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Diane RobertsMarch 7, 2016

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE — Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith is getting evicted from Statuary Hall. The Sons of Confederate Veterans are not happy. Sen. Don Gaetz, a native of that little-known Old South state of North Dakota, is not happy: “There is nothing in the bill analysis, nothing in the testimony, that tells us any reason why […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 7, 2016

Law enforcement agencies could soon have to follow certain guidelines if their officers wear body cameras. The Florida Senate voted 37-0 to approve a bill (HB 93) that requires police to develop standards that govern how agencies use, maintain and store body cameras and recorded data. “This is a very important bill for our community,” […]

Diane RobertsMarch 6, 2016

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith is getting evicted from Statuary Hall. The Sons of Confederate Veterans are not happy. Sen. Don Gaetz, a native of that little-known Old South state of North Dakota, is not happy: “There is nothing in the bill analysis, nothing in the testimony, that tells us any reason why […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2016

The open secret of which Jacksonville City Council job creation package is “Project Revere” has been answered: It’s an addition of FIS jobs, related to the company’s acquisition of Sungard. Gov. Rick Scott is scheduled to appear at the former Sungard offices on the Southbank Monday morning. Expect Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Council President Greg Anderson […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 5, 2016

Florida Governor Rick Scott loves to laugh, and jokes will be served with his dinner tonight, at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, DC. The Gridiron Club dinner offers a cavalcade of self-deprecating jokes, and Barack Obama has been a master of the format, offering a unique meta-discourse on the gap between the public persona of his […]

Ryan RayMarch 4, 2016

Legislative budget writers met Friday evening to take up another pair of unreconciled budget areas – Transportation & Economic Development and Civil & Criminal Justice – and came to a final agreement, closing out millions in funding items in a multibillion dollar move when the House and Senate accepted each others’ offers. Among the most […]

Gary FineoutMarch 4, 2016

With executions halted and the prosecution of some murder cases in limbo, the Florida Legislature overhauled the state’s death penalty law Thursday in response to a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that the current sentencing law is unconstitutional. Legislators sent to Gov. Rick Scott a bill that would require that at least 10 out […]

Ryan RayMarch 3, 2016

In a swift 15-minute meeting Thursday night, the full bicameral Budget Conference Committee closed out all remaining differences in the chambers’ massive health care and general government budget silos, swapping tens of millions of dollars and making significant progress towards reconciling their respective $80-plus billion proposals. “We could go huddle up for 30 seconds and […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 3, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott won’t be wading any deeper into presidential politics — at least not yet. The Naples Republican on Thursday said he would not endorse a candidate before the March 15 Republican primary. In a statement on his Facebook page, Scott said he has made it his practice “not to get involved in primaries […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 3, 2016

The Army Corps of Engineers is slowing the releases from Lake Okeechobee; not stopping them, despite repeated calls from lawmakers and local communities to do just that. The Corps announced Thursday it would reduce the flows from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries. The reduction is expected to begin this weekend. However, […]

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Diane Roberts: Let’s replace Confederate general with a statue of the “Florida Man”

Bill to develop guidelines for police body cameras clears Senate

Diane Roberts: Let’s replace Confederate general with a statue of the “Florida Man”

Rick Scott to announce Project Revere jobs at FIS in Jax Monday

Rick Scott to attend D.C.’s Gridiron Club dinner Saturday

Budget writers close out TED, justice budget silos

Florida overhauls death penalty in bid to resume executions

House and Senate close out health care, general gov’t budget silos

Rick Scott declines to endorse in GOP presidential primary

Army Corps of Engineers to reduce flows from Lake Okeechobee