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Scott PowersDecember 16, 2016

Florida added another 31,600 private-sector jobs in November, the 56th consecutive month of job growth in the Sunshine State, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday. Orlando continued to lead the state in job growth in November, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate went up slightly since October and held […]

Scott PowersDecember 16, 2016

Florida’s beleaguered tourism promoter has fired two of its top executives in the wake of revelations and criticism of a $1 million contract with Miami rapper Pitbull, an action that Gov. Rick Scott said was a matter of holding people accountable. Scott confirmed Friday morning in Eatonville that Visit Florida’s President Will Seccombe has fired Chief Operating Officer […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 16, 2016

Florida Governor Rick Scott will appear at Friday night’s “thank you” rally in Orlando for President-elect Donald Trump. The governor’s schedule has him slotted for a 6:00 p.m. appearance at the Trump event, to be held at the Central Florida Fairgrounds’ Orlando Amphitheater. Trump’s event officially starts at 7:00 p.m., however. Friday night’s gubernatorial appearance at the Trump […]

Brendan FarringtonDecember 16, 2016

Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham says she wants to run for governor, and she plans to run for governor. But there’s one very important factor that’s weighing on her decision: her husband has cancer. “Every part of me wants to run for governor, that’s what I feel passionate about, that’s what I know I need […]

Michael MolineDecember 15, 2016

Sherri Collins, a prosecutor from Loxahatchee, has won an appointment to the Palm Beach County Court. Gov. Rick Scott announced the appointment Thursday. Collins has been an assistant state attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit since 2004. Earlier, she prosecuted cases in the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. She holds a law degree from the University of […]

Associated PressDecember 13, 2016

A federal judge is being asked to block additional parts of a contentious Florida abortion law. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed a lawsuit late Monday on behalf of several ministers, rabbis and organizations that provide abortion counseling services to women. The lawsuit contends that the law violates constitutional rights by requiring groups […]

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 […]

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Rick Scott touts 31K new jobs added in Florida in November

Rick Scott says Visit Florida firings are holding people accountable

Rick Scott to appear at Donald Trump rally in Orlando

Husband’s cancer is a factor in Gwen Graham’s decision to run for governor

Personnel note: Rick Scott makes judicial appointments, in Palm Beach, Dade

Federal judge asked to block part of Florida abortion law

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