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Jim RosicaOctober 25, 2016

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Gov. Rick Scott said he won’t be attending GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump‘s Tallahassee rally on Tuesday night because of a scheduling conflict. His daily schedule shows a 4:45 p.m. “Teacher of the Year” event and a “Leadership Dinner” at the Governor’s Mansion from 6-7:30 p.m. Trump’s rally is set to begin at 6 p.m. on […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2016

On Monday in Jacksonville, Gov. Rick Scott and Mayor Lenny Curry convened to discuss response to and recovery from Hurricane Matthew. In the fourth floor of Jacksonville’s Emergency Operations Center, Scott and Curry met along with a panoply of other state and city stakeholders. Media was allowed to observe a couple minutes of that meeting, in which the governor […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2016

Technically, neither Florida Gov. Rick Scott nor Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry have ever lost an election. Scott was elected governor twice and Curry was elected mayor once in their only bids for elected office. Both men, however, have invested significant political capital in the candidacy of Donald Trump for president, and most expectations are that Trump will lose “big […]

Peter SchorschOctober 23, 2016

Back before there was a FloridaPolitics.com and it was just me blogging at SaintPetersBlog.com, I would write a semi-regular screed about the Tampa Bay Times’ political coverage. This was so long ago, the Times still had St. Petersburg in its masthead. I gave up the “5 things I think I think…” column after a while […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 21, 2016

Florida’s unemployment rate remained flat in September, marking the fifth straight month the state reported a rate of 4.7 percent. The state added 17,900 private-sector jobs, bringing the total number of jobs created in 2016 to 200,000. According to the governor’s office, the state has created more than 1.2 million jobs since December 2010. “We […]

Staff ReportsOctober 21, 2016

The Department of Corrections Thursday released a knockdown of a damning report by POLITICO Florida that said the agency misled the public about plans to eliminate transitional programs for prisoners and probationers. Corrections’ rebuttal was nearly 1,200 words; POLITICO’s story was about 1,500 words. Gov. Rick Scott‘s administration has frequently employed the PR tactic of discrediting such investigative reports, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2016

Forget about Marco Rubio in 2020, what about Rick Scott? Troy Kinsey from Bay News 9 reports that “some GOP operatives are floating him as a potential presidential contender in 2020, should Trump lose in November.” Kinsey then quotes all of one lone such operative in his story. But it does make for a good headline. Now, what about Marco Rubio? The […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 20, 2016

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Donald Trump might think the election is rigged against him, but one of his top supporters appeared to dismiss that claim this week. Gov. Rick Scott shot down questions about widespread voter fraud Thursday, telling reporters in Bonita Springs his expectation is that everyone will “do the right thing” come Election Day. “My goal is […]

Gary FineoutOctober 19, 2016

Florida Democrats, expressing worries that voters could be disenfranchised, want a federal judge to impose new election rules some state officials are warning could create chaos. The Florida Democratic Party this week asked U.S. District Judge Mark Walker to order state election officials to allow people to cast a ballot during early voting even if […]

Mitch PerryOctober 19, 2016

On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott named Bennett Barrow to the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority. The 36-year-old Barrow is vice president of Barrow Asset Management. He received his bachelor’s degree in 2002 from Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee. Barrow has worked in Madrid, Spain, and Santiago, Chile, as a pension reform analyst for a public policy institute. He […]

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Rick Scott won’t attend Donald Trump Tallahassee rally

Rick Scott, Lenny Curry talk Hurricane Matthew response, recovery

Rick Scott, Lenny Curry less than emphatic in stretch run support of Donald Trump

5 things I think I think about today’s Tampa Bay Times

Florida’s unemployment rate 4.7% for fifth straight month

Dep’t of Corrections strikes back against POLITICO over transitional programs

Mitch Perry Report for 10.21.16 — Rick Scott in 2020?

Rick Scott says state is working hard to ‘make sure we have a fair election’

Democrats want judge to put in new voting rules for Florida

Bennett Barrow named to Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority