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Mitch PerryJune 27, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and state Rep. Ross Spano were among the public officials who gathered at an event in Tampa Monday that celebrated legislation passed this year to combat human trafficking in Florida over the next fiscal year. Speaking at Mary Lee’s House, a nonprofit child protection and advocacy center serving more than 100 children every […]

Mitch PerryJune 27, 2016

When Marco Rubio announced last Wednesday he would re-enter the U.S. Senate race that he insisted he would never do, the Florida GOP establishment immediately embraced his return. Despite the fact that he lost all but one of Florida’s 67 counties in the state’s presidential primary in March, Rubio still outpolled the five Republicans who were at […]

Staff ReportsJune 24, 2016

State Rep. Charles McBurney has lost a bid for a Jacksonville-area judgeship, the victim of intense lobbying against him by the National Rifle Association. Gov. Rick Scott‘s office on Friday announced he had instead picked Robert M. Dees, an attorney in private practice, for a spot on the 4th Judicial Circuit. McBurney, a Jacksonville Republican who chaired the House […]

Associated PressJune 24, 2016

Saying he was “profoundly disappointed” with the ongoing federal stalemate over the Zika virus, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday ordered the state to spend millions in an effort to stop its potential spread. Scott used his emergency powers to authorize spending up to $26.2 million on everything from killing mosquitoes, training mosquito technicians and […]

Joe HendersonJune 23, 2016

An essential part of the libertarian ideal is a belief that for public services, consumers should pay as they go. The preference is user fees instead of taxes. As we well know, Gov. Rick Scott has strong libertarian leanings. Keep that in mind while considering the 12-4 vote by the Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization to […]

Mitch PerryJune 23, 2016

Philip Levine may be headed to a showdown with Gov. Rick Scott regarding his city’s passage of an ordinance raising the living wage, but he’s being rewarded with a visit to White House on Thursday. Levine will deliver remarks and moderate a panel discussion on living wage as part of President Obama’s Champions of Change series. The event […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 23, 2016

Don’t look for Rick Scott to throw his support his support behind Marco Rubio anytime soon. In a statement Thursday, Scott said Floridians deserve the opportunity to consider Carlos Beruff’s candidacy alongside Rubio’s. “Carlos Beruff is a good friend of mine, a businessman and an outsider to politics. The voters of Florida deserve the opportunity […]

Brendan FarringtonJune 23, 2016

Florida’s Key West is one of the most gay-friendly places in the country. The Florida Panhandle – many locals call it the Redneck Riviera – is a different story. The massacre of 49 people in a gay nightclub happened between these extremes, forcing many Floridians to reconsider their assumptions about the state’s evolving culture. Key […]

Brendan FarringtonJune 22, 2016

Either the African-American woman who founded what’s now Bethune-Cookman University, the founder of Publix supermarkets or the woman credited with saving the Everglades will replace a Confederate general’s statue that represents Florida in the U.S. Capitol. The three Floridians were selected Wednesday by a committee that reviewed 130 recommendations made by the public. The Legislature […]

Associated PressJune 21, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott is planning to appeal the denial of his request for the declaration of a federal state of emergency in the wake of the Orlando nightclub mass shooting. Scott doesn’t understand why the request was denied, representative Jackie Schutz told The Associated Press, especially since an emergency was declared after the Boston Marathon bombing. […]

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Now it's time for Florida to start cleaning up.

In Tampa, Rick Scott highlights the more than $6 million going into programs combating human trafficking in Florida

Rick Scott says Marco Rubio has done a ‘good job’ as Florida’s U.S. Senator

Rick Scott passes over Charles McBurney for judgeship

No help from DC? Florida to spend millions on Zika fight

Joe Henderson: Rick Scott, libertarians love TBX; everyone else can suck exhaust

Philip Levine heads to White House to moderate roundtable discussion on living wage ordinance

Rick Scott says voters deserve opportunity to consider Carlos Beruff in Senate race

From Key West to Pensacola, Florida’s LGBT attitudes differ

Florida now has three suggestions to replace Confederate statue

Rick Scott to appeal denial of federal emergency funds for Orlando massacre