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Scott PowersMarch 20, 2017

State Attorney Aramis Ayala has filed for a stay of Gov. Rick Scott‘s order reassigning the Markeith Loyd police slaying case to neighboring State Attorney Brad King. Scott responded Monday afternoon saying he believes he has the authority to do so through executive order. That sets up a court battle over the powers of the […]

Scott PowersMarch 16, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott has used an executive order to pull the prosecution of alleged cop-killer Markeith Loyd away from Orlando’s State Attorney Aramis Ayala and to reassign it to State Attorney Brad King in Lake County. Scott’s unprecedented move comes hours after the unprecedented announcement by Ayala that she would not prosecute death penalty charges, […]

Scott PowersFebruary 1, 2017

As President Donald Trump moves forward on his plans to build a massive, potentially $25 billion wall along the Mexico border, U.S. Rep. Val Demings wants assurance that Congress will have some oversight of the project. It’s possible that Trump could build the wall through executive order and by cobbling together funds in existing programs […]

Associated PressJanuary 31, 2017

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Washington became the first state to sue the Trump administration with a filing Monday over the president’s executive order restricting refugees and immigration. It likely will not be standing alone for long. Since Donald Trump was elected president, Democratic state attorneys general have been forming a coordinated wall of legal resistance over immigration, environmental protections, […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2017

Back in 2015, in the wake of a terror attack in Paris, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry stunned some when he came out in favor of restrictions on allowing Syrian refugees to enter the state of Florida. Curry noted, in letters to Jacksonville’s U.S. Congress delegation, that “at least one of the eight terrorists who conducted the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 29, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in two Treasure Coast communities, and is ordering the Department of Environmental Protection to take swift action to address algae blooms in the area. The state of emergency covers Martin and St. Lucie counties, where algae blooms have been detected in local waterways. The executive order […]

Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has declared a public health emergency in four counties with diagnosed cases of Zika virus: Hillsborough, Lee, Miami-Dade, and Santa Rosa. There have been nine confirmed travel-related instances of the Zika virus in those counties. The Zika virus has become a profound public health crisis throughout much of Latin American and the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 5, 2016

A set of President Obama’s gun-control executive actions show “an utter disregard for the Second Amendment,” presidential hopeful Jeb Bush said in a guest commentary for The Gazette published Tuesday. “Barack Obama has proved again why he will go down as one of the most liberal and divisive presidents in the history of our nation,” […]

Phil AmmannJuly 18, 2015

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Responding to Thursday’s shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tennessee that killed five U.S. service members, Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order that will help protect Florida Guardsmen working in recruiting centers. Scott’s order on Saturday directs Florida Adjunct General Michael Calhoun to relocate Florida National Guard personnel at the state’s six store-front recruitment centers to […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Candles and remembrances are left near the Unconquered statue a few hours after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

Aramis Ayala files stay to keep Markeith Loyd case

Rick Scott yanks cop-killer case from Aramis Ayala, reassigns it

Val Demings wants her committee in Congress to oversee ‘The Wall’

Democratic state attorneys general begin Donald Trump pushback

Lenny Curry backs Donald Trump’s travel ban from terror-linked Muslim countries

Rick Scott declares a state of emergency in Martin, St. Lucie counties

Zika virus spread leads Rick Scott to declare health emergencies in 4 counties

Jeb Bush criticizes President Barack Obama’s executive orders on guns

Gov. Scott signs executive order protecting Florida Guardsmen after Chatanooga shooting