Scott PowersJune 12, 2019
10min802
Orlando continues to pursue healing and unity.
Tag: mass shootingNo on 4
Scott PowersJune 12, 2019
Staff ReportsApril 25, 2019
4min538
"Obviously it's important to a lot of people."
Scott PowersApril 24, 20196min464
"I've been assured there will be Pulse money."
Staff ReportsFebruary 13, 2019
2min320
"Always remember that Floridians will stand strong in times of tragedy."
Staff ReportsDecember 28, 2018
10min277
Let’s not even pretend to avoid a spoiler: The post-Parkland legislation was the biggest legislative story of the last year. We’ll save that for the end, but in the meantime, here’s Florida Politics’ annual (and admittedly subjective) list of the top stories to come out of the 2018 Legislative Session. In somewhat chronological order: Sexual […]
Scott PowersDecember 26, 2018
4min329
Under harsh criticism from politicians and the state commission investigating the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre last February, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel released a letter to the commission Wednesday outlining policy changes in his department, including one that deputies “shall” immediately intervene. Israel’s letter to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, chair of the Marjory […]
Staff ReportsNovember 3, 2018
3min296
Florida State University President John Thrasher announced a campuswide vigil Sunday after a faculty member and undergraduate student were slain in a Tallahassee yoga studio Friday evening. Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, the 61-year-old chief medical director for Capital Health Plan, a Tallahassee-based health care system, also coordinated “the third and fourth year clerkship rotations in Internal Medicine at FSU’s Tallahassee campus,” […]
Jacob OglesOctober 28, 2018
2min360
State leaders dispatched Florida Highway Patrol troopers to increase patrols around religious institutions following a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Gov. Rick Scott announced hours after the Pennsylvania attack that patrols would be enhanced at places of worship throughout the state of Florida. “The shooting at a synagogue in Pennsylvania was an act of […]
Scott PowersAugust 27, 2018
3min303
The shooting at the gamers’ tournament Sunday at Jacksonville Landing is being followed by four Democratic gubernatorial candidates — Gwen Graham, Philip Levine, Jeff Greene, and Chris King — heading to Jacksonville, in part to offer direct responses. Graham, the former U.S. Representative from Tallahassee, and King, the businessman from Winter Park, added additional events to […]
Scott PowersJune 6, 2018
9min960
If you’re a candidate who believes that bump stocks should not have been banned, that Florida residents should be able to open-carry firearms, and that local officials who mess with gun laws should be banned from public office for life, then you, too, might be in line for a National Rifle Association endorsement. But first, […]