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Jim RosicaDecember 13, 2016

A former Senate President, Secretary of State, and state Supreme Court Justice have applied to Senate President Joe Negron for a seat on the panel that reviews the state’s constitution every 20 years. At last tally, 39 people had applied for one of Negron’s nine picks to the Constitution Revision Commission, according to a list […]

Florence SnyderDecember 13, 2016

Anyone who has ever dressed a toddler knows that “consumer choice” has its limits. “Empowering” the little ones to “shop the marketplace” of their own closet predictably ends up in tantrums, tears, cranky goodbyes at daycare and late arrivals at work. Florida’s “repeal and replace” crowd spends little time dressing toddlers, and no time plowing […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 9, 2016

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to have 50 more new jobs added to his running tally of job creation stats delivered at pressers. On Friday, Gov. Scott announced that Borregaard ASA and the politically active and connected Rayonier Advanced Materials will stage their collaboration, LignoTech Florida, in Fernandina Beach. Borregaard holds a 55 percent majority stake. […]

Jim RosicaDecember 9, 2016

With establishment lobbyists now representing it, the medical marijuana cause appears to have become—grab your pearls—respectable. Florida for Care, the nonprofit organization that is advocating for “well-regulated” medicinal pot in the state, has hired Brecht Heuchan and The Mayernick Group to advocate for its interests. Heuchan, who says he voted against the medical marijuana constitutional amendment this November, has […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 8, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry wants new city hires on defined contribution plans. Public safety unions want the Florida Retirement System. And Rick Scott will let the locals figure it out, he said Thursday in Jacksonville. “That’s clearly a local decision. This community will make a decision on that,” the governor said. “I think what’s important with regard […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 8, 2016

On Thursday, Florida Governor Rick Scott and Education Commissioner Pam Stewart held a “teacher roundtable” at an elementary school in Northwest Jacksonville. Reynolds Lane Elementary, located near the industrial areas of Commonwealth Avenue, is in a neighborhood that shows up on the crime blotter and the lead stories of the news all too frequently. Thursday saw Gov. Scott […]

Jim RosicaDecember 8, 2016

A Seminole Tribe of Florida spokesman Thursday declined comment on whether the tribe would stop payment to the state from its blackjack revenue. A source close to the tribe told FloridaPolitics.com on Wednesday that it’s considering not paying “one more dollar” to the state treasury without a new gambling agreement. According to a federal judge, it […]

Associated PressDecember 7, 2016

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is ending a holiday tradition this year: Giving state workers an extra day off. A spokeswoman for Scott said Tuesday that the governor will not be closing state offices an additional day around the Christmas holiday. Scott for five straight years had ordered state offices to be closed an extra day […]

Jim RosicaDecember 6, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott Tuesday held his cards close to his vest about the future of a gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Seminole Gaming CEO Jim Allen, general counsel Jim Shore and others were in Tallahassee Monday for meetings. Scott, who spoke with reporters after a Florida Cabinet meeting, didn’t get into specifics […]

Scott PowersDecember 6, 2016

John Morgan has powerful split emotions about the prospect of running for governor in 2018 as a Democrat, and figures he has at least a year to decide. Morgan, the 60-year-old Orlando trial attorney who championed Florida’s Amendment 2 medical marijuana initiative this year, said others – not he – are pushing for him to run for […]

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Nearly 40 apply to Joe Negron for Constitution Revision Commission

Randy Fine’s consumer choice: Let us pay for his doctors

Rick Scott announces new jobs for Nassau County via LignoTech

Implementation of medical marijuana amendment brings together unlikely allies

Rick Scott: Jacksonville public pension debate a ‘local decision’

Northwest Jacksonville Title I teachers sound off to Rick Scott, Pam Stewart

Seminoles still paying state blackjack money—for now

Rick Scott won’t give state workers extra day off for Christmas

Rick Scott mum on meeting with Seminole Tribe

John Morgan torn on possible governor run, and in no hurry