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Jim RosicaJune 29, 2018

A group that supports a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit betting on greyhound racing won’t be allowed to enter a case against the ban, a Tallahassee judge ruled Friday. Circuit Judge Karen Gievers denied a motion to intervene from the Committee to Protect Dogs, but said it could file a friend-of-the-court brief, as can the Animal Law […]

Peter SchorschJune 29, 2018

And here we go again. Another ill-fated plan to save a failed development with taxpayer dollars. This story from the Tallahassee Democrat has two agencies (Department of Children and Families and the Department of State) moving into another failed shopping center. Let’s not forget what happened just a few years ago when state agencies were forced […]

Danny McAuliffeJune 28, 2018

The question of the day: Where do you put a statue of a Confederate general that has represented the state in the U.S. Capitol for years? The answer: The Lake County Historical Museum. The Statue Location Selection Committee decided on Thursday to allow the Tavares museum to take ownership and responsibility of the no-longer-wanted statue […]

Peter SchorschJune 26, 2018

It’s only been eight years since Tallahassee’s “Taj Mahal” courthouse scandal made headlines, sparking an investigation into the state’s decision to fund a lavish $48 million building for the 1st District Court of Appeals. Granite counter tops, flat screen TVs and framed artwork were among the building’s high-end amenities. Now, it appears another Taj Mahal, […]

Jim RosicaMay 17, 2018

Photo above: Greyhounds racing on the track in Bonita Springs. Credit: Van Abernathy. As promised, the group that represents Florida’s greyhound owners and breeders is suing to keep a proposed constitutional amendment to rid the state of dog racing off the November ballot. But a top greyhound racing opponent quickly called the suit “dead on […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 27, 2016

Tuesday marks National Voter Registration Day in Florida, Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced. Detzner released the 2016 edition of the state’s Voter Education Toolkit “to make sure that voters have the resources they need and to encourage 100 percent voter participation in Florida,” he said. This year’s toolkit, available at YourVoteFlorida.com, now includes: — “Quick Facts” about the General Election […]

Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2016

The Trans-Pacific Partnership may be getting little political love this election season, but the administration of President Barack Obama still is quietly pushing it, as at a meeting of small business leaders organized Monday by Business Forward. Terri Robl, director of regional economic policy and summit coordination for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department […]

Associated PressJuly 2, 2016

Florida Democrats are falling short in their push to toughen gun laws following the massacre of 49 club patrons in Orlando. New totals released Friday show that Democrats will not be able to secure enough votes needed to call a special session. Democrats this week triggered an obscure state law that requires Secretary of State […]

Jim RosicaJune 20, 2016

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Jennifer Krell Davis is leaving the Florida Ports Council to rejoin The Florida Bar as deputy public information director. The Bar announced the hire Monday. Davis had been special projects coordinator at the Bar, which regulates the state’s attorneys, in 2001-04. She later was communications director for the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Department of State, […]

Associated PressMay 18, 2016

Florida wants the public to help decide who should get to replace Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith. The Florida Legislature earlier this year agreed to replace the statue of Smith as one of the state’s two contributions to the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall Collection. The Department of State announced Wednesday that it’s going to […]

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Lawsuit over dog-racing ban heads to court

Malled to death

Confederate statue to be moved to Lake County

Taj Mahal Part Deux?

Greyhound owners sue over proposed dog racing ban

Ken Detzner releases state’s Voter Education Toolkit

U.S. Department of State officials push TPP at Orlando small business meeting

Florida Democrats fall short in vote on special session

Personnel note: Jennifer Krell Davis rejoins The Florida Bar

New survey: What Florida man or woman deserves a statue?