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Phil AmmannJuly 2, 2015

BP has agreed to pay a record $18.732 billion to resolve claims by five Gulf states of violating the Clean Water Act, harming natural resources, and other economic damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As a part of the agreement announced Thursday, Florida will receive at least $3.25 billion. The overall deal has […]

Mitch PerryJune 30, 2015

Floridians for Solar Choice said Tuesday it has filed its answer brief defending its petition language as it tries to get a ballot initiative ready for next year’s elections. Its initiative would allow Florida residents to purchase solar-generated electricity for their home or business from an entity other than a public utility. The brief filed with […]

Mitch PerryJune 30, 2015

When House Speaker Steve Crisafulli abruptly called on the Florida House of Representatives to depart Tallahassee three days before the regularly scheduled legislative session was scheduled to conclude in late April, he angered many Floridians, including Senate President Andy Gardiner. The division between the Florida House and Senate this spring prevented the Legislature from producing […]

Associated PressJune 30, 2015

Oklahoma and Florida moved quickly to resume lethal injections after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of midazolam, a sedative that has been used in several problematic executions. Attorneys general in both states asked courts Monday to allow executions to proceed, just hours after the high court voted 5-4 in a case from Oklahoma […]

Mitch PerryJune 26, 2015

Rick Santorum isn’t the only social conservative Republican comparing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday effectively legalizing same-sex marriage to the Dred Scott decision. The 1857 ruling by the high court that found that blacks were not American citizens. “Regardless of how it appears, today’s decision is not the final word on marriage,” John Stemberger […]

Guest AuthorJune 18, 2015

Marco Rubio must be smiling. The baby-faced U.S. senator and presidential hopeful is having the best two weeks of his life. Not only did he get needlessly razed by the arch-liberal New York Times in two attack pieces, he’s also receiving the cold shoulder by everybody’s who’s somebody in Florida’s Republican establishment. According to CNN, […]

Mitch PerryJune 17, 2015

Jeb Bush has been traveling the nation making campaign and fundraising stops since the beginning of the year, all under the guise of “exploring” the possibility of running for president. That distinction that has allowed him to raise unlimited amounts of cash for his political action committee called Right to Rise. According to a new […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 17, 2015

A federal judge in Pensacola cancelled an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Friday that could have required Gov. Rick Scott and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell to appear in court. Judge M. Casey Rodgers issued a one-page ruling on Wednesday saying that lawyers for Scott had filed a notice […]

Associated PressJune 16, 2015

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is saying a recent court decision on slot machines could cause “grave financial harm” to the tribe. Lawyers for the tribe filed court papers on Tuesday. They want the 1st District Court of Appeal to let the Seminoles weigh in on a far-reaching ruling that could lead to slot machines […]

Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015

On the eve of Jeb Bush’s announcement Monday at Miami Dade Community College that he’s officially a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, his campaign has issued a list of Florida GOP lawmakers backing him in the race against Marco Rubio and the more than dozen other candidates in the race. For starters, the entire […]

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DEP, FWC respond to record BP settlement, applauds Gulf Coast recovery progress

Solar power ballot supporters file petition defense to state high court

Justice-2-Jesus’ Brian Pitts’ lawsuit calls for repealing every law passed this year because of Legislature’s premature exit

Florida, Oklahoma move quickly to resume lethal injections

John Stemberger latest conservative to compare gay marriage ruling to Dred Scott decision

Chris Timmons: Marco Rubio, the insurgent

GOP state lawmakers give generously to Jeb Bush’s super PAC

Hearing on LIP lawsuit scratched; Rick Scott, Sylvia Burwell court appearance off

Seminole Tribe wants to join legal fight over slot machines

Florida lawmakers line up behind Jeb Bush before official announcement

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