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Ryan NicolDecember 21, 2018

South Florida state Sens. Lauren Book and Gary Farmer are backing Dan Daley‘s bid to replace state Rep. Jared Moskowitz in House District 97. Daley is seeking a move to Tallahassee after Moskowitz was selected by Governor-elect Ron DeSantis to take over the Division of Emergency Management. He announced a new round of endorsements Friday. Democratic state Reps. Evan Jenne […]

Ryan NicolDecember 21, 2018

A national survey of U.S. editors and news directors conducted by the Associated Press has named February’s shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School the number one news story of 2018. The attack killed 17 people, spawned activism efforts from students and parents of the victims, and resulted in the passage of a new gun safety […]

Jacob OglesNovember 30, 2018

Agriculture Commissioner-elect Nikki Fried’s transition team includes a Parkland father, representatives from law enforcement and even a former Republican candidate for the job. “We have put together a team with experience on the wide ranging issues the Department oversees,” said Transition Team Chairman Patrick Murphy, a former U.S. representative. “In the coming weeks the team […]

Jacob OglesNovember 20, 2018

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Some of Florida’s biggest gun control advocates saw in Nikki Fried’s Agriculture Commissioner race a victory. “This is a victory for those of us who believe we can do more for gun safety,” wrote Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime died in the Parkland high school mass shooting in February, on Twitter. “I am honored to […]

Jacob OglesOctober 26, 2018

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Democratic state Rep. Margaret Good plans to stand her ground on gun safety, and said her Republican challenger Ray Pilon, a lifetime National Rifle Association member, shouldn’t attack her on her Parkland vote. Pilon, who previously held Good’s Florida House District 72 seat, released a new attack ad featuring Andrew Pollock calling into question Good’s […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 14, 2018

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter, Jaime, was killed seven months ago in the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, and other parents who lost children in the tragedy endorsed incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson at an event Friday afternoon. Guttenberg also laid into Nelson’s Republican opponent, Gov. Rick Scott. “In Florida, under Rick Scott, nothing was […]

Scott PowersAugust 22, 2018

The father of one of the victims of the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is angrily calling out Republican U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart for taking NRA money in a new ad for his Democratic opponent Mary Barzee Flores. In the one-minute, 10-second digital ad launched Wednesday, Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jamie was […]

Scott PowersAugust 6, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is going up with a new round of TV commercials Monday, calling for a response to the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland, this time with parents of two of the slain children doing the talking for him. In the two 30-second commercials, “Joaquin Oliver” and “Jaime Guttenberg,” Levine returns to […]

Jacob OglesJuly 8, 2018

Republican congressional candidate Javier Manjarres on Friday accused a Parkland father of exploiting his child’s death. Manjarres, known best in Florida political circles for his Shark Tank blog, started a Twitter squabble with Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was among 17 killed in the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting on Feb. 14. “C’mon […]

Peter SchorschApril 30, 2018

Ban Assault Weapons NOW on Monday announced the first wave of members for its steering committee as it ramps up efforts to put an amendment banning assault weapons on the 2020 ballot. U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch and Coral Springs Mayor Skip Campbell will serve as campaign co-chairs, while nine individuals – four with ties to […]

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Lauren Book, Gary Farmer among officials endorsing Dan Daley to succeed Jared Moskowitz

Parkland shooting named “Top news story of 2018” in AP survey

Nikki Fried’s transition team has cannabis experts, lawmakers, former opponents

Gun safety advocates claim victory with Nikki Fried win

Margaret Good says hey, hey, don’t vote for NRA-owned Ray Pilon

Fred Guttenberg endorses Bill Nelson for Senate

Parkland father attacks Mario Diaz-Balart in new Mary Barzee Flores ad

Philip Levine returns to Parkland, with Parkland parents, in new ads

Javier Manjarres accuses Parkland father of exploiting child’s death

Group pushing assault weapons ban in wake of Parkland picks steering committee