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Staff ReportsNovember 17, 2018

Soon to be former Gov. Rick Scott on Friday announced 10 appointments to multiple Circuit and County Courts, according to a news release: — Alexander Bokor to the 11th Circuit Court. Bokor, 40, of Miami, is a Miami-Dade County Judge. He received his bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University and his law degree from the University of […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 17, 2018

Steve Cona III has officially resigned from the Board of Trustees for Hillsborough Community College, submitting a letter of resignation to Gov. Rick Scott on Friday. “It has been a pleasure and a great honor being a part of Hillsborough Community College. I am so proud of all we have accomplished in the past five years, and I […]

Scott PowersNovember 16, 2018

Florida added 21,000 new private sector jobs in October, and the state’s unemployment rate notched down to 3.4 percent, the lowest it has been since just before the Great Recession ravaged Florida starting in late 2007. The jobs numbers were announced Friday morning by Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. The […]

Scott PowersNovember 16, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott‘s Republican U.S. Senate campaign wants Broward County’s late-transmitted machine recount results to count in Florida’s U.S. Senate race. Scott’s campaign recount attorney Tim Cerio has fired off a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner asking for confirmation that Detzner will accept the Broward County numbers even though they arrived after Thursday’s […]

Scott PowersNovember 15, 2018

Arguing that Palm Beach County’s problems with machines breaking down during the machine recount this week, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s campaign has sued in state court seeking to force a recount of all half-million ballots there. Palm Beach County is not the main hope for Nelson’s campaign as the state moves to the ordered […]

Staff ReportsNovember 15, 2018

As Florida waits to find out the eventual results of its recounts, the Florida Petroleum Council urges renewed consideration of offshore drilling. The timing is interesting, as presumed Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis is opposed to the practice. The industry group asserted potential revenue of $2.5 billion as a result of offshore leasing in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) […]

Scott PowersNovember 15, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott is declaring victory again after the machine recount of last week’s U.S. Senate election appears to have increase his lead, and he called again on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to succeed Nelson of course is doing no such thing, as his campaign has been counting all along on the next […]

Jacob OglesNovember 15, 2018

Even as a recount netted Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rick Scott votes, he continued to call on Democratic opponent Bill Nelson to somehow stop the process. “With over two-thirds of the machine recount completed, our margin of victory has grown,” Scott tweeted today. “It’s time for @SenBillNelson to end this recount.” Scott spokesman Chris Hartline […]

Ryan NicolNovember 15, 2018

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher has missed the deadline to complete several machine recounts following last week’s midterm elections. The state’s deadline to submit machine recount totals was Thursday at 3 p.m. A bit confusingly, county officials are still allowed to continue the machine recount. However, the numbers determining whether a race will go […]

Scott PowersNovember 15, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s U.S. Senate campaign has pulled in more than $1.4 million to support his legal and public relations battles over Florida’s vote recounts in that race. His campaign released that with a scathing comparison with his opponent in the contested election, Demoratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, and pledged that “Scott will continue […]

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Governor appoints 10 to circuit, county courts

Prepping for Hillsborough School Board, Steve Cona III resigns HCC board

Florida unemployment reaches pre-Great Recession low

Rick Scott’s team wants Broward County recount results to count

Bill Nelson seeking recount of all ballots in Palm Beach County

New push for offshore drilling as Florida awaits recount results

How about now? Winning first recount, Rick Scott asks again for Bill Nelson to concede

Rick Scott wants to stop a recount he’s winning. That’s silly. Here’s why.

Palm Beach County fails to meet recount deadline

Rick Scott campaign raises $1.4 million to support ballot battles