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Staff ReportsDecember 14, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott appointed six new judges on Thursday, less than a month before he leaves office and joins the U.S. Senate. Topping the list of appointments are two new names for the Third District appellate bench. Eric Hendon will replace retired Judge Richard Suarez on the Third District Court of Appeal. Significantly, this is […]

Peter SchorschJuly 17, 2018

Former Transportation Secretary Jim Boxold, who’s been with the governmental affairs firm Capital City Consulting since January 2017, now is the firm’s managing partner. He now oversees human resources, administrative employment, firm efficiencies and processes, and work load management, the lobbying concern said in a press release. “Our firm is growing rapidly and growth requires better organization, processes and human […]

Washington PostMay 29, 2018

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At least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its devastation across Puerto Rico last year, according to a new Harvard study released Tuesday, an estimate that far exceeds the official government death toll, which stands at 64. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that health care […]

Scott PowersJuly 14, 2017

While Vice President Mike Pence prepares to take over American space policy as chairman of the resurrected National Space Council, space exploration advocates are hailing his choice as the panel’s executive secretary, Scott Pace. Pace is a former space policy advisor in the administration of President George W. Bush and an academic who currently is […]

Scott PowersApril 26, 2017

Sally Boynton Brown, executive director of the Idaho Democratic Party who also made a run for national chair this year, was named the new president of the Florida Democratic Party. Brown replaces Scott Arceneaux, who in January as executive director of the Florida Democratic Party, under the transition taking place under newly-elected state chair Steven Bittel. She also […]

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Not-so-lame duck: Rick Scott makes six judicial appointments

Personnel note: Jim Boxold named Capital City Consulting’s managing partner

Harvard study estimates at least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria. The official death toll is 64.

Space groups hailing appointment of Scott Pace as National Space Council executive

Sally Boynton Brown coming from Idaho to be new Florida Dems president