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Mike SchneiderFebruary 2, 2015

A government-owned power company that supplies wholesale electricity for 31 small Florida cities plans to pay its chief executive’s six-months salary and health insurance premiums for the rest of his life if he is fired, according to a preliminary audit report that has angered some city officials. The Florida Municipal Power Agency also spent tens […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2015

Florida Chamber of Commerce leaders will not enter the debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet members about longtime state Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. Chamber President Mark Wilson told reporters that McCarty was “doing a good job,” during the tenure of Gov. Charlie Crist, who Wilson called “the worst governor” in U.S. history. However, Wilson clarified that the entire agency failed to do a good job […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 1, 2015

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, from North Palm Beach, is one of the state leaders who wrote to the parole board on behalf of the daughter of a West Palm Beach politico who is serving up to life in prison for murder. A joint investigation by The Palm Beach Post and WPTV-Channel 5 discovered […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 30, 2015

Legislative leadership on Friday asked the state’s chief economist to analyze and rank four applicants seeking sports incentives from the state. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli said in a statement that the Florida Legislature expected the Department of Economic Opportunity to review and rank the four applicants who are vying for $7 million in competitive grants. […]

James CallJanuary 30, 2015

A Chicago, Atlanta, and two Tallahassee-based accounting firms have qualified to certify Florida lobbyists’ compensation reports. The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee has qualified proposals from Chicago-based Grant Thornton, Atlanta’s Warrant Averett and Tallahassee-based Carroll and Company and the Carr, Riggs & Ingram firm for contracts to audit the reports. Last year more than $200 million […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 30, 2015

Jeb Bush is returning to the old stomping ground — Tallahassee — to set up a new political team. Now that Mitt Romney has officially bowed out from the 2016 presidential race, Bush’s Right to Rise political action committee is moving forward in the Florida capitol, reports Marc Caputo of the Miami Herald. Preparations are for if (and when) […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 30, 2015

Former state Rep. Reggie Fullwood received backing from a few dominant players to raise $11,900 from Jan. 3-23 for the special election in House District 13. Fullwood’s total now stands at $137,980. The Jacksonville Democrat also spent $12,537 in the three-week period with $125,159 in expenditures as of Jan. 23, according to the state Division […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 30, 2015

Sachs Media Group (SMG), Florida’s leading independent public relations firm, is expanding with a new Boca Raton office. Boca Raton is the third location statewide and first in South Florida for SMG, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. In addition to being one of Florida’s foremost communications enterprises, SMG also has evolved into a […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2015

In recent years, Florida House District 63 has become that rarity in state politics, a full-fledged swing district in Hillsborough County. Republican Shawn Harrison defeated Democratic incumbent Mark Danish there last November, a reversal of the 2010 contest when Danish bested the then-GOP incumbent. Harrison originally won the seat in 2010 over Democrat Russ Paterson. Now […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2015

Next week the Florida Cabinet meets in Tampa for the first time since they unanimously approved Rick Swearingen as the replacement for Gerald Bailey to lead the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement. Bailey announced his resignation in December, but told members of the media after Swearingen’s appointment in early January that in fact he had […]

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Audit says power agency spent thousands on flowers, parties

Insurance commissioner doing better under Rick Scott than Charlie Crist, Florida Chamber says

Jeff Atwater sends letter to NY parole board on behalf of accused killer

House Speaker wants sports subsidy applications ranked

Four CPA firms selected to audit lobbyists; examinations to begin in late February

Seems like old times: Jeb Bush assembles Tallahassee political team

Reggie Fullwood raises nearly $138K for HD 13 Special Election

Sachs Media Group expands to Boca Raton, first office in South Florida

Democrat Mike Reedy enters HD 63 race

Jack Latvala blasts Cabinet members in Gerald Bailey affair