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Guest AuthorJuly 23, 2015

In one way, supporters and detractors of U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson agree: He’s a lightning rod. The Republican Party of Florida loves this about him because it provides fresh material for attack ads; partisans because he revs them up. The Democratic establishment hates it because it screws up the possibility of having a clean, organized, […]

Mitch PerryJuly 23, 2015

The years-long “Fight for $15” for fast-food workers received a huge boost this week when New York officials recommended increasing the pay of thousands of fast-food workers throughout the state. Meanwhile in Florida, Miami Democratic state Sen. Dwight Bullard filed a bill (SB 6) this week that would raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 22, 2015

Job growth in Florida leads the nation’s 10 most populous states. Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday the private-sector growth rate was 3.9 percent in June. The Scott administration said this is the fourth month in a row Florida has bested the other nine most populous states for the top job growth. “These positive economic trends […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 22, 2015

Jacksonville is getting 100 new jobs thanks to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. The company is planning to expand its facility in the northeast Florida city from its current base of 2,000 employees. The company will also spend more than $300 million to make the expansion happen. “Since December 2010, more than 879,000 private-sector jobs […]

Mitch PerryJuly 21, 2015

I was going to opine on John Kasich entering the GOP presidential contest this morning, but let’s get to that Wednesday. Instead, let’s talk about Florida’s U.S. Senate race, now that David Jolly is officially is in the race, along with Congressman Ron DeSantis, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera and retired CIA contractor Todd Wilcox. Lately […]

Ryan RayJuly 20, 2015

Patricia “Patti” Nelson, who has led the Department of Health’s Office of Compassionate Use since its inception in 2014, is leaving the department and joining the Executive Office of the Governor, a DOH spokesman said Monday. “Patricia Nelson will be rejoining the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget,” read a response to an inquiry. “The […]

Mitch PerryJuly 20, 2015

A close observation of Pinellas County Congressman David Jolly‘s record in the House indicates that despite the occasional pragmatic vote (he does represent a moderate district in Congress after all), nobody would accuse him of being a liberal. Well, almost no one. Today the Club for Growth, an economic conservative political group, came out with […]

Mitch PerryJuly 20, 2015

Good morning, everyone. Not to start the week off on a rough note, but can we reflect for a moment on what happened at those two military sites in Chattanooga last Thursday? As we all know by now, a naturalized citizen from Kuwait ended up killing four U.S. Marines and one sailor and wounded two others. […]

Phil AmmannJuly 18, 2015

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Responding to Thursday’s shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tennessee that killed five U.S. service members, Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order that will help protect Florida Guardsmen working in recruiting centers. Scott’s order on Saturday directs Florida Adjunct General Michael Calhoun to relocate Florida National Guard personnel at the state’s six store-front recruitment centers to […]

Mitch PerryJuly 16, 2015

As Michael Kinsley writes in the current Vanity Fair, all politicians say they are going to work to help the middle class. In a new report from Progress Florida, the progressive group says that there were 12 Democrats in the state Legislature who were “champions” for the middle class, based on their votes during the […]

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Chris Timmons: Politics is organized around passion — so Florida Democrats need Alan Grayson

Dwight Dudley leads call for $15 minimum wage in Florida at St. Pete rally

Florida leads big states in June job creation, Rick Scott says

Gov. Rick Scott touts 100 new jobs in Jacksonville

Mitch Perry Report for 7.21.15 — Bill McCollum isn’t seriously thinking of running for Senate. Is he?

Compassionate Use director Patti Nelson leaving DOH

David Jolly reacts to conservative criticism of his record

Mitch Perry Report for 7.20.15 – Chattanooga is the latest mass killing in U.S.

Gov. Scott signs executive order protecting Florida Guardsmen after Chatanooga shooting

Progress Florida hails 12 House Democrats as championing “Middle Class Champs”