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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 17, 2016

Calling it a “full-blown emergency,” Sen. Bill Nelson once again encouraged his colleagues to set aside $1.9 billion to fight the spread of the Zika virus. “The urgency is now and we ought to do the right thing,” said Nelson, a Florida Democrat. “We have not heard the last of it, and you are going […]

Mitch PerryMay 17, 2016

Following the report over the weekend that Florida GOP senate candidate Carlos Beruff referred to President Obama as “an animal” over the weekend, every other major candidate in the Senate contest in Florida, both Republican and Democratic, criticized Beruff over the remark. Almost everyone. A request for comment sent to Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera’s campaign spokesperson was […]

Phil AmmannMay 17, 2016

Donald Trump says he plans to win the White House largely on the strength of his personality, not by leaning heavily on complex voter data operations that have become a behind-the-scenes staple in modern presidential campaigns. Shortly after Trump explained his approach in an Associated Press interview — data is “overrated,” he said — one […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 17, 2016

Todd Wilcox is growing his team. The Republican U.S. Senate hopeful announced Tuesday that two more people — Carol Craig and Robert H. Gidel Sr. — have joined his finance committee. “As momentum for our campaign continues to grow, I am honored to have the support of great Floridians like Carol and Robert,” he said in […]

Scott PowersMay 16, 2016

Florida’s outgoing Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio suggested Monday he may be ready to endorse the Republican he wants to follow him into the office. “I’ll have something to say about that in the next couple of days,” Rubio said Monday after meeting in Orlando with Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs to discuss Central Florida’s heroin crisis. […]

Scott PowersMay 16, 2016

Sitting with Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio pledged Monday to do whatever he can to help combat the growing heroin crisis, saying federal funds for treatment of uninsured addicts are critical. Jacobs has made Orange County’s heroin crisis a top priority for her efforts, and recently oversaw a task […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 15, 2016

Senator Marco Rubio let NBC’s Today Show know where he stood after its (non)-coverage of his visit to Eureka Garden in Jacksonville Friday. “@TODAYshow could have done a real service doing story about abuses in public housing and HUD. Instead focus on political speculation” “Owner of #EurekaGardens has similar slum like conditions in projects across multiple […]

Peter SchorschMay 15, 2016

As he gets ready to “go home,” as departing legislators like to say, outgoing Senate President Andy Gardiner has no regrets or hard feelings. He did have choice words regarding lobbyists for gambling concerns, however: They “just get greedy.” Gardiner, an opponent of gambling expansion, recently sat down with Capital Correspondent Jim Rosica for an “exit interview.” He leaves office later this […]

Mitch PerryMay 14, 2016

Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia on Saturday selected the 15 delegates and 15 alternates chosen as at-large delegates who had yet to be determined to be part of the state’s contingent of 99 delegates that will represent the Sunshine State at the Republican National Convention: They include former Miami-Dade Rep. Adam Hasner, who worked on U.S. Sen. Marco […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

In the twilight of his Senate term, Sen. Marco Rubio is focusing on constituent issues, such as Eureka Garden Apartments in Jacksonville. Eureka Garden has stirred the senator to sound a clarion call for reform of HUD’s clearly problematic process. The long-neglected, 400-unit HUD complex is currently for sale by Global Ministries Foundation. It’s a meaningless distinction for those […]

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Donald Trump in Manhattan. Image via AP.

Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio wanted more, but U.S. Senate approves $1.1B to fight Zika

David Jolly blasts Carlos Lopez-Cantera’s silence over Carlos Beruff’s ‘animal’ remark

Donald Trump’s questioning of the value of data worries Republicans

Todd Wilcox announces two additions to his finance committee

Marco Rubio may be ready to endorse in U.S. Senate race, defends his own pace

Marco Rubio says federal government needs to provide more treatment funds for uninsured heroin addicts

Marco Rubio, The Today Show, Eureka Garden, and journalistic malpractice

Peter Schorsch: From the ‘gambling boys’ to (un)popularity contests

Florida GOP picks its final delegates to convention this summer

Marco Rubio condemns ‘slumlords’ of Global Ministries Foundation