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Drew WilsonSeptember 21, 2018

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Progressive advocacy group Priorities USA Action said Friday that it’s rolling out a multimillion-dollar digital ad campaign to mobilize black, Hispanic and young voters in support of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson this fall. “With health care, fair wages and the environment on the ballot in this election, the stakes […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 21, 2018

The Tampa area continued its streak of being the second highest job-creation center in the state, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday. Trailing behind only Orlando in jobs created, the Tampa area added 34,600 private sector jobs over the past year. Statewide, private businesses created 20,000 jobs in August. Tampa’s unemployment in August was 3.6 percent, lower than […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 21, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott announced that “Florida businesses have created 1,615,500 jobs since December 2010, with 20,000 private-sector jobs being added in August.” The Governor’s Office released the latest employment numbers Friday in a news release. “Over the past year, 217,600 new private-sector jobs were created in Florida, and the state’s annual job growth rate has […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 21, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is asking the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to create a ‘Florida Center for Red Tide Research’ to study the causes of red tide and research ways to mitigate its effects. In a letter to FWC on Thursday, Scott praised ongoing efforts to study the K. Brevis bacteria and its resulting red tide blooms but […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 21, 2018

Inside seven weeks until Election Day, and it’s just a few weeks from the start of vote by mail. What that means: It’s getting late. It’s getting late for statewide candidates who come to Jacksonville and try to define themselves, struggling for attention from an indifferent media. And time is short for some candidates who […]

Danny McAuliffeSeptember 20, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott may have acted beyond his constitutional authority last week when he jump-started the Judicial Nominating Commission’s process of vetting potential justices to fill three soon-to-be vacancies on the state Supreme Court, new legal action contends. In a writ of quo warranto filed with the Supreme Court on Thursday, Common Cause and the League […]

Scott PowersSeptember 20, 2018

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On the one-year mark of Hurricane Maria’s devastating landfall on Puerto Rico, Florida Democrats are charging that Republicans in Washington and Tallahassee neglected the island while Republicans are countering with statements on efforts they undertook. The bottom line may be the still-hobbled island, parts of which went months without adequate power, drinking water, and health care, […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 20, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is making his first campaign stop in Pinellas County since his surprise victory in the Democratic primary for Governor. Gillum and incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson are featured speakers at the Pinellas County ‘Democrats’ Wave to Victory’ dinner this Saturday at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon. The event is the […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 20, 2018

Sen. Bill Nelson is vying for his fourth term in office; however, one national outlet rates him as the “most vulnerable” Senate incumbent. Per elections analyst Nate Silver‘s FiveThirtyEight, Nelson is the “most vulnerable” Democratic senator on the 2018 ballot, plagued by “a very good challenger in Florida: Gov. Rick Scott,” a Naples Republican. We asked Nelson on Wednesday if […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 19, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is up by less than a percentage point in the race to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, the newest poll from the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI) shows. That’s a drop from Scott’s six-point lead in the previous FAU BEPI poll. The latest version of the group’s survey has the […]

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Progressive group repping Andrew Gillum, Bill Nelson in new ad buy

Still hiring: Tampa Bay tops state in job demand

Jobs numbers announced: 1.6M added since late 2010, state says

Rick Scott asks for special center to combat red tide

Jacksonville Bold for 9.21.18 — It’s getting late

Rick Scott’s coordination with justice nominating panel unconstitutional, groups argue

Democrats push Hurricane Maria response as campaign issue; Republicans cite efforts

Andrew Gillum to make first Pinellas appearance since primary win

Bill Nelson disputes ‘vulnerable’ claim, says he’s ‘going to win’

Rick Scott’s lead over Bill Nelson shrinks, poll shows