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Bruce RitchieMarch 9, 2015

Democrats and environmentalists blasted Gov. Rick Scott on Monday after a weekend news report that Florida Department of Environmental Protection employees had been banned from using the term climate change or global warming after he took office in 2011. The report by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting appeared in the Tampa Bay Times and was […]

James CallMarch 9, 2015

It was a day of testing at the state Capitol. The House Education Committee took about an hour to dispose of an overhaul of Florida’s school accountability system. The measure reducing testing and allowing an earlier start date of the school year sailed through with a few concerns expressed and a unanimous vote. While the […]

Mitch PerryMarch 9, 2015

In a survey of U.S. CEOs choice of best and worst states for business last year, Florida ranked second, finishing just behind Texas. “We’ve learned from Texas how to tell our story better and it helps that we’ve cut taxes 25 times, by about $400 million,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott told Chief Executive Magazine. “When companies like Hertz, Amazon, […]

James CallMarch 9, 2015

News will take a backseat to humor Tuesday night when the Capitol Press Corps presents the 60th edition of the sometimes Annual Press Skits; a tradition that began when the senior members of Florida’s political/media class were toddlers. “It’s become ingrained in the culture of Tallahassee, said Steve Bousquet, appearing in his 21st Press Skits show. […]

Diane RobertsMarch 9, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE–You think you live in a representative democracy. You don’t. You live on a sugar plantation. You call it “Florida.” And while you may reside far from the muck farms and wouldn’t know a cane field from a pawpaw patch, it doesn’t matter. Your state government works for Big Sugar. In 2012 and 2014, […]

Mitch PerryMarch 9, 2015

President Barack Obama has been lambasted by many for his administration’s refusal to address the terrorist threat around the globe as “Islamic terrorism.” “We are not at war with Islam,” the president said last month at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism last month. “We are at war with people who have perverted […]

Mitch PerryMarch 9, 2015

President Barack Obama has been lambasted by many for his administration’s refusal to address the terrorist threat around the globe as “Islamic terrorism.” “We are not at war with Islam,” the president said last month at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism last month. “We are at war with people who have perverted […]

Phil AmmannMarch 9, 2015

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced 10 appointments — including four reappointments — to a variety of state regulatory boards. Board of Professional Geologists Scott announced the appointments of Norman Meeks and Stanley Warden to the Board of Professional Geologists, responsible for licensing and regulating the practice of professional geology. Both are for terms ending […]

James CallMarch 8, 2015

This week politics at the state Capitol will be about money and a search for clarity. Legislators will get a better view of the hill they need to climb in building a state budget for the year beginning July 1. The Revenue Estimating Conference meets Tuesday and will count up how much tax money the […]

Ryan RayMarch 8, 2015

Pete Antonacci, former general counsel to Gov. Rick Scott, is back in the lobbying game just weeks after leaving the EOG. In a press release, GrayRobinson announced that Antonacci would be rejoining the firm where he worked from 2000 until 2012, when he was appointed to an opening as State Attorney in Palm Beach County. Then, when that office was filled […]

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TCEC line workers restoring power after Helene. Image via Facebook (TCEC).

Earthjustice, Florida Dems slam Rick Scott over “ban” on “climate change”

The day that was in Florida Politics — March 9

St. Petersburg exec extols virtues of doing business in Florida

Annual Capitol Press Skits skewer Tallahassee elite

Diane Roberts: Florida Legislature in the sticky embrace of Big Shug

Mitch Perry Report for 3.9.15 — Let’s not talk about climate change in Florida

Mitch Perry Report for 3.9.15 — Let's not talk about climate change in Florida

Gov. Rick Scott announces 10 state board appointments

Capitol Preview: Money, press skits and the search for clarity

Former Rick Scott general counsel Pete Antonacci returns to lobbying