Jesse SchecknerDecember 6, 2022
4min0
Each appointee will take three previously vacant seats the Governor has the sole power to fill.
Tag: Patrick Rooney
Jesse SchecknerDecember 6, 2022
Mitch PerryJune 20, 2016
3min674
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino announced Monday he would run for the congressional seat in Florida’s 19th District being vacated this fall by GOP incumbent Curt Clawson, who announced last month that he would not run for re-election. “This election will not be won on TV sets, but on the front porches of voters’ […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 23, 2016
2min412
Count Robert Simeone in. Simeone filed to run for in House District 85 on Wednesday. The West Palm Beach Democrat is vying to replace Rep. Patrick Rooney Jr. in the Florida House. “I’m running for the state House because it’s time for the people of our community to have a voice in their government. Rather […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 16, 2016
2min456
Patrick Rooney Jr. isn’t running for re-election this fall. The Palm Beach Post reported on Friday that Rooney, a three-term state representative, wouldn’t seek a fourth term. According to the report, Rooney said he wanted to spend more time at home with his family. Rooney is the grandson of Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney and […]
Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2015
4min610
North Palm Beach County-based attorney Pam Keith is having a difficult time breaking through in her long-shot candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, with the political media focused on the almost daily back and forth exchanges between Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy. She’s frustrated that she’s not getting help from the Congressional Black […]
Phil AmmannApril 28, 2015
4min188
Florida lawmakers approved a medication that could save lives during a drug overdose, with a bill now awaiting Gov. Rick Scott’s signature. On Tuesday, the Legislature passed SB 758/HB 751, known as the Emergency Treatment for Opioid Overdose Act, which increases availability of Naloxone, a drug that immediately reverses effects of opioids — prescription painkillers, […]