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Mitch PerryOctober 22, 2015

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Rick Scott kept the heat on state lawmakers Thursday to overhaul the state’s business incentive programs, saying it’s a matter of bringing more jobs and businesses to the Sunshine State. As reported by FloridaPolitics.com’s James Rosica, the governor spoke in Orlando at a meeting of Enterprise Florida, the state’s public-private economic development organization. The governor is […]

Jim RosicaOctober 20, 2015

North Florida congressional candidate Mary Thomas has scored another endorsement from a staunch conservative. Thomas, seeking the seat held by first-term Democrat Gwen Graham, on Tuesday announced the support of state Rep. Mike Hill, a Pensacola Beach Republican. “Mary shares my values on limited government, reining in profligate spending and adhering to the Constitution,” he said in a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

Although Charlie Crist has always been an ambitious pol looking forward to advance his career, most Republicans in Florida took little issue with that until they had the choice to support him or a more conservative Republican in the 2010 U.S. Senate race. Their support for Marco Rubio grew so strong in early 2010 that […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

Charlie Crist is back. The former Florida Governor announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Florida’s 13th Congressional District on Tuesday, a position he showed little interest in until the Florida Supreme Court declared that the district had been unfairly gerrymandered this summer, and ordered the state Legislature to redraw the district. As it […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

When Charlie Crist announces later today in Childs Park that he is running for Congress in Florida’s 13th Congressional District in 2016, it will be his third major speech given in a St. Petersburg park declaring his candidacy in the last five-and-half-years, but the prospects are much sunnier than his last two attempts at higher office. In […]

Ryan RayOctober 19, 2015

The House Democrats gathered Monday morning in the Capitol for their pre-Special Session planning period and media availability, where caucus leader Rep. Mark Pafford vowed that he and his 39-strong opposition party will not let up in applying pressure to Republican leaders who have overseen “catastrophic” dysfunction in Tallahassee. Pafford went on to diagnose the problem as a “lack […]

Melissa RossOctober 19, 2015

At the ripe old age of 29, Contribution Link’s William Arnold already has built a reputation as a data wizard. Originally from Jacksonville, Arnold got his start in politics working for former Jacksonville City Councilman Stephen Joost while he was still in college. He then moved on to stints under Rick Scott and Adam Hollingsworth, […]

Guest AuthorOctober 17, 2015

I attended the annual Tallahassee ritual Wednesday when politicians address the media and take some questions. The Republicans talked in generalities at the AP Legislative Planning Session and, for the most part, refused to respond to direct questions with direct answers. The Democrats, because they have absolutely no power in Florida government, mostly complained. Nonetheless, […]

Gary FineoutOctober 16, 2015

A tussle over the website used by the Florida Department of Education has resulted in the ouster of an agency employee and an animal rights group’s questioning whether state education officials are buckling under pressure from one of the state’s theme park operators. The department this month pushed out its deputy communications director after Jennifer […]

Associated PressOctober 16, 2015

The board chairman at Bethune-Cookman University is defending the school’s decision to honor Gov. Rick Scott during an upcoming gala, amid online protests by some alumni and students. In an open letter Friday, Chairman Joe Petrock says that Scott was selected as one of five to be honored at the third annual Mary McLeod Bethune […]

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