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A.G. GancarskiAugust 30, 2017

Promises made, promises kept. In Feb. 2013, Gov. Rick Scott said there would be an eastbound JTB flyover ramp at I-95. 48 months and $78 million later, that project is in place — and is expected to abate traffic at one of the most challenged traffic corridors in Northeast Florida, starting with its Sept. 6 opening to […]

Associated PressAugust 30, 2017

Republicans in the Florida Senate are moving ahead again with an ambitious proposal to boost financial aid for college students. Sen. Bill Galvano filed a bill (SB 4) Wednesday that would require the state to permanently cover 100 or 75 percent of all tuition costs for top high school students who attend a Florida university […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2017

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz now has gotten the other ten Florida Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to join her call for a one-day Florida Legislature special session to replace Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith‘s statue in the U.S. Capitol. “We must denounce symbols of what supremacy and stand up for love and […]

Drew WilsonAugust 28, 2017

A new poll of the likely 2018 U.S. Senate race finds Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and likely challenger Gov. Rick Scott virtually tied. The Florida Atlantic University poll, scheduled for release Tuesday, shows Nelson with 42 percent support compared to 40 percent for Scott. “It is very early with many undecided voters,” wrote FAU political […]

Mitch PerryAugust 28, 2017

Republican candidate for governor Jack Latvala, who’s been aggressive in saying that Florida needs to do more to deal with the exploding opioid epidemic, on Monday called on Gov. Rick Scott to fund another $20 million to address the problem. Latvala, a Clearwater state senator and Appropriations Committee chair, also is calling on Scott to immediately […]

Phil AmmannAugust 25, 2017

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced 12 appointments to a variety of state boards. Task Force on Affordable Housing Scott began by naming five people to the Task Force on Affordable Housing, formed in 2017 to develop recommendations for discussing the state’s affordable housing needs. Jack Humburg, 60, of Saint Petersburg, is the executive vice […]

Peter SchorschAugust 25, 2017

Over the weekend, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry took to Twitter, ruminating on youth football practice and game tape from last year. Curry coaches his son’s team and takes it very seriously. The mayor discussed repeating patterns of behavior shown on the field, adding a barb at the end: “People are predictable.” Preparing to coach & Watching youth […]

Mitch PerryAugust 24, 2017

The three Democrats running for Florida governor have focused their fire attacking Donald Trump, Rick Scott, and the Florida Legislature, while mostly refraining from criticizing each other. That was not the case Wednesday night when Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum took issue with a number of votes cast by Gwen Graham during her one term in Congress. […]

Staff ReportsAugust 23, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff for two Kissimmee Police officers slain in the line of duty. Last Friday, Officer Matthew Baxter and Sgt. Richard “Sam” Howard of the Kissimmee Police Department were shot when a suspect fired at them during a scuffle while they were on patrol. Both succumbed from their injuries. The alleged […]

Associated PressAugust 23, 2017

For the first time in state history, Florida is expecting to execute a white man Thursday for killing a black person — and it plans to do so with the help of a drug that has never been used before in any U.S. execution. Barring a stay, Mark Asay, 53, is scheduled to die by […]

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Jacksonville I-95/JTB flyover ramp will save lives, cut commute times

Florida will again consider college financial aid boost

Florida Democrats in Congress call for Florida special session to replace statue

Bill Nelson and Rick Scott virtually tied, new poll shows

Jack Latvala: State needs to spend $20 million more on opioid crisis

Rick Scott announces 12 state board appointments

Jacksonville Bold for 8.25.17 — People are predictable

Speaking at USF, Andrew Gillum takes aim at Gwen Graham’s voting record

Rick Scott: Flags at half-staff for Kissimmee officers

For the first time in Florida, a white person is set to be executed for killing a black person.