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Guest AuthorAugust 18, 2015

By now the videos of Planned Parenthood executives casually discussing abortion outcomes over lunch have been broadly distributed and widely viewed. They have occasioned an appropriate and long overdue conversation on the nature of women’s health care, its availability and adequacy. Merely marketing oneself as a source of women’s health care is insufficient. Health care, […]

Mitch PerryJuly 31, 2015

Orlando-based entrepreneur Todd Wilcox says that it was around April of last year that he first thought about the possibilities of running for U.S. Senate, a considerable feat to undertake for a lifelong nonpolitician in the nation’s third-largest state. He didn’t go into exploratory mode until this past April, though, after Marco Rubio made it […]

Ryan RayJuly 30, 2015

CFO Jeff Atwater has invited the public to come to Jacksonville this weekend to participate in the auction of hundreds of thousands of dollars of property, held in what is essentially the massive state “lost and found” his office oversees. Atwater’s office invites “Floridians” — although nearby Georgians will certainly come to reap the spoils, […]

Phil AmmannJuly 28, 2015

Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has selected longtime consumer activist Sha’Ron James to be Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate. James’ appointment is effective Aug 3. Insurance Consumer Advocates act as independent agents, representing insurance policyholders statewide. James, a Tallahassee resident, brings several years experience in insurance-related matters to her new role at the State Capitol. “Sha’Ron’s […]

Peter SchorschJuly 23, 2015

Attorney General Pam Bondi has decided not to bring forward any additional applicants for the position of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, meaning that Interim Secretary Jon Steverson will be the only candidate to be interviewed by the Cabinet at their next meeting. Steverson and FDLE head Rick Swearingen were the first state officials affected by […]

Melissa RossJuly 21, 2015

In an email to constituents, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is debuting a new interactive financial website for veterans called Serve, Save, Succeed. Atwater says the site will give Florida’s military service members and veterans an online platform for collaborative discussion and creative thinking about money management. “I know that financial success stories come […]

Ryan RayJune 23, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott denied giving consideration to his friends — or retaliating against his enemies — as he threw out more than $460 million allocated by lawmakers in this year’s budget. “Absolutely not,” Scott told reporters Tuesday morning after the day’s Cabinet meeting concluded. But a close look at what was axed and what was […]

Guest AuthorJune 18, 2015

Marco Rubio must be smiling. The baby-faced U.S. senator and presidential hopeful is having the best two weeks of his life. Not only did he get needlessly razed by the arch-liberal New York Times in two attack pieces, he’s also receiving the cold shoulder by everybody’s who’s somebody in Florida’s Republican establishment. According to CNN, […]

Mitch PerryJune 17, 2015

Jeb Bush has been traveling the nation making campaign and fundraising stops since the beginning of the year, all under the guise of “exploring” the possibility of running for president. That distinction that has allowed him to raise unlimited amounts of cash for his political action committee called Right to Rise. According to a new […]

Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015

On the eve of Jeb Bush’s announcement Monday at Miami Dade Community College that he’s officially a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, his campaign has issued a list of Florida GOP lawmakers backing him in the race against Marco Rubio and the more than dozen other candidates in the race. For starters, the entire […]

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Jeff Atwater: Planned Parenthood and the consequences of speech

Todd Wilcox says Republican voters in Florida (will) like what he has to offer

Jeff Atwater holding “Treasure Hunt” to auction off $700K in unclaimed property

Jeff Atwater names Sha’Ron James as Insurance Consumer Advocate

Jon Stevenson to be only DEP candidate interviewed at next cabinet meeting

Email insights: CFO Jeff Atwater launches “Serve, Save, Succeed” for veterans

Rick Scott’s veto list puts friends, foes in sharp relief

Chris Timmons: Marco Rubio, the insurgent

GOP state lawmakers give generously to Jeb Bush’s super PAC

Florida lawmakers line up behind Jeb Bush before official announcement