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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 6, 2018

Back to school time coincides with the ramp-up of the general election season, and Sen. Bill Nelson has bad marks for Gov. Rick Scott in his latest digital ad in the U.S. Senate race. Nelson’s spot charges that “when it comes to education, Rick Scott failed our kids,” asserting early administration cuts in funding led to lower teacher […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 6, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott, currently in a “too close to call” Senate race with incumbent Bill Nelson, faces renewed criticism for the ecological crisis on Florida’s waterways. On Thursday, the League of Conservation Voters Victory Fund and American Bridge dropped a digital ad charging Scott with “spinning the facts on clean water and the devastating toxic algae crisis.” Scott […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat facing a tough battle for re-election, filed a bill Wednesday that could help him with a key demographic: veterans seeking relief through medical cannabis. Federal law bars VA doctors from prescribing medical marijuana to veterans. That’s not right. I just filed a bill to let these doctors prescribe medical marijuana […]

Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2018

The Orange County Republican Executive Committee called Wednesday for Kathy Gibson to resign as the county’s state committeewoman to the Republican Party of Florida. The Republican panel made that decision Wednesday afternoon shortly after Republican congressional candidates Wayne Liebnitzky and Mike Miller made similar demands, joining gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis in calling for Gibson to step aside. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2018

It’s been close all along, but now Florida’s U.S. Senate race is officially a dead heat. Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott are tied, according to the newest Quinnipiac University poll. Released Wednesday, the survey gives each 49 percent, with an astonishingly low two percent of voters surveyed telling pollsters they don’t know (or don’t […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2018

With confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh already proving contentious on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott again slammed Sen. Bill Nelson for not meeting with the SCOTUS nominee (which Nelson’s team spotlighted in August as a schedule conflict). And, as has been the case when messaging on this subject before, Scott depicted Nelson as a tool of the […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 4, 2018

Update – 11 a.m. – The head of the U.S. National Hurricane Center says he isn’t just worried about flooding from the ocean but also flooding from heavy rain from Tropical Storm Gordon. National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham says water will be the main story with the storm, currently forecast to make landfall in […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2018

The University of Florida and Florida State University are bitter rivals, but their jerseys in this weekend’s football games both bore the same logo: the iconic Nike swoosh. Nike was not a controversial manufacturer for most fans until this weekend, when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took center stage in the athletic gear giant’s latest […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2018

In Green Cove Springs Monday morning, Gov. Rick Scott introduced supporters under the banner “Veterans for Scott,” a group that will likely include hundreds of veterans across the state who support his Senate bid, with staging opportunities for local markets. However, a week after the primaries, talk hasn’t been so much about the race for Senate as […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 4, 2018

New polling verifies Florida’s U.S. Senate fight as one of the tightest in the nation, with Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson and Republican Rick Scott virtually tied. But even in a politically divided state, a substantial majority still favors legal medical marijuana use. A survey by St. Pete Polls commissioned for Florida Politics finds both candidates at […]

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New Bill Nelson ad gives Rick Scott low marks for underfunding schools

New digital ad says Rick Scott’s ‘dirty politics’ led to dirty water

Bill Nelson files bill to get veterans access to medical cannabis

Orange County Republicans call for Kathy Gibson to resign RPOF post

Poll: Rick Scott, Bill Nelson tied in U.S. Senate race

Rick Scott scolds Bill Nelson for not meeting with SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Rain, storm surge biggest dangers from Gordon

Rick Scott won’t tell colleges how to handle controversial Nike deals

Rick Scott, stumping for Senate, again addresses racial politics in Governor’s race

Bill Nelson, Rick Scott deadlocked at 47% according to latest poll of race for Florida’s U.S Senate seat