Anne GeggisMay 5, 2022
7min0
The Broward County Commissioner now has 79 community leaders backing him.
Tag: Florida chief financial officerA doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman on Aug. 7, 2018, at a hospital in Chicago. Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The cases are detailed in federal documents obtained by The Associated Press and raise serious questions about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S. Image via AP/Teresa Crawford.
Anne GeggisMay 5, 2022
Scott PowersOctober 24, 2017
2min441
Former Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has endorsed Jeremy Ring in his Democratic bid to win that job in the 2018 election. Sink, a Democrat, served as the state’s chief financial officer from 2007 to 2011. She announced her endorsement of Ring, a former member of the Florida Senate from Broward County, at a […]
Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2017
4min387
The Florida Chamber of Commerce intends to push the Florida Legislature this year and candidates next year to focus on tort reform to ease Florida’s increasing reputation as a place where litigation is a high cost of doing business. At the chamber’s annual Future of Florida Forum in Orlando Wednesday, Florida Chamber President and Chief […]
Scott PowersJune 23, 2017
3min526
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said Friday she’s not currently talking to anyone about running for Congress against Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy and expressed little immediate enthusiasm for the prospect. While also disclosing no immediate activity for either race, Jacobs appeared to show at least a glimmer of interest in running for the […]
Scott PowersFebruary 10, 2017
4min548
Never mind who’s running for Governor in 2018, Floridians want to know which Republicans are in the running for Florida Chief Financial Officer now that CFO Jeff Atwater announced he is leaving this year, with speculation starting with Tom Grady, Tom Lee, Will Weatherford and Teresa Jacobs and including seven or eight others. Grady, a securities lawyer who is a former state representative who also has held several […]
Peter SchorschJune 29, 2016
4min494
Pat Neal, a Manatee County developer and former Florida state senator, will not run for Chief Financial Officer in 2018. Facing a self-imposed deadline of July 1 to make a decision about a run, Neal told FloridaPolitics.com in an exclusive interview Wednesday he will not be on the ballot in two years. “I have a […]
Drew WilsonNovember 26, 2015
3min184
The days after Thanksgiving have become the top shopping weekend of the year for many retailers and the National Retail Federation expects more than 135 million Americans will shop retail deals over the holiday weekend. While Black Friday deals may be enticing, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and the Department of Financial Services say […]