Tag: Mark Pafford
Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

Associated PressJanuary 28, 2015
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Sketching the outlines of their legislative agendas, Florida’s top Republicans pledged Wednesday to press for a bevy of tax cuts, more education spending and a review of controversial student testing in this year’s legislative session. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner outlined their proposals during the annual legislative planning meeting hosted by […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2015
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  As I meet with dozens of Florida lawmakers, legislative staffers, and lobbyists in Tallahassee, inevitably the question is raised, “What is going on over there?” There being the Governor’s Office and its inexplicable courses of action as it struggles through the start of Rick Scott’s second term. What I say to these politicos is, […]

Guest AuthorDecember 15, 2014

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Gwen Graham took a victory lap in the Panhandle this past week; meeting with business leaders in four of the biggest counties of the 2nd Congressional District. Graham is a rare Florida Democrat; she won an election. While party leaders stage their familiar post-midterm drama, politicians, consultants and donors expressing bewilderment about the shellacking the […]

Phil AmmannDecember 1, 2014
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Democratic Floor Leader David Richardson will become the first openly gay Representative in Florida history to take a leadership role in the state Legislature. House Democratic Leader Mark Pafford and Leader pro tempore Mia Jones announced Richardson’s selection for the upcoming 2015 Session in a joint announcement Monday morning. “David is an important part of my […]


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