Jacob OglesApril 9, 2019
4min229
'I know he’s been dinged for making a comment or two.'
Tag: NaplesByron Donalds, Jared Moskowitz, and Daniel Webster advance legislation nixing political bias from disaster response. Image via AP.
Jacob OglesApril 9, 2019
Ryan NicolJanuary 29, 2019
5min659
DeSantis nominated Chauncey Goss and Ron Bergeron Tuesday.
Jacob OglesDecember 16, 2018
4min269
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis on Saturday made three more stops on a “Thank You” tour after narrowly winning a four-year tenure in the Governor’s Mansion. Along the way, he took with Republican legislative leaders who he will work with in the coming legislative session. DeSantis started in Destin, a day after touring areas of the Panhandle […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2018
4min422
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis will continue his swing of victory “thank you” tour stops on Saturday. DeSantis, who advisers describe as buried in policy details and laying the groundwork for his nascent administration, is nonetheless taking advantage of the remaining pre-Inauguration weekends to visit markets around Florida. The former Congressman’s first stop is in U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz‘s […]
Scott PowersOctober 23, 2018
6min338
New players have entered the gathering of outside groups seeking to sway Florida voters in the U.S. Senate race, with two national environmental committees launching a TV commercial Tuesday battering Republican Gov. Rick Scott over Florida’s red tide plague. The League of Conservation Voters Victory Fund and the Environmental Defense Action Fund announced Tuesday they […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 20, 2017
2min184
Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff in honor of a Marine who died during a training exercise. Lance Cpl. Austin J. Ruiz of Naples died last Friday. Scott, who has a home in Naples, ordered that the U.S. and state flags be flown at half-staff at City Hall in Naples, the Collier County Courthouse […]
Peter SchorschJuly 14, 2016
2min337
National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, but ride-hailing service Uber announced it would celebrate the holiday a couple of days early in Florida with #UberIceCream. The company said between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, users can open their app, set their location and request “ICE CREAM” at the bottom. A few minutes later, users […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 18, 2016
4min230
Gov. Rick Scott used a stop in Southwest Florida to whip up support for his $1 billion tax cut proposal and $250 million Enterprise Florida fund. “Three years ago, we cut the sales tax, for only three years, unfortunately, for machinery equipment. We need to make that permanent,” said Scott during a stop at Arthrex […]
Jac VerSteegJanuary 26, 2016
8min258
What happens if the Florida Legislature refuses to ratify the Seminole Compact that Gov. Rick Scott negotiated with the Tribe? No one really knows, of course, but state Sen. Joe Abruzzo, a Boynton Beach Democrat, offered a tantalizing hint toward the end of a recent workshop by the Senate’s Regulated Industries Committee. Addressing Jim Allen, […]
Jac VerSteegJanuary 25, 20168min265
What happens if the Florida Legislature refuses to ratify the Seminole Compact that Gov. Rick Scott negotiated with the Tribe? No one really knows, of course, but state Sen. Joe Abruzzo, D-Boynton Beach, offered a tantalizing hint toward the end of a recent workshop by the Senate’s Regulated Industries Committee. Addressing Jim Allen, the CEO […]