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Jim RosicaAugust 17, 2018

Incumbents Julie Brown and Gary Clark are staying on the Florida Public Service Commission. Gov. Rick Scott on Friday said he had reappointed the two to serve another four-year term each. His picks are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate. The five-member panel regulates the state’s investor-owned utilities. Clark, 50, of Chipley, had been Deputy Secretary of land […]

Drew WilsonNovember 7, 2017

Art Graham was selected Tuesday to take over for Julie Brown as chair for the Public Service Commission come Jan. 2, 2018. Graham was appointed to another term on the PSC by Gov. Rick Scott back in August and has been a member of the utility regulatory body since 2010, when he was appointed by […]

Mitch PerryJune 26, 2017

Rick Scott heads to Washington D.C. this week, ostensibly to meet with members of the Florida GOP congressional delegation regarding the health care bill unveiled last Thursday by Senate Republicans. What Scott thinks of the bill, or what changes he believes are warranted, remains a mystery. “I want to thank President Trump; he’s absolutely committed […]

Phil AmmannApril 16, 2015

Florida media was well represented this week at the 81st National Headliner Awards, including top awards for reporters John Romano of the Tampa Bay Times and Julie Brown of the Miami Herald. The Press Club of Atlantic City launched the National Headliner Awards in 1934, an annual recognition of the best work in American journalism. Winning both […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 16, 2015

Miami Herald staff writer Julie Brown has won the 2014 George Polk Award for Justice Reporting for her series of articles on brutal treatment and deaths of inmates in Florida’s prison system. Brown shared the award with two New York Times reporters, Michael Schwirtz and Michael Winerip, who also focused on abuse in New York […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 2, 2015

Happy Monday! (Well, maybe not if you’re a Seahawks fan). As we lean into the work week, what do we have here on the front page of today’s Tampa Bay Times? A story by the Miami Herald’s Julie Brown and Mary Ellen Klas that features another deposed government agency head in Tallahassee — in this case, former Department of […]

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Julie Brown, Gary Clark to stay on PSC

Art Graham selected as next PSC chair

Rick Scott heads to D.C. to lobby for ‘Florida interests’ in health care bill, avoids specifics

Florida reporters honored with seven National Headliner Awards

Miami Herald reporter Julie Brown wins Polk Award for prison abuse series

Mitch Perry Report for 2.2.15 – Another former state agency head blasts Rick Scott