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Mitch PerryJune 18, 2015

Last weekend in South Florida, the Florida Democratic Party released its LEAD Task Force Report, a look at what went so wrong for the party at the ballot box in 2014. Better messaging is listed as one of the recommendations. “While this message proved powerfully persuasive to many groups, it failed to connect in north and […]

Ryan RayJune 17, 2015

In an upbeat conference call that included statewide education officials, including Department of Education Secretary Pam Stewart, and Wendy Spencer of the federal Corporation for National and Community Service said Wednesday that Florida will be the recipient of $15.4 million for AmericCorps-led education projects. The officials said that figure will be matched by local money bringing the […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 17, 2015

A federal judge in Pensacola cancelled an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Friday that could have required Gov. Rick Scott and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell to appear in court. Judge M. Casey Rodgers issued a one-page ruling on Wednesday saying that lawyers for Scott had filed a notice […]

Melissa RossJune 17, 2015

The parents of epileptic children in Jacksonville say they’re prepared to pack up and move to Colorado to treat their kids if the Jacksonville City Council doesn’t reverse course on its new moratorium on Charlotte’s Web dispensaries. “I hope the city will change its mind, because there are lots of families who don’t want to […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

For years, Jacksonville residents Joseph & Audrey Stewart have waited for justice. On Tuesday, they got one step closer to that, as Rick Scott signed HB 3519 into law. The bill directs the City of Jacksonville to pay the settled amount of $3.5M to the Aubrey Javaris Stewart Special Needs Trust as compensation for injuries and damages Aubrey Stewart […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 16, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday vetoed a trio of bills, including one by Senate budget chief Sen. Tom Lee and another he aid he didn’t even need to reject. Lee supported a rewrite of the Administrative Procedures Act, HB 435, and sponsored the Senate companion bill. The governor said the changes in the bill could […]

Phil AmmannJune 16, 2015

A group of Tampa-area Democrats, including the last three Democratic nominees for governor, are hosting a June 28 Tampa fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s 2016 Senate campaign. Charlie Crist, Alex Sink and former U.S. Rep. Jim Davis join Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, former state Sen. Betty Castor and other high-profile Democrats at the Hyde […]

Mitch PerryJune 16, 2015

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Gov.Rick Scott has signed HB 201, a bill sponsored by Tampa Democratic Rep. Ed Narain that extends education to law enforcement officers and improve response to those having a diabetic emergency. Also known as the Arthur Green Jr. Act, the law is named after the late Arthur Green Jr., a longtime Tampa resident and community activist. He […]

Ryan RayJune 16, 2015

After working alongside members of the House in a coordinated “No Tax is Safe” tax-cutting crusade, Gov. Rick Scott today signed into law HB33A, a tax package that reduces rates on the Communications Services Tax, reduces various licensure fees and creates a “supercharged” ten-day back-to-school sales tax holiday, to use Rep. Matt Gaetz‘s jaunty phrase. […]

Associated PressJune 15, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet are settling a lawsuit filed by media organizations and others over the firing of former Florida Department of Law Enforcement chief Gerald Bailey. The lawsuit contended that Scott and Cabinet members sidestepped the state’s Sunshine Law in the way they handled Bailey’s dismissal last year. The groups that sued […]

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Senate candidate Pam Keith sounds off on “paternalistic” Florida Democratic Party leadership

Florida receives $15 million in AmeriCorps education projects aid

Hearing on LIP lawsuit scratched; Rick Scott, Sylvia Burwell court appearance off

Jax mom on Charlotte’s Web flap: Families will move to Colorado if moratorium stays

Aubrey Stewart’s family finally gets justice

Rick Scott vetoes a trio of bills including one by Tom Lee

Tampa Democrats, including Gov. nominees, to hold Patrick Murphy funder June 28

Rick Scott signs bill for law officers to improve diabetic emergency response

Rick Scott signs $400 milion tax cut package into law

Settlement reached in lawsuit over firing of Florida top cop