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Jim RosicaApril 19, 2016

Senate President-designate Joe Negron is asking: What do state university students need? Had Negron stuck around a few minutes longer Monday on one leg of his “state university listening tour,” he might have heard one answer. Negron is barnstorming the state with fellow senators and other state officials, hitting 12 institutions of higher learning in four […]

Jim RosicaApril 18, 2016

A panel of federal judges Monday shot down U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown‘s challenge of Florida’s congressional redistricting. In a 26-page order, the three judges said Brown had “not proven (her) case and that defendants are entitled to judgment in their favor.” The defendants include the League of Women Voters of Florida, Common Cause and others who last year forced a […]

Jim RosicaApril 18, 2016

It’s official: The nearly 40-year-old mural outside the Florida Senate chambers will be taken down. In a letter, Senate President Andy Gardiner said the mural will be preserved, however, for viewing elsewhere. It’ll be stored till then. The letter was sent last Tuesday to Jeff Howell, the Republican Party of Florida treasurer. Howell, a Tallahassee attorney, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 18, 2016

Senate President-Designate Joe Negron is heading back to college. Negron kicks off a four-day listening tour of Florida’s State University System on Monday. The Stuart Republican is expected to visit all 12 of the state universities during the listening tour. “Over the last several years, I have had the opportunity to discuss with fellow senators […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 15, 2016

Lizbeth Benacquisto has received enough signatures to qualify for re-election. The Fort Myers Republican announced she has received more than 4,000 signatures from Lee County residents to qualify by petition in Senate District 27. Benacquisto needed a minimum of 1,552 signatures to qualify. “I am overwhelmed by this showing of support from thousands of conservatives […]

Jim RosicaApril 12, 2016

As more than 100 of them crammed the waiting room and hallway of Gov. Rick Scott‘s office on Tuesday, advocates and opponents of this year’s alimony overhaul bill had a hollering battle over the contentious legislation. The opponents, led by Florida National Organization for Women lobbyist Barbara DeVane, scheduled a meeting with Scott’s staff at 11 a.m. to […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 12, 2016

A political committee formed to help Republican state Senate candidates raised more than $1 million in the first three months of 2016. State records show the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee raised $1.05 million in the first quarter. The committee is led by Senate President Joe Negron and was set up by Senate leaders to […]

Jim RosicaApril 11, 2016

Supporters and opponents of this year’s alimony overhaul bill will make their case at the Capitol on Tuesday. As Gov. Rick Scott reviews the legislation (SB 668), representatives of the Florida National Organization for Women, the League of Women Voters of Florida and other groups plan to meet with his staff at 11 a.m., according to FL-NOW lobbyist Barbara […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 8, 2016

Remember the woman who shouted at Gov. Rick Scott in Starbucks on Tuesday? Gary Farmer, a Broward County Democrat, is hoping to raise a little campaign cash off of it. In an email to supporters on Friday, Farmer, who is running for state Senate in District 34, said while he understands that the episode “might […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 7, 2016

Senate President-Designate Joe Negron has selected a former top aide to be his chief of staff. Cheri Vancura, a deputy clerk for the Martin County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, has been tapped as Negron’s right-hand woman during his two-year term as Senate President. “Cheri has an extraordinary background and experience in both public service […]

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What Joe Negron needed to hear during his “State University Listening Tour”

Court rejects Corrine Brown’s bid to throw out Florida congressional map

Senate mural will be saved, but removed from Capitol

Joe Negron kicks off State University listening tour

Lizbeth Benacquisto receives 4,000 signatures to qualify by petition

Alimony bill supporters and opponents square off in Florida Capitol

Senate Republican majority raises more than $1 million in first quarter

Both sides of alimony reform putting pressure on Rick Scott

Email Insights: Senate candidate fundraising off video of Rick Scott getting yelled at in Starbucks

Cheri Vancura to be Senate President Joe Negron’s chief of staff