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Danny McAuliffeJune 27, 2018

Kristy Branch Banks was selected this week to serve a brief stint on the Franklin County School Board. Gov. Rick Scott appointed Banks to the District 3 post on Tuesday for a term that ends Nov. 13. Banks, 47, of Apalachicola, owns her own law practice. She received her law degree from Florida State University. […]

Scott PowersJune 27, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is taking an opportunity for some cross-partisan support for his U.S. Senate bid through some warm endorsements from Orlando-area Hispanic leaders with Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, Colombian followings. In accepting the endorsements Tuesday, which included a couple from avowed Democrats, the Republican Governor spoke broadly of Florida welcoming all, making specific statements about the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott, in Jacksonville Tuesday on a campaign stop, was compelled to address a recent spate of murders of local transgender women. In recent months, three were killed. Concern is galvanizing the local LGBT community and is eliciting action from Equality Florida, which held a media conference at Jacksonville City Hall contemporaneously to Scott’s event on Jacksonville’s Westside. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2018

Tuesday in Jacksonville saw Gov. Rick Scott address the travel ban upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Decried as a “Muslim ban” by critics, President Donald Trump nonetheless is upholding the ban on travel from Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen as essential to national security. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1011620271327989760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffloridapolitics.com%2Farchives%2F267333-curbelo-travel-ban-discontinue-misguided-policy The Supreme Court backed Trump’s play by a 5-4 […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott suspended two Jacksonville City Council Democrats, Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown, June 1, after the federal government indicted the duo for a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration. Since then, applications have poured in for the Governor’s perusal, and the latest list shows many veteran politicians with an urge to serve. Among the latest applicants […]

Ryan NicolJune 26, 2018

A new NBC News/Marist poll shows Sen. Bill Nelson with a four-point lead over Gov. Rick Scott in the race for U.S. Senate. The survey, which sampled registered voters rather than likely voters, showed 49 percent favoring Nelson and 45 percent supporting Scott. That adds more uncertainty to a race that has seen back-and-forth polling […]

Scott PowersJune 26, 2018

Congressional candidate Scott Sturgill, gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam, Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody, and Agriculture Commissioner candidate Matt Caldwell were the top choices Monday night in a straw poll conducted during the Seminole County Republican Party hobnob. Sturgill is facing fellow Republicans state Rep. Mike Miller and Vennia Francois and easily defeated both of them among […]

Drew WilsonJune 26, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott pulled in some serious cash for his Senate bid last month according to newly filed finance reports for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a fundraising arm supporting Republican campaigns for the U.S. Senate. The NRSC pulled in $5.4 million last month according to its June filing, and a dive into its report […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott, the presumptive GOP U.S. Senate nominee, rolled out another plank of his “Make Washington Work” plan Tuesday. If Scott’s proposal were to become reality, Congress must pass an annual budget and meet appropriations bill deadlines, or not get paid. A media release from Scott for Florida (the Governor’s campaign arm) notes that for […]

Drew WilsonJune 25, 2018

Three years after his appointment to Florida’s Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court by Gov. Rick Scott, Judge Brian Iten is up for retention. While nearly all judicial elections were decided without opposition, Iten is facing a challenge from Venice attorney Maria Ruhl to keep his seat in the circuit covering DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties. In […]

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Franklin County gets new school board member

In welcoming Hispanic leader support, Rick Scott offers mixed messages on refugees

Rick Scott wants murderers of transgender Jacksonville women brought to justice

Rick Scott on travel ban: ‘The president’s job is to keep us all safe’

Rick Scott still mulling Jacksonville City Council appointments

NBC News/Marist poll: Bill Nelson up four points over Rick Scott in Senate race

Adam Putnam, Scott Sturgill, Ashley Moody, Matt Caldwell win Seminole GOP straw poll

Rick Scott, NRSC team up for $670K raised in May

Rick Scott: ‘No budget? No pay!’

Judge Brian Iten holding fundraiser for retention campaign