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Peter SchorschFebruary 18, 2015

There is no best quarterback in the National Football League, only a collection of elite players who can each make a claim for that title. Is Tom Brady really better than Aaron Rodgers? When healthy, is Peyton Manning the top thrower? What about Drew Brees or Russell Wilson? Similarly, there isn’t a best political reporter […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 18, 2015

The Florida Retail Federation, the state’s largest retail advocacy organization, is adding media relations veteran James Miller as its new communications director. Miller will work from the FRF Tallahassee headquarters, overseeing the group’s marketing, communications and public outreach. His hire is effective February 23. In a statement, FRF President/CEO Rick McAllister praised Miller’s “proven experience […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 18, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott will not be getting a sunny reception on his trip to Philadelphia next week, at least from Pennsylvania’ s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. Scott’s journey north, says the Governor’s Office, is to urge companies to think about moving to sunny, warm, no-income-tax Florida. According to a release, the trip is a “business-development […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 18, 2015

A nonprofit public education advocacy group is asking supporters to throw their weight behind legislation proposed by state Sen. Bill Montford that would ban the use of standardized testing results against students during the transition from the current FCAT model to the new Common Core testing standards. Senate Bill 774 introduced by Montford is an answer to […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 18, 2015

A nonprofit public education advocacy group is asking supporters to throw their weight behind legislation proposed by state Sen. Bill Montford that would ban the use of standardized testing results against students during the transition from the current FCAT model to the new Common Core testing standards. Senate Bill 774 introduced by Montford is an answer to […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 18, 2015

Access to specialty physicians varies greatly depending on location but there will be an overall shortage of about 3,700 physician specialists by the year 2025 and rural areas will be the hardest hit, a study released Tuesday by the Teaching Hospital Council of Florida and the Safety Net Hospital Alliance shows. To abate the impending […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 17, 2015

After building an early lead among absentee and early voters, former Rep. Reggie Fullwood will now officially return to the Florida Capitol for Duval County’s House District 13. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the Jacksonville Democrat captured 57 percent of the vote to defeat Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson, who took 43 percent. Fullwood began the night with a lead in early […]

James CallFebruary 17, 2015

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Gov. Rick Scott’s call for to cut in half the Communications Services Tax got a unanimous send off at its first committee stop Tuesday; a Senate committee approved a 3.6 percent cut dropping it to 3 percent. Sen. Dorothy Hukill is sponsoring SB 110. Scott called for the cut in his budget recommendation last month, saying […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 17, 2015

The Senate Health Policy Committee plowed through a number of bills Tuesday, including a measure that continues regulation of pain management clinics as well as a bills relating to the Children’s Health Insurance Program and diabetes. Perhaps the most controversial bill the committee passed was one that it had to defer action on when it […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 17, 2015

While everyone is busy speculating about whether Jeb Bush will survive his immigration and Common Core positions in the modern Republican Party, new polling shows the one stance that could prove a deal breaker with GOP voters: his opposition to same-sex marriage. A new batch of 2016 primary polls from NBC News and Marist College […]

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Will the Times/Herald continue to ignore former colleague Marc Caputo?

Personnel note: Florida Retail Federation hires James Miller as new comms director

Rick Scott might not get a sunny reception in chilly Philly next week

Email Insights: Fund Education Now asks for support of Bill Montford's education bill

Email Insights: Fund Education Now asks for support of Bill Montford’s education bill

New study on physician workforce shows supply and demand by region and specialty

Reggie Fullwood easily wins House District 13 special election

Cell phone tax cut clears panel; TaxWatch says move will attract business

Senate health panel OKs bills to continue pill mill regs, nix $30 million in hospital legal challenges

Surprising GOP voter turn-off: opposition to gay marriage