Scott PowersJanuary 16, 2019
2min236
Darren Soto said no, while Stephanie Murphy's office indicated she wasn't invited this time.
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Scott PowersJanuary 16, 2019Scott PowersDecember 3, 2018
10min509
Nineteen months after the Florida Legislature apologized on behalf of the state for injustice toward four black men falsely accused of rape in 1949 and urged Gov. Rick Scott and Florida’s cabinet to expedite pardons for them, there appear to be no such pardons in the works for the Groveland Four. But there still might […]
Scott PowersDecember 18, 2017
2min302
All Aboard Florida canceled an emergency meeting of the Florida Development Finance Corporation set for Monday to consider backing $1.1 billion in private activity bonds for the private, high-speed passenger Brightline railroad’s South Florida to Orlando phase of construction. The company said it requested the cancellation due to the House and Senate agreeing to a tax […]
Jim RosicaAugust 7, 2017
3min739
A month after ending a long-running blackjack dispute, Gov. Rick Scott met with representatives of the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Monday in what was called a “social visit.” A luncheon, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at the Governor’s Mansion, was posted on Scott’s daily schedule. A governor’s spokesman said those in attendance included Tribal Council chair Marcellus […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 4, 2017
4min404
Eight Florida lawmakers have signed up to attend this weekend’s meeting of the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States in Scottsdale, Arizona. The three-day conference, to include a keynote address from Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, is being held at the 4-star Hotel Valley Ho. On the RSVP list: — State Rep. Halsey Beshears, a Monticello Republican. […]