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Ana CeballosFebruary 16, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign after the agency admitted to mishandling a January tip that the 19-year-old accused of gunning down 17 people in Parkland was potentially planning a school shooting. “Seventeen innocent people are dead and acknowledging a mistake isn’t going to cut it,” Scott said. […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

Less than 24 hours after Nicolas Cruz killed 17 people at the high school that expelled him in Parkland, Florida, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions weighed in, as did Gov. Rick Scott and state leaders. State leaders vowed to devote resources to “school hardening” and ensuring that mentally ill people don’t have access to guns. The President […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 7, 2018

Speaking to a Tampa audience about the opioid crisis, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said those reaching for such drugs should “switch to aspirin.” “I am operating on the assumption that this country prescribes too many opioids,” the nation’s top cop said Wednesday during a visit to the downtown Tampa office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle […]

Blake DowlingJanuary 28, 2018

Are you bored with your career in politics? Is lobbying getting old? Tired of asking people for money on the fundraising trail? Have you considered cybercrime? Alexzander Cazes thought it sounded like a great idea. If you haven’t heard of Alpha Bay it will most likely be a movie in the next couple of years, […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 23, 2018

When Floridians went to the polls in 2016, more than just names were on the ballot. Included was Amendment 2, amending our state constitution to legalize medical marijuana. Amendment 2 received the support of 71 percent of voters – surpassing the 60 percent needed for passage. Do you know how hard it is to get […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 18, 2018

There was a slew of committee meetings at the Capitol Thursday, but the public stage outside committee halls belonged to those pushing for LGBT protections in private businesses and state offices, two arenas where such discrimination is not explicitly barred by state law. A sizable group of bipartisan lawmakers attended a press conference on Thursday in […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 4, 2018

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolled out plans to reverse the Cole Memo, an Obama-era policy of detente in the federal war against cannabis, on Thursday. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum was the first — and as of Thursday morning, the only — candidate in Florida’s 2018 field to decry Sessions’ move. “Attorney General Jeff Sessions is […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2017

Nearly nine years after former Nasdaq chair Bernie Madoff was arrested for running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, his victims may finally start receiving compensation within the next few months. More than $4 billion sits in a fund created in 2012 to repay Madoff’s victims in one of the biggest fraud cases ever. The fund consists […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 7, 2017

President Donald Trump said beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program shouldn’t worry about their future, despite an announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the program will end in six months unless Congress addresses the issue. On Thursday, Trump tweeted that DACA recipients have “nothing to worry about” despite the fact that his administration […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 5, 2017

Rick Scott let it be known late last Friday he is not supporting his friend Donald Trump‘s decision to rescind the immigration order of former President Barack Obama that shields some children of undocumented immigrants from deportation. But now that it’s happened, the Florida governor says it’s time for Congress to act. “These were individuals who came here; they were […]

Tag: Jeff Sessions

Gov. Rick Scott calls on FBI director to resign

Federal, state leaders pitch mental health awareness, ‘school hardening’ in wake of Parkland massacre

Visiting Tampa, Jeff Sessions says opioid addicts should ‘tough it out,’ take aspirin

Blake Dowling: Beware the dark web

Charlie Crist: Protecting Floridians access to medical marijuana issue of compassion

Legislators want laws, executive order protecting LGBT rights

Andrew Gillum slams Jeff Sessions’ reversal of federal cannabis policy as racist and ‘deluded’

DOJ says Bernie Madoff victims are finally about to be compensated

House Republicans reject Kathy Castor amendment to protect DREAMers

Rick Scott on DACA: ‘Congress has got to start to act’