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Drew WilsonMarch 10, 2016

The super PAC backing Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera said Thursday that it has brought on Virginia Haworth, a veteran of the Gov. Rick Scott administration, as its new finance director. The Auburn University alumna joins Meredith O’Rourke, herself a former Scott staff member, and a team of fundraisers at pro-Lopez-Cantera committee Reform Washington, which had […]

Mitch PerryMarch 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton continued her three-day swing through the Sunshine State on Thursday by speaking to a rapturous crowd of approximately 600 admirers at the Ritz Ybor nightclub in Tampa’s Ybor City, where she said that she was ready for whomever the Republicans will nominate for president in a general election contest. “People ask me all the […]

Associated PressMarch 10, 2016

Life insurance companies will have to annually check to see if policyholders have died and then try to track down beneficiaries under a bill going to Gov. Rick Scott. The Senate unanimously passed the bill Thursday after the House did the same earlier this week. The measure (SB 966) would also require insurance companies to […]

Melissa RossMarch 10, 2016

Family law attorneys are blasting a sweeping overhaul of Florida’s divorce laws, saying they hope Gov. Rick Scott will veto SB 668. The measure does away with lifetime alimony in the state. Instead, the amount and duration of alimony would be determined by a formula. “It’s really going to affect women in a negative way,” said Jacksonville […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 10, 2016

A controversial bill that shields clergy members who refuse to perform gay marriages is now law. The so-called “Pastor Protection Act” was one of more than two dozen bills Gov. Rick Scott signed into law Thursday. Rep. Scott Plakon, the House sponsor, said this month the proposal offered protections to clergy who have concerns about […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 10, 2016

A bill to remove and replace a statue of a Confederate army general is one of more than two dozen bills signed into law Thursday. Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill (SB 310), which calls on the Department of State to select a prominent Floridian to replace General Edmund Kirby Smith’s statue in the National […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 10, 2016

It’s been a very Florida-centric day for the Hillary Clinton campaign. The Clinton press shop has sent out reminders of Bernie Sanders‘ comments from 1985 on Cuba and Nicaragua, popular points of defense among the left at the time. However, most of Clinton’s push has been about 2016 issues. And in her sights: Florida Gov. Rick Scott, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 10, 2016

Don’t call it an absentee ballot. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill (SB 112) that changes the phrase “absentee ballot” to “vote-by-mail ballot” in state law. The change comes as Florida has seen an increase in the number of people voting early by mail. Many states, including Florida, have changed their state laws over the […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 10, 2016

Senate Bill 86, the “Scrutinized Companies” bill that cleared the Senate unanimously and got just two no votes in the House, was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Rick Scott. The bill bans public investment in companies that boycott Israel. Scott, in a release announcing his signing of the bill, said that boycotts of Israel […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 10, 2016

There’s now a law on the books to protect your digital assets after you die. Gov. Rick Scott signed the digital asset legislation (SB 494) into law, one of more than two dozen proposals the Naples Republican signed off on Thursday. The new law means a person can designate someone to have access and control […]

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Pro-Carlos Lopez-Cantera super PAC hires top Rick Scott staffer

Hillary Clinton vows to give high-speed rail another look in Florida if elected president

Bill forces insurance companies to track down beneficiaries

Family law attorneys blast alimony, child custody bill headed to Governor’s desk

“Pastor Protection” bill now state law

Rick Scott signs bill to replace General Edmund Kirby Smith statue in D.C.

Hillary Clinton pressures Rick Scott to “do the right thing” on abortion rights

Rick Scott OKs request to call absentee ballots “vote by mail” ballots

In support of Israel, Gov. Scott signs Scrutinized Companies bill

Rick Scott signs digital assets bill into law