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Christine Jordan SextonApril 15, 2015

One day after receiving a letter from the federal government advising that uncompensated care pools were not a wise use of federal tax payer dollars, Florida’s leading Medicaid official fired off a letter Wednesday to the Department of Health and Human Services accusing the federal government of coercing Florida into expanding its Medicaid program. The […]

Ryan RayApril 15, 2015

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A lengthy debate over a lobbying ethics reform bill ended with with former Senate President Don Gaetz moving to TP his own bill. The proposal — Gaetz’s SB 1372 — would tighten many restrictions on lobbying in Florida. Most notably, it would hold Gov. Rick Scott‘s brainchild — Enterprise Florida Inc., housed within another Scott innovation in […]

Phil AmmannApril 14, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott will host most of the prospective 2016 Republican presidential candidates, including fellow Floridians Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, at an Economic Growth Summit in June. Potential and announced candidates will meet in Orlando on June 2 to talk about the economy, jobs and their vision for economic growth for the country. Although […]

Drew WilsonApril 14, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott signed HB 7069 Tuesday, reducing the number of tests Florida public school students take as well as making changes to teacher evaluations and school year start dates. “This legislation reduces the number of tests our students take, including the 11th grade English Language Arts test that we eliminated this year through an […]

Melissa RossApril 14, 2015

Is Florida ready for online voting? According to an email from the state’s League of Women Voters, it should be. The Action Alert from president Deirdre Macnab states that “online voter registration took another step towards becoming a reality, with bills in the Senate and House passing through committees.” “Governor Rick Scott, however, has made […]

Bruce RitchieApril 13, 2015

Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey Jr. on Monday urged legislators to take action to protect Florida’s electric grid from a terrorist or foreign military attack. Woolsey, who was CIA director from 1993 to 1995 under then-President Bill Clinton, spoke Monday during a House legislative working group meeting about the threat of electromagnetic pulse weapons that could […]

Phil AmmannApril 13, 2015

There is no active effort in the Florida House to drop Eric Eisnaugle as Speaker Designate, according to freshman state Rep. Blaise Ingoglia. GOP leaders accused the Republican Party of Florida chair of pressuring three new House members from Central Florida into supporting Ingoglia over Eisnaugle, who is set to assume the speakership in 2021-2022. […]

Ryan RayApril 13, 2015

Former Charlie Crist for Governor digital director Amanda Litman is heading to Hillaryworld as the Democratic field’s only real contender kicks off her campaign today in Iowa, Clinton’s 2008 Waterloo. Litman has been selected as the Clinton 2016 presidential campaign’s email director, giving her the chance to put into practice her confident remarks at the end of […]

Bruce RitchieApril 13, 2015

Could the Freedom Tower in Miami, where U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday announced his bid for president, be underwater by 2060? Before Rubio announced on Monday that he was running for president in 2016, NextGen Climate suggested the building could be underwater by 2060. The political action committee said Florida is on the front line […]

Bruce RitchieApril 13, 2015

An official appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court to oversee a lawsuit filed by Florida against Georgia over water use on Monday issued an order providing for confidential talks among the states. Ralph I. Lancaster, a Maine attorney who’s special master in the case, in a conference call also called the media “relentless and ruthless” and said, […]

Tag: Rick Scott

Top Medicaid official warns feds not to “coerce” state into expansion

Lobbying ethics bill stumbles in Senate Rules

Gov. Rick Scott to host GOP presidential hopefuls at Orlando summit

Rick Scott signs bill to cut school testing

Email Insights: State League of Women Voters pushes online voter registration

Former CIA director urges legislators to prepare for attacks on electric grid

Blaise Ingoglia calls talk of GOP pressuring House members “flat out wrong”

Political veteran Amanda Litman to be Hillary Clinton 2016 email director

Miami’s Freedom Tower under water by 2060? Unlikely, scientist says

Court issues confidentiality order in Florida v. Georgia water case