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Diane RobertsMarch 2, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – Some Florida towns have a strawberry festival; some have a seafood festival or a jazz festival or even a frog leg festival. Here in Florida’s capital, we put on an annual Festival of Bad Ideas. Its other name is the Legislative session. Come spring, legislators swarm, careening madly down our narrow, pretty […]

Ryan RayFebruary 25, 2015

A Florida League of Women Voters announcement Wednesday finds the group linked with strange bedfellows such as University of Florida’s W. Kent Fuchs and, stranger still, John Thrasher of Florida State University in an effort to prevent overturning a state law that outlaws firearms on college campuses. In light of Monday’s shooting at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach — […]

Ryan RayFebruary 25, 2015

A Florida League of Women Voters announcement Wednesday finds the group linked with strange bedfellows such as University of Florida’s W. Kent Fuchs and, stranger still, John Thrasher of Florida State University in an effort to prevent overturning a state law that outlaws firearms on college campuses. In light of Monday’s shooting at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach — […]

James CallFebruary 11, 2015

The President of Florida State University doesn’t like the idea of guns on campus. Ten days after John Thrasher became president in November a gunman shot three students at the school library. One student paralyzed in the shooting is expected to resume engineering studies soon. A proposal by Rep. Greg Steube is moving through the Florida Legislature […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 27, 2015

State Rep. Travis Hutson has won the GOP special primary election for Senate District 6. With over half of the more than 23,200 ballots cast, the Elkton Republican defeated fellow state Rep. “Doc” Renuart by 53 percent to 34 percent. As of 8:30 p.m. Hutson had received 12,281 votes to Renuart’s 7,919. Dennis McDonald came in third with 13 […]

Ryan RayJanuary 27, 2015

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Though the special elections to fill the vacancies left by John Thrasher‘s exit from the Florida Senate are a lower-key affair than the usual hullabaloo surrounding big general elections, there will still be a handful of election watch parties to attend throughout the First Coast. State Senate District 6 candidate and former state Rep. Travis Hutson‘s […]

Ryan RayJanuary 27, 2015

Though the special elections to fill the vacancies left by John Thrasher‘s exit from the Florida Senate are a lower-key affair than the usual hullabaloo surrounding big general elections, there will still be a handful of election watch parties to attend throughout the First Coast. State Senate District 6 candidate and former state Rep. Travis Hutson‘s […]

Kevin MeerschaertJanuary 27, 2015

Two state representatives are vying to likely take over the Senate seat of John Thrasher in Tuesday’s Special Primary election. Thrasher resigned to take over the presidency of Florida State University. Ronald “Doc” Renuart of Ponte Vedra Beach and Travis Hutson of Elkton are the top candidates for the 6th District Senate Seat in Northeast […]

Kevin MeerschaertJanuary 27, 2015

Two state representatives are vying to likely take over the Senate seat of John Thrasher in Tuesday’s Special Primary election. Thrasher resigned to take over the presidency of Florida State University. Ronald “Doc” Renuart of Ponte Vedra Beach and Travis Hutson of Elkton are the top candidates for the 6th District Senate Seat in Northeast […]

Adam WeinsteinJanuary 26, 2015

Four years ago, John Thrasher did something incredibly brave. As chairman of the Florida Senate’s Rules Committee and one of the state’s most powerful Republicans, he bucked his entire party and one of its most powerful lobbying partners in 2011 to kill a bill that would have let Floridians carry guns openly on school campuses, […]

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Diane Roberts: Welcome to Tallahassee's Festival of Bad Ideas

League of Women Voters joins Florida's university presidents to oppose guns on campus

League of Women Voters joins Florida’s university presidents to oppose guns on campus

During Tiger Bay speech, John Thrasher reiterates opposition to guns on campus, desire for more money for faculty

Travis Hutson defeats Doc Renuart to win SD 6 primary

A rundown of where today’s candidates will be on Election Night

A rundown of where today's candidates will be on Election Night

It’s Primary Election Day in SD 6

It's Primary Election Day in SD 6

Adam Weinstein: Is John Thrasher brave enough to thwart campus guns?