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Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2016

The New Yorker magazine has a story this week on what a President Donald J. Trump would do if elected in November. Writer Evan Osnos reports that Trump’s advisers are weighing several options for the “First Day Project” – where he would spend hours on inauguration day next January signing papers that “erases the Obama Presidency,” […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2016

Whether or not tremendous enthusiasm exists for Donald Trump everywhere in the country – or the state – is a matter for people in those areas to document. What is clear, however; those who are closest to the Trump campaign in Duval County believe that Trump is getting strong support in Northeast Florida … support […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2016

No doubt there is bad blood between the Rick Scott and Barack Obama administrations. It could be a reason why the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has rejected Scott’s request for federal assistance for a multitude of bad weather events — as well as requests for federal funds for handling the Zika virus and the Pulse […]

Steve SchaleSeptember 20, 2016

MEMO TO: Reporters Covering Florida, Other Observers and the Nation of Twitter FROM: Steve, #FloridaMan and Disgruntled Jags Fan. RE: BREAKING, 2016 version: Florida is gonna be close For much of the window between 2000 and 2012, the conversation about Florida, driven at times by Nate Silver himself was “is it really a swing state?” This year, the new […]

Associated PressSeptember 19, 2016

Florida’s state university system may ask legislators to expand the state’s popular Bright Futures scholarship program to cover summer courses. The Board of Governors plans to discuss this week whether to ask the Florida Legislature to set aside nearly $50 million so eligible students can use the scholarship for classes taken during the summer terms. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 19, 2016

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The Zika zone has been lifted. Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood was no longer considered a zone of active Zika transmission. In a statement, Scott said the state was able to lift the zone because it has been 45 days since there was evidence of active Zika transmission in the area. […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 19, 2016

Last night in Los Angeles, one of the big winners at the Emmy Awards was the FX production of “The People vs. O.J. Simpson.” Though most of the American public was quite familiar with the O.J. saga that unfolded in 1994-1995, the series was compelling, must-see drama (too bad John Travolta’s positively weird performance as Robert Shapiro didn’t […]

Bill RuftySeptember 18, 2016

Randall Edwards stood up as straight as the 20-year-old sailor he once was after being unexpectedly introduced early Friday morning in a tree-lined Veterans Memorial Park in Lakeland. The occasion was an observance of POW/MIA Day, which took place all over the nation. In Florida, the day was marked with a special declaration by Gov. […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2016

Two Tampa House Democratic candidates offered some rare praise for Gov. Rick Scott on Friday — before ultimately giving him a barely passing grade (depending on grading policy at the school you attended) at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club forum on Friday. “I will tell you one of the positives of the Rick Scott administration was the mindset that […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 16, 2016

More mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus have been found in the Miami Beach area. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced Friday it detected Zika in one mosquito sample from a small area in Miami Beach. The mosquito sample was located in the same area where four other samples tested positive for Zika. […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.21.16 – Can Ban Ki-Moon get enough buy-in to deny a President Trump the opportunity to renounce the Paris agreement?

In Jacksonville, Donald Trump’s campaign is kicking into high gear

Angry Rick Scott wants Barack Obama declare Florida disaster after Hermine

Steve Schale: Florida is gonna Florida, 2016 version

Florida universities may push for summer scholarships

Rick Scott says Wynwood no longer an active Zika zone

Mitch Perry Report for 9.19.16 — Jeffrey Toobin’s book on Patty Hearst is another American true-crime classic

Bill Rufty: Former WWII prisoner of war marks POW/MIA Day, monument in Lakeland

Tampa Bay state House candidates grade Rick Scott after nearly 6 years in office

More Miami-Dade mosquitoes test positive for Zika