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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 […]

Jim RosicaApril 5, 2016

With work well underway on renovations of the Florida Senate chamber, there’s still no word on the fate of the decades-old mural that greets visitors to the chamber’s fifth floor public gallery. Senate spokeswoman Katie Betta said Tuesday no final decision has been made about the artwork’s future. This past October, Betta said the mural will be taken down because it’s showing […]

Jim RosicaApril 4, 2016

State Sen. Kelli Stargel on Monday said Governor Rick Scott now has “all the information he needs” on her bill to overhaul the state’s alimony system. The measure (SB 668) was the final bill of the 2016 Legislative Session to be sent to Scott for review. It was delivered to his office after Stargel, a Lakeland Republican, briefly […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 4, 2016

Senate President Designate Joe Negron is hitting the road to tour Florida’s universities. Negron announced Monday he plans to visit all 12 state universities in four days. Negron has said that improving the state university system is one of his top priorities for his two-year term as Senate President. “Over the last several years, I […]

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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

Still no decision on Florida Senate’s “Five Flags Mural”

Kelli Stargel meets with Rick Scott on alimony bill

Joe Negron begins State University System listening tour on April 18