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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2016

Florida Gov. Rick Scott and GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump have a number of things in common. One of them: deciding to have Susie Wiles, the legendary Jacksonville political operative, in key campaign roles. Wiles ran Scott’s 2010 campaign, and now she has taken command of Trump’s Florida campaign, which thus far has lacked key components, such as field […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2016

Florida Gov. Rick Scott spent much of the last week clearing debris created by a storm that hit the Tallahassee area. This week, he turns his attention, again, to a storm not of his making. Scott finds himself flying up to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to address a familiar topic: the lack of federal help for the […]

Associated PressSeptember 13, 2016

Florida taxpayers paid nearly $153,000 for renovations to the reception area outside of Gov. Rick Scott’s office. State officials say the changes, which include placing bulletproof material in the reception desk, were prompted by security concerns. But the changes also included putting in new carpet in the waiting area. And they included placing Scott’s Office […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 13, 2016

Labor Day has come and gone, and with it, any sense of the summer doldrums. Election Day is nigh. The most tumultuous election season in a generation is now heading into the homestretch. So once again, let’s ask some questions, the answers to which may hold the fate of the state, and even the nation. How bad will the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 13, 2016

During the 2014 gubernatorial race, selecting Supreme Court justices was a campaign issue between Rick Scott and Charlie Crist. Though Florida’s executive and legislative branches have been fiercely conservative for going on nearly two decades now, the judiciary has not, though that slowly could be changing. On Monday, Justice James E.C. Perry, the fourth black ever […]

Brendan FarringtonSeptember 13, 2016

Florida Supreme Court Justice James Perry announced Monday he is stepping down Dec. 30, which will give Gov. Rick Scott his first opportunity to begin reshaping a court that has frustrated Republicans on issues ranging from political maps to protecting doctors from lawsuits. Perry, 72, is forced to leave the court because he’s reached the […]

Tom JacksonSeptember 13, 2016

Whatever else we might be tempted to say in the aftermath of last month’s recent primary election, for those who live and/or work in Pasco County, this, above all, is beyond dispute: Pasco is Mike Fasano’s county. Everyone else is just visiting. Who but Fasano, the nudging, empathetic, perpetually beatifying champion of the “little guy […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 12, 2016

There was an interesting news release Monday on the Florida Department of Health website. The agency issued a lengthy rebuttal to a Miami Herald report last month that its data on the state’s Zika problem was wrong, late or both. “This story is misleading and the claims made in it are inaccurate,” the agency said. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 9, 2016

The trip is back on. Gov. Rick Scott will head to Washington D.C., next week to push for Zika funding. The governor’s office said Scott will travel to the nation’s capital on Sept. 13 and 14. The Naples Republican was scheduled to travel to D.C. earlier this week to meet with members of Congress and ask […]

Michael MolineSeptember 8, 2016

The results of Florida’s Aug. 30 primary election are now final. The state Elections Canvassing Commission — comprising Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam — took less than two minutes to certify the results Thursday morning. Secretary of State Ken Detzner presided over the meeting in the state Capitol. […]

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Helene, early Sept. 27. Image via NOAA via AP.

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