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Florence SnyderMarch 1, 2015

It was a full house at the Feb. 20 funeral mass for Gerry Jaski, 79, who passed away peacefully at his home in Tallahassee with his wife, Mary Lou Rajchel, and his rescue dog Bones by his side. Many of the mourners at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church knew Jaski from his years as general counsel […]

Ryan RayFebruary 25, 2015

A Florida League of Women Voters announcement Wednesday finds the group linked with strange bedfellows such as University of Florida’s W. Kent Fuchs and, stranger still, John Thrasher of Florida State University in an effort to prevent overturning a state law that outlaws firearms on college campuses. In light of Monday’s shooting at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach — […]

Ryan RayFebruary 25, 2015

A Florida League of Women Voters announcement Wednesday finds the group linked with strange bedfellows such as University of Florida’s W. Kent Fuchs and, stranger still, John Thrasher of Florida State University in an effort to prevent overturning a state law that outlaws firearms on college campuses. In light of Monday’s shooting at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach — […]

Ryan RayFebruary 24, 2015

The LeRoy Collins Institute continued to take on the notoriously sticky wicket of local government pensions on Tuesday with the release of the seventh installment of the think tank’s Tough Choices series of policy papers, titled “Beyond Pensions: Florida Local Governments and Retiree Health Benefits.” In the new study and an accompanying webinar held Tuesday morning, the […]

Ryan RayFebruary 24, 2015

The LeRoy Collins Institute continued to take on the notoriously sticky wicket of local government pensions on Tuesday with the release of the seventh installment of the think tank’s Tough Choices series of policy papers, titled “Beyond Pensions: Florida Local Governments and Retiree Health Benefits.” In the new study and an accompanying webinar held Tuesday morning, the […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 13, 2015

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Next week, the Senate Criminal Justice Committee will consider a pair of controversial gun bills to address issues such as weapons on college campuses and the ability to carry concealed firearms without a permit during mandatory emergency evacuations. The bills, SB 176 from Baker Republican Sen. Greg Evers and SB 290 from Republican Sen. Jeff […]

James CallFebruary 11, 2015

The President of Florida State University doesn’t like the idea of guns on campus. Ten days after John Thrasher became president in November a gunman shot three students at the school library. One student paralyzed in the shooting is expected to resume engineering studies soon. A proposal by Rep. Greg Steube is moving through the Florida Legislature […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott appointed veteran Florida lawyer Marc Dunbar to the Northwest Florida Water Management District’s governing board. Dunbar, 44, of Tallahassee, is a partner with the Jones Walker LLP national law firm and an adjunct professor at the Florida State University College of Law. Prior to his tenure at Jones Walker, Dunbar was Assistant General […]

Adam WeinsteinJanuary 26, 2015

Four years ago, John Thrasher did something incredibly brave. As chairman of the Florida Senate’s Rules Committee and one of the state’s most powerful Republicans, he bucked his entire party and one of its most powerful lobbying partners in 2011 to kill a bill that would have let Floridians carry guns openly on school campuses, […]

Adam WeinsteinJanuary 25, 2015

Four years ago, John Thrasher did something incredibly brave. As chairman of the Florida Senate’s Rules Committee and one of the state’s most powerful Republicans, he bucked his entire party and one of its most powerful lobbying partners in 2011 to kill a bill that would have let Floridians carry guns openly on school campuses, […]

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Florence Snyder: Gerry Jaski was a lawyer's lawyer and FSU institution

League of Women Voters joins Florida's university presidents to oppose guns on campus

League of Women Voters joins Florida’s university presidents to oppose guns on campus

LeRoy Collins Institute seeks to go "beyond pensions" with new report

LeRoy Collins Institute seeks to go “beyond pensions” with new report

Senate panel to discuss 2 controversial gun rights bills

During Tiger Bay speech, John Thrasher reiterates opposition to guns on campus, desire for more money for faculty

Gov. Rick Scott names veteran lawyer Marc Dunbar to Northwest Florida Water District

Adam Weinstein: Is John Thrasher brave enough to thwart campus guns?

Adam Weinstein: Is John Thrasher brave enough to thwart campus guns?