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Ryan RayJanuary 11, 2016

Sarasota state Rep. Ray Pilon brought in his second-largest fundraising haul since drawing an opponent in the 2016 campaign cycle last month, raising $9,363 during the December reporting period. The showing takes Pilon to about $74,117 cash on hand after deducting $29,519 in expenditures from his $103,636 total raised. Pilon’s opponent, Democrat Edward James, added $5,170 to his campaign […]

Ryan RayJanuary 11, 2016

A pair of Republican lawmakers told reporters Monday they intend to ensure the days of unaccountable hospitals and insurers gouging Florida patients with staggering, unforeseen medical bills “are over.” Rep. Chris Sprowls Palm Harbor and Sen. Rob Bradley of Orange Park likened the consumer predictability they seek for consumers to that of patrons at a gas station or grocery […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2016

In Tuesday’s State of the State address, Gov. Rick Scott will recognize five Floridians working to “make Florida first.” Two are from Jacksonville. Dane Grey, the CEO of Elite Parking Services whom Scott honored in Jacksonville last year, will be recognized Tuesday on a much-bigger stage. In September, Scott gave a Young Entrepreneur Award to Grey, 29-year-old […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 11, 2016

Along with lawmakers, lobbyists and journalists who are back in Tallahassee this week for the beginning of the 2016 Legislative Session will be immigration activists, concerned about a number of bills being proposed this session. Two busloads of activists are scheduled to depart from Tampa and Homestead on Monday, with two more scheduled to depart from Polk County […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 10, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott spent a portion of Sunday afternoon in Cape Coral, one day after a tornado swept through the community. “Thank God we live in a place where we have great first responders and great law enforcement,” Scott said during a news conference at the Cape Coral Fire Department. “They all take care of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 10, 2016

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Marco Rubio disparaged Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn on Sunday, calling all of the attention on his just published interview in Rolling Stone this weekend with famed Mexican drug lord El Chapo “grotesque.” El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman, was captured on Friday in Mexico, six months after a daring prison escape last July through a […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 10, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry will be in Tallahassee Tuesday for the State of the State address. With a pension tax plan to sell, Curry will be meeting with Rick Scott also. The meeting will be just a 15-minute block of time, from 4:30 to 4:45 p.m. Scott has given no indication regarding his support for the Curry […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 8, 2016

In the early morning hours of July 18, 1987, a parolee, Mark Asay, gunned down two Jacksonville men on the streets of downtown. On Friday, after a tortuous process involving many appeals, Gov. Rick Scott issued a death warrant to serve Asay his final justice on March 17. The details of Asay’s murders are lurid, senseless, and revealing […]

Scott PowersJanuary 8, 2016

As All Aboard Florida tries to get everyone onboard its proposal to run higher-speed passenger trains between Orlando and South Florida, my wife and I boarded the closest thing last week, Amtrak’s Silver Meteor train, for a getaway from Orlando to South Beach. All Aboard Florida wants to run 16 passenger trains a day on […]

Associated PressJanuary 8, 2016

Here is the latest in the scheduled execution of Oscar Ray Bolin in Florida. All times are local: 10:18 p.m. Oscar Ray Bolin, who was convicted of killing three women then married a member of his defense team while on death row, has been executed in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott‘s office said Bolin was pronounced […]

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Helene, early Sept. 27. Image via NOAA via AP.

Ray Pilon brings in $9K, Edward James $5K in HD 72 fundraising

Rob Bradley, Chris Sprowls publicly float health care transparency bill

Rick Scott will recognize 2 Jacksonville men in State of the State

Immigration activists to descend upon Tallahassee this week

Rick Scott tours Southwest Florida community hit by tornado

Marco Rubio calls Sean Penn’s interview with El Chapo “grotesque”

Lenny Curry to meet with Rick Scott Tuesday

Death warrant issued for white supremacist killer Mark Asay

Amtrak is no All Aboard Florida, but it’s rolling

Florida executes convicted serial killer