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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 […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 7, 2016

Campaign finance filing deadlines are real. And missing deadlines, as HD 11 Republicans Cord Byrd and Sheri Treadwell found out, has consequences. Byrd and Treadwell each received letters from Ken Detzner recently for late filings… and fines were included. Byrd was 8 days late in March and was fined $693.75. Treadwell was a day late in April 2015, […]

Jim RosicaMarch 7, 2016

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House members on Monday began looking at a bill to provide money for a “proper burial” for those who died at a shuttered, but still notorious, boys’ reform school in the Florida Panhandle. The bill (SB 708) also authorizes the Department of State to “preserve historical resources, records, archives, and artifacts” related to the Arthur G. Dozier […]

Associated PressFebruary 16, 2016

Floridians wanting to vote in next month’s presidential primary have just a few hours left to register. Tuesday is the voter registration deadline for the March 15 primary election. It’s also the deadline for people to switch parties. Florida is a closed primary state meaning that only registered Republicans and Democrats can vote in the […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 30, 2015

Florida had been a state for less than a century when it came time to honor famous citizens with two statues at the U.S. Capitol, and there were few plausible candidates. Dr. John Gorrie, the physician who invented mechanical refrigeration – imagine modern Florida without it – was an outstanding choice. But from today’s perspective, […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 29, 2015

Florida had been a state for less than a century when it came time to honor famous citizens with two statues at the U.S. Capitol, and there were few plausible candidates. Dr. John Gorrie, the physician who invented mechanical refrigeration – imagine modern Florida without it – was an outstanding choice. But from today’s perspective, […]

Ryan RayAugust 19, 2015

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio issued a joint announcement Wednesday along with Illinois U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk addressed to the Secretary of State John Kerry, asking the nation’s top diplomat to release letters he sent to foreign officials regarding Iran sanctions as part of the recently proposed nuclear weapons deal. The statement imploring Kerry to release the correspondence seemed to […]

Ryan RayJune 7, 2015

Two $10 million line items were at issue in Sunday’s meeting of Transportation & Economic Development budget conference panel, the third this weekend as lawmakers from both chambers of the Legislature sit down to hash out their considerable budget differences. The controversial public-private “All Aboard Florida” rail plan favored by Gov. Rick Scott made progress in […]

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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?

HD 11 candidates Cord Byrd, Sheri Treadwell fined by Florida Department of State

Dozier School bill moves to House

Florida voters have hours left to register for primary

Many Floridians of note deserve U.S. Capitol honor

Martin Dyckman: Many Floridians of note deserve U.S. Capitol honor

Marco Rubio to John Kerry: Release secret Iran deal letters

Heat, lightning in air as economic development funding flies