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Jac VerSteegApril 10, 2016

I confess I was delighted when I first saw the viral video of a woman berating Florida Gov. Rick Scott in a Gainesville Starbucks. This was an instance, I thought, of the underdog amateur defeating the villainous professional. It was the 1980 U.S. Hockey team beating the Russians. It was Jamie Lee Curtis escaping Michael […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 8, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has nominated Lt. Col. Glenn Sutphin to be interim executive director of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sutphin has been chief of staff and legislative affairs director for the Department of Military Affairs since 1999. He served in the Florida National Guard as an Army officer and a Field Artillery Officer for […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 8, 2016

Consumer confidence is at its highest point in nearly a year. According to the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida, consumer sentiment rose to 93.4 in March. That’s up from February 2015, but still below March 2015’s reading, which was the highest reading in a decade. “Floridians are confident in […]

Drew WilsonApril 8, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott earned some praise from Florida CFO Jeff Atwater Friday for signing a bill banning taxpayer dollars from being invested in Iran. “Governor Scott today exercised states’ rights by solidifying Florida’s right to invest or divest funds where it chooses,” Atwater said. “Florida established sanctions against Iran and called for a withdrawal of currently invested funds […]

Jim RosicaApril 8, 2016

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Let’s Get to Work, the political fundraising committee affiliated with Gov. Rick Scott, is striking back against the Starbucks patron who called him an “a**hole” this week, labeling her a “latte liberal” in a new video. The 1-minute clip surfaced Friday on the group’s website and YouTube. The governor had stopped into a Gainesville Starbucks […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 8, 2016

Remember the woman who shouted at Gov. Rick Scott in Starbucks on Tuesday? Gary Farmer, a Broward County Democrat, is hoping to raise a little campaign cash off of it. In an email to supporters on Friday, Farmer, who is running for state Senate in District 34, said while he understands that the episode “might […]

Jim RosicaApril 8, 2016

Faced with a call from Florida’s leading growers for the state’s Department of Citrus to “be scaled back considerably,” Gov. Rick Scott has put restrictions on the nearly $7.7 million in general revenue given to the agency in the 2016-17 state budget. One condition, The Lakeland Ledger reported Friday, is that the Governor’s Office will look […]

Melissa RossApril 8, 2016

A coalition of women’s groups including the National Organization for Women, the League of Women Voters, Breastfeeding Coalition, National Council of Jewish Women and UniteWomen FL will all rally in Tallahassee on Tuesday against Senate Bill 668, a family law measure awaiting Governor Rick Scott‘s signature. The new statute would give judges a formula to use […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 7, 2016

On Everglades Action Day, Gov. Rick Scott took steps to make sure there’s a dedicated funding source to restore the River of Grass. Scott signed a bill (HB 989) into law on Thursday to create an annual dedicated funding source to protect Florida’s environment. The Legacy Florida bill sets aside up to $200 million a […]

Guest AuthorApril 7, 2016

Six years ago this month, in a modest office space leased by a Florida businessman named Rick Scott, I had the chance to ask the future governor several probing questions about his political views that any reporter would relish. But I wasn’t a reporter. I was helping Scott prepare messaging points for the launch of […]

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Jac VerSteeg: Starbucks encounter wasn’t Everywoman vs. Voldemort

Rick Scott picks Glenn Sutphin as interim head of Department of Veterans Affairs

Floridians’ consumer confidence rose in March

Jeff Atwater praises Rick Scott for signing Iran bill

New video: Let’s Get to Work calls Rick Scott heckler a “latte liberal”

Email Insights: Senate candidate fundraising off video of Rick Scott getting yelled at in Starbucks

Rick Scott clamping down on finances at state citrus agency

Women’s rights groups to rally in Tally against alimony bill

Rick Scott signs Legacy Florida bill on Everglades Action Day

Brian Burgess: Rick Scott should veto alimony bill because it’s the ‘right thing to do’