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Jacob OglesJuly 14, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson campaigned alongside America’s first Latina senator today. At a rally in Little Havana, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Nevada Democrat, made the case her Florida colleague should win re-election. “We need Bill in the Senate to fight alongside me for all people and to be a check on the harmful […]

Danny McAuliffeJuly 14, 2018

Jay Beyrouti will fill the vacant Pinellas County Commission District 6 post effective Friday, according to Gov. Rick Scott‘s office. Scott appointed Beyrouti to the commission to fill the empty seat created by Commissioner John Morroni‘s passing on May 20. A Reddington Shores resident, Beyrouti, 66, is a small business owner. He received his bachelor’s degree in […]

Staff ReportsJuly 13, 2018

Barbara Lumpkin, a widely respected nurse and advocate in the Sunshine State, sadly passed away Thursday night at the age of 81. An Ohio native, Lumpkin worked as a nurse for 16 years prior to moving in 1974 to Florida. There, she began work as a lobbyist for the Florida Nurses Association. “Barbara Lumpkin was […]

Staff ReportsJuly 13, 2018

Democratic candidate for governor Philip Levine has dropped a new ad focused on Lake Okeechobee’s algae crisis. The ad comes “as discharges are set to resume and bring toxic blue-green algae flowing into the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee Rivers,” the campaign said in a Friday release. The new 30-second spot, “Toxic,” highlights Levine’s “commitment to […]

Ryan NicolJuly 13, 2018

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is out with new fundraising numbers in his campaign to hold off a tough challenge by Republican Gov. Rick Scott. Those numbers show just how tough it will be, with Nelson trailing Scott big-time in the money race. Nelson’s campaign says he raised $4.4 million in the second quarter of […]

Staff ReportsJuly 13, 2018

Next week, the new Jacksonville City Council year begins, and we will (likely) see two new additions. The names of Terrance Freeman and Ju’Coby Pittman were leaked Monday to the Jacksonville Daily Record, many hours ahead of the Governor’s official announcement. Someone, for some reason, made the decision to advance the message. Historically the Governor’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 12, 2018

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Thursday saw Gov. Rick Scott issue an executive order protecting the public’s access to the beaches, days after two women left a Fort Walton Beach after law enforcement invoked a beach-access restriction bill, HB 631, to ask them to leave. The theory behind the enforcement action: that parts of what were formerly considered public beaches by customary use were […]

Ryan NicolJuly 11, 2018

A new ad by Senate Majority PAC (SMP) is hammering Gov. Rick Scott‘s record on health care, while claiming incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson is the right choice in the 2018 race for U.S. Senate. SMP is a partisan group that aims to elect Democrats to the Senate. Its 30-second ad features Dr. David Woolsey, identified in the […]

Danny McAuliffeJuly 10, 2018

At least one Democrat between the state House and Senate is calling for the abolishment of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE. Other Democrats, meanwhile, are hesitant to say ‘abolish,’ but seem to agree that the scope of the agency’s work should be revisited and narrowed. Calls to stop the agency began […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2018

As we reported this morning, Republican Terrance Freeman was selected by Gov. Rick Scott to represent Jacksonville City Council District 10. District 10 is just 19 percent Republican, which suggests that an appointment (in the wake of the suspension of the incumbent) would be the only way a GOP member would get seated. But Freeman, an agreeable […]

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Bill Nelson, Catherine Cortez Masto canvass Little Havana

Jay Beyrouti appointed to Pinellas County Commission

Florida politicians reflect on passing of nursing legend Barbara Lumpkin

Philip Levine campaign releases ad on algae

Bill Nelson raises less than half of Rick Scott’s totals in second quarter

Jacksonville Bold for 7.13.18 — Media mutters

Back to the beach: Rick Scott issues order protecting public access

New Senate Majority PAC ad targets Rick Scott’s health care record

Democratic legislators weigh in on #AbolishICE

Jacksonville officials: Rick Scott’s City Council appointee poised to meet residency requirements