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Drew WilsonOctober 31, 2017

Lantana Democratic Rep. Lori Berman announced Tuesday she will run for the special election in Senate District 31, which opened up Friday following the unexpected and immediate resignation of Jeff Clemens. “We’re in the midst of a watershed moment in the struggle for women’s rights across this country and one of the key motivators in […]

Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2017

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To date, Winter Park affordable housing executive Chris King has been the lone Democrat in the gubernatorial race boasting an entrepreneurial business background. But that could change later this week if Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine enters the fray. While Levine has served in public office for the past four years, his entire career before that […]

Drew WilsonOctober 30, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that he will ask lawmakers to include $50 million to fast-track repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee in the 2018-19 state budget. In a Monday press release Scott thanked President Donald Trump for his “commitment to accelerating critical repairs” to the dike but said Trump green-lighting a […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been indispensable to Puerto Rico as it recovers from Hurricane Maria, and he will be making another trip to the commonwealth Friday. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello invited him earlier this month. The subject of particular concern is power restoration. Rossello notes that “restoring electricity to our citizens has become a daunting task, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott returned to Jacksonville Monday afternoon to highlight his new budget’s environmental proposals at the Jacksonville Zoo. Scott’s final budget sees a boost in environmental funding, up to $1.7 billion: $220 million over the current year’s levels. The budget proposal has something for most constituencies: $50 million for “the best state parks system in […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerOctober 30, 2017

The three top Democratic candidates for governor sat on a stage Saturday night in the Fiesta Ballroom at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort and answered more than an hour’s worth of questions on issues facing Florida. There were few differences in the responses from former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham of Tallahassee, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and […]

Mitch PerryOctober 29, 2017

For Bill Nelson, it’s not enough for Democrats both in Florida and nationally to be critical and watch the Republican Party self-immolate in Washington. It is their duty as Americans to take leadership. “The Republican Party will have to answer to the path that they’ve chosen,” Nelson told hundreds of Democrats gathered Saturday at the Florida Democratic […]

Mitch PerryOctober 29, 2017

Great theater it was not. Few significant policy disagreements emerged from a three-way candidate forum at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista that featured former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham again confessing her admiration for her current opponents: Orlando businessman Chris King and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum. Buoyed by a win in a special election […]

Staff ReportsOctober 27, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott continues his recent spate of travel next week with an international trip to America’s neighbors to the north. In Naples Friday, Scott announced that he will lead a tourism and trade mission to Toronto, with Florida business and tourism leaders. Scott seeks Canadian tourists — and job creators, per a release from the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 27, 2017

A little more than a year after he didn’t become Hillary Clinton‘s running mate, Julian Castro remains a hot political entity. The former San Antonio Mayor and Barack Obama‘s Housing and Urban Development Secretary told reporters in South St. Petersburg Friday that his only immediate political plans are helping out as many good Democrats as possible for the […]

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Family members appear behind a pile of debris outside their home in Steinhatchee, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 storm Thursday night. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

Lori Berman to run in SD 31 special election

Chris King doesn’t lack for confidence

Scott wants $50M to speed up Lake O dike repairs

Rick Scott to offer Puerto Rico more power restoration help

Rick Scott trumpets ‘historic funding’ for environment in next budget

Democrats campaign for governor as field could grow

Bill Nelson to Florida Democrats: We have a ‘duty’ to clean up Trump’s mess

Democrat gubernatorial forum underwhelms

Rick Scott is Canada-bound next week

Julian Castro ‘absolutely not’ closing the door on 2020 plans