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Ana CeballosFebruary 1, 2018

A proposed change to a House bill that would have made it legal for some adults to have sex with children as young as 14 was tossed on Thursday after it drew criticism from a top senator. But a House panel still pushed forward a proposal that would allow certain minors to wed, moving away […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 29, 2018

State Rep. Kim Daniels is going to face an electoral challenge this year after all — and it will come from an unexpected NPA candidate, Darcy Richardson. “I’m running to win,” Richardson says, spitting in the face of the long, if not prohibitive, odds faced by almost every independent candidates. Richardson, an author of multiple books on […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 22, 2018

Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, filed a pair of bills Monday that could bring changes for Duval County students. One mandates more crossing guards. The other orders evaluations for students pre-graduation. HB 1453 would require that Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office post crossing guards at all schools in Duval that serve students from grades K through 8, superseding previous legislation. […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 18, 2018

Rep. Kim Daniels is seeking to have a Florida Ethics Commission complaint against her dismissed Friday morning. Her rationale? It was filed too close to the 2015 election. Daniels, who was unsuccessfully running for re-election to the Jacksonville City Council, had a complaint regarding her financial disclosure forms filed just four days before that vote. State law […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2018

In Northeast Florida December fundraising for State House races, unopposed incumbents kept trucking, while the race for HD 15 remained competitive in fundraising. HD 11: Incumbent Cord Byrd, a Jacksonville Beach Republican, brought in $12,400 to push him to $29,700 cash on hand. Among the donors backing the unopposed lawyer: the Geo Group. HD 12: […]

Phil AmmannDecember 19, 2017

With a tip of the hat to LobbyTools, here are the latest movements – both on and off – of the legislative merry-go-round. Off and on: Lily Tysinger, a legislative analyst for the Senate Majority Office, now serves as a program specialist in the Office of the Senate Secretary. Off: Josie Tomkow is no longer an […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 12, 2017

Some Northeast Florida state House candidates and incumbents posted stronger fundraising than others in November. Below, the tally in each district. The highlights: strong months for Republican incumbents Clay Yarborough, Jason Fischer and Cyndi Stevenson. Meanwhile, in the most interesting race in the region, Democrat Tracye Polson continues to keep pace with Republican Wyman Duggan in House District 15. ____ In […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2017

Finally subject to a successful foreclosure auction Wednesday: The Davie “parsonage” of Spoken Word Ministries, the church run in part by Rep. Kim Daniels. Since Dec. 2016, the mortgage holder, Freedom Mortgage Corporation, had sought to foreclose on the property. The bank finally recovered the property for $800,200 at auction. However, those efforts had been successfully […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2017

A settlement has been reached between state Rep. Kim Daniels and the Florida Elections Commission on disputed campaign spending from Daniels’ failed 2015 re-election bid to the Jacksonville City Council. Daniels will be compelled to pay $1,500, per a consent order signed in October. The deal will be finalized at an FEC meeting Tuesday. As Jacksonville’s Folio Weekly reported […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 26, 2017

The holiday season can test even the best of relationships, and offered the impetus for severance of ties between a barrister and a state legislator. Citing “irreconcilable differences,” attorney Vladimir St. Louis motioned Nov. 21 to withdraw from a foreclosure case involving Spoken Word Ministries, the theological concern of Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat. The motion […]

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House alters child marriage bill to allow some minors to wed

NPA spoiler Darcy Richardson seeks to topple Kim Daniels in HD 14

Kim Daniels bills would mandate K-8 crossing guards, annual student evals in Duval

Kim Daniels seeks dismissal of ethics complaint

Few surprises in Northeast Florida House fundraising for December

Latest on the legislative staffing merry-go-round

Northeast Florida state House fundraising paced by Republican incumbents

Foreclosure final on state Representative’s ‘parsonage’

Settlement reached in Kim Daniels campaign finance kerfuffle

‘Irreconcilable differences’ between lawyer, lawmaker in foreclosure case