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Jim RosicaSeptember 12, 2016

Kathy Mears, who served as chief of staff to two consecutive Florida House speakers, will become the new top in-house lobbyist for Florida State University. Mears, who confirmed her hiring Monday, said she will take the new role of chief legislative affairs officer. She starts Sept. 19. Mears was chief of staff to Republican House […]

Ryan RayJune 3, 2015

The intense intra-cameral friction that defined the 2015 Legislative Session seems not to have dissipated after a few weeks off but rather compounded, culminating in the most antagonistic legislative hearing of the year at Tuesday’s meeting of the Senate Appropriations Committee. There, budget chief Tom Lee led a chorus of indignant senators who excoriated AHCA deputy director Justin […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 2, 2015

A group of uninsured Millennials on Tuesday presented 13,000 signatures to a top official in the Florida House of Representatives. The group did not meet with Speaker Steve Crisafulli who, according to his Chief of Staff, Kathy Mears, was in a meeting. The small group presented the House with a scroll of 13,000 signatures asking […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 28, 2015

Congratulations to Kathy Mears, chief of staff to House Speaker Steve Crisafulli. Thanks to the intrepid reporting of Michael Van Sickler and Kathleen McGrory of the Times/Herald bureau, we’re learning this morning that Mears is the only person in Tallahassee whose spouse also works in state government: “Matthew Mears filled a vacancy created five months […]

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Congratulations to Kathy Mears!