Jesse SchecknerMarch 6, 2022
5min0
Hutson said Taddeo 'identified a problem that I don’t think any of us was aware about until you brought attention to it.'
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Jesse SchecknerMarch 6, 2022Jesse SchecknerFebruary 23, 20226min0
Third-party voter registration groups would be fined $1,000 per falsified form.
Jesse SchecknerFebruary 11, 2022
13min0
This isn't the first time the group has been linked to voter registration fraud.
Drew WilsonAugust 27, 2018
5min308
State Rep. Kathleen Peters is running ahead of the pack in the three-way Republican primary for the District 6 seat on the Pinellas County Commission, but a new set of mailers have been sent out looking to derail her bid ahead of Tuesday’s election. The first mailer paints Peters as an “Anti-Trump career politician” who […]
Ryan NicolAugust 13, 2018
3min197
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is out with a new TV spot, pushing his “Florida First” message as the GOP primary race for Governor nears a close. The 30-second ad, titled “God’s Country,” features several iconic images of the state as Putnam narrates what he views as the strengths of the state. “In Florida, anything is possible,” […]
Scott PowersJune 29, 2018
5min260
Adam Putnam returned to his “Florida First” agenda at the Republicans’ Sunshine Summit Friday pressing for a state that “innovates things, grows things, manufactures things” and vocational education to support it. The day after the Sunshine Summit hosted the FOX News Florida Republican gubernatorial debate that almost entirely focused on national issues, Putnam almost never […]
Danny McAuliffeApril 10, 2018
3min253
Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam had his highest fundraising month in March, grossing $2.28 million between his campaign account and his Florida Grown PAC. The Florida Division of Elections database shows Putnam raised $504,464 for his campaign account last month. His PAC numbers, reported Friday, showed a March tally of $1.77 million. To date, 10,993 contributors have […]
Peter SchorschJune 28, 2017
3min264
Since announcing his presidential run two years ago, Donald Trump has kept a focus on “America First” – strong national interests in global security, foreign policy and trade. Just as “America First” propelled Trump to the White House, Adam Putnam hopes a similar theme will help drive him to the Governor’s Mansion. That could explain […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 23, 2015
6min142
The name of the south Jacksonville sign shop where Florida Governor Rick Scott unveiled his “Florida First” budget on Monday, Harbinger Signs (a business in Jacksonville for 53 years now), had a Thomas Pynchon quality. Expected going in, as a “harbinger” of the Monday event: an announcement that Florida would have a record $29.8 billion of general […]
Staff ReportsNovember 23, 2015
2min283
Gov. Rick Scott plans to release his recommended state budget Monday in Jacksonville. Scott’s office said he will debut his “Florida First” budget for 2016-17 at 10 a.m., at Harbinger Sign on Shad Road. The Florida Channel will carry the announcement live. Earlier this month, Cynthia Kelly, Scott’s budget director, wrote a memo in which she […]