-year term as the elected CFO.  Gov. Rick Scott appointed Patronis, a former state representative, to be CFO and State Fire Marshal in 2017. He replaced Jeff Atwater, who stepped down early from his second term to take a similar […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 20, 2018
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Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday ordered flags at half-staff “as a tribute to those who lost their lives during Hurricane Maria.” Scott directed the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at the Capitol from noon Thursday to sunset. He did not make a statement to accompany his order.  Scott was traveling to Puerto […]

Jim RosicaMarch 27, 2018
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Alleged Russian meddling in American elections may get the headlines, Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, but it’s Chinese espionage that worries him more. Rubio, the former Florida House Speaker first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, spoke with reporters in a rare media briefing in his Tallahassee office on the 21st […]


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