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Mitch PerryApril 19, 2016

Fresh off his trip to Israel, GOP Senate candidate Carlos Lopez-Cantera was in campaign mode on Tuesday, speaking with voters at a Brandon Cuban bakery as part of his “Florida First Tour,” the first stop of his month-long tour planned around the Sunshine State. The Lieutenant Governor scoffs at the notion that his trip overseas was intended […]

Diane RobertsApril 19, 2016

Ever wonder what will be left of natural Florida when Rick Scott slithers out of the Governor’s Mansion for the last time? Look at the Indian River Lagoon. Once a 150 mile-long bay of clear water filled with manatees, sea grasses and oysters, it has become a brown, stinking monoculture where only algae thrive. The […]

Peter SchorschApril 19, 2016

Carlos Beruff’s first TV spot of his Senate campaign falls somewhat short of the mark, at least according to the political pros who make up FloridaPolitics.com’s Political Ad Watch club. In the 30-second “Forget Them,” that began airing statewide earlier this month, the Manatee County developer embraces his outsider position, an issue that has become […]

Scott PowersApril 19, 2016

A communications satellite factory with 250 high-paying manufacturing jobs is landing at Space Florida’s industrial park at Kennedy Space Center A company called OneWeb Satellites, founded by Greg Wyler, an entrepreneur who says his dream is to bring the internet to everyone on Earth, intends to build satellites on the Space Coast to populate a new […]

Jac VerSteegApril 18, 2016

As a preacher’s kid who grew up in the South, I value politeness. Yes, sir. Yes, ma’am. Let me get that door for you. It is a given that, when you encounter a governor in a coffee shop, you do not yell, “You are an a**hole!” Nevertheless, Cara Jennings’ crude outburst in a Gainesville Starbucks […]

Diane RobertsApril 18, 2016

Ever wonder what will be left of natural Florida when Rick Scott slithers out of the Governor’s Mansion for the last time? Look at the Indian River Lagoon. Once a 150 mile-long bay of clear water filled with manatees, sea grasses and oysters, it has become a brown, stinking monoculture where only algae thrive. The […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 18, 2016

Linda Robison, the former chairwoman of the Florida Commission on Ethics, has been appointed to the North Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners. Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that Robison would be appointed to a one-year term. The announcement comes just days after David Di Pietro resigned from the board. Scott suspended Di Pietro as […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 18, 2016

Move to Florida to save some cash. That’s the pitch Gov. Rick Scott made Monday as he encouraged families and business owners to consider a move to the Sunshine State. The annual state and local tax collections per capita in Florida was $3,365 in fiscal 2012, according to the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based tax […]

Peter SchorschApril 16, 2016

And so it goes, another attempt to change the state’s alimony regimen, down in flames. This year’s bill (SB 668) was complicated by the addition of language from another measure in the 2016 Legislative Session. It would have changed the beginning assumption of child custody (or “time-sharing”) to 50/50 between spouses. And that is what […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 16, 2016

A top Republican fundraiser is the newest member of the Board of Governors for the State University System. On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott appointed Darlene Jordan to the State University System’s governing board. The 49-year-old Palm Beach woman is the executive director of the Gerald R. Jordan Foundation. A top fundraiser, Jordan served as the […]

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Tim Weisheyer was appointed to the Florida State University Board of Trustees. Image via FloridaRealtors.com.

Carlos Lopez-Cantera begins his “Florida First Tour” in Hillsborough County

Diane Roberts: Rick Scott’s business buddies want to kill bears, panthers, environment

Political Ad Watch Club unpacks Carlos Beruff’s first TV spot in Senate campaign

OneWeb bringing satellite manufacturing plant to Space Coast

Jac VerSteeg: GOP devolving into the party of, um, jerks

Diane Roberts: Rick Scott’s business buddies want to kill bears, panthers, environment

Linda Robison appointed to the North Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners

On Tax Day, Rick Scott tells families, businesses to move to Florida to save on taxes

Takeaways from Tallahassee – The (veto) pen is mightier than the (legislators’) sword

Rick Scott appoints Darlene Jordan to Board of Governors