Christine Jordan SextonNovember 16, 2022
6min0
The state expects to award eight additional medical marijuana treatment center licenses by June, 30, 2024, according to budget documents.
Tag: News Service of Florida
Christine Jordan SextonNovember 16, 2022
A.G. GancarskiMarch 30, 2020
3min239
Coronavirus a problem for crime survivors, prisoners.
Staff ReportsJuly 3, 2017
1min300
News Service of Florida political reporter Brandon Larrabee is trading his reporter’s notebook for a legal pad. In a recent Facebook post, Larrabee, who has been with NSF since 2011, is leaving professional journalism to attend law school at the University of Richmond. “I want to get off the sidelines,” he wrote. “(T)here are restrictions […]
Peter SchorschApril 4, 2017
2min452
Ruth Herrle and the News Service of Florida have parted ways, according to those with knowledge of the separation. Herrle had been publisher of the Capital-based news provider since 2008, her LinkedIn profile says. It’s owned by the same company that runs State House News Service in Boston. “Her leaving was a Boston-thing,” said one insider, […]
Jim RosicaJuly 28, 2016
4min193
The indefatigable Lloyd Dunkelberger, unceremoniously jettisoned by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, has landed at the News Service of Florida (NSF). The Tallahassee-based state news provider announced the hire on Thursday. Dunkelberger, 62, joins the NSF staff next week. He “has covered state government since 1983, including 33 regular sessions of the Florida Legislature and eight governors,” according to a News […]
Julie DelegalJanuary 29, 20165min240
Last of three parts When asked which death row inmates could be affected by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 12 ruling, “Hurst v. Florida,” Jacksonville criminal defense attorney Gray Thomas says, theoretically, “all of them.” The penalty-phase procedure that gives the judge the final word was written into Florida law after the U.S. Supreme Court […]
Julie DelegalJanuary 28, 20165min246
Last of three parts When asked which death row inmates could be affected by the U.S. Supreme Court’s January 12 ruling, Hurst v. Florida, Jacksonville criminal defense attorney Gray Thomas says, theoretically, “all of them.” The penalty-phase procedure that gives the judge the final word was written into Florida law after the U.S. Supreme Court […]
Peter SchorschOctober 22, 2015
7min352
The latest edition of the 4th Floor Files talks with lobbyist Shawn Foster, a government relations consultant with Sunrise Consulting Group. Foster represents about a dozen clients – mostly in the Tampa Bay area – including the Florida Blueberry Growers Association, Sarasota County and the city of Brooksville. Here is the file on Shawn Foster. […]
Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2015
7min392
For several years, it’s been a given that Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn would try to take his brand of leadership to a new level in 2018 by seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. Facing just token opposition in his re-election bid, Buckhorn won with nearly 96 percent of the vote in March, setting himself up […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 25, 2015
6min208
St. Petersburg House Democrat Darryl Rouson has filed legislation (HB 243) that would ban the display of Confederate flags and symbols on publicly owned or leased property. It will serve as a companion to Orlando Democrat Geraldine Thompson’s bill in the state Senate. “I can understand people wanting to honor the legacy of their Southern History, but when history and symbolism to […]