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Jim RosicaAugust 27, 2015

Florida legislators were offered a chance to fix the state’s congressional district map – and they blew it. That’s the message sent Thursday by the plaintiffs in the 3-year-old congressional redistricting lawsuit, according to a filing with the Florida Supreme Court. Indeed, the parties said that “faced with the Legislature’s disregard of its mandate,” the court should draw the […]

Phil AmmannJuly 9, 2015

Nothing speaks louder than success, and few things are more favorable to a group than a “total victory.” Celebrating its success is the League of Women Voters of Florida, which is reveling over Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court that took red pen to the state’s congressional maps. It was — in the words of the […]

Melissa RossJune 29, 2015

With reaction continuing to pour in after the Friday Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, Jacksonville LGBT activists say they’re ready to take another crack at updating the city’s human rights ordinance. “We’re trying again,” says Jacksonville attorney and activist Jimmy Midyette, who chairs the Northeast Florida LGBT Leadership PAC, and thinks the climate is now a […]

Mitch PerryJune 26, 2015

While we eagerly await the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage later this morning, reverberations from the court’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act continue. The court ruled that Congress’ intention was to provide subsidies to those on the plan, regardless of where they lived. Supporters of the law insisted the case never should have […]

Gary FineoutJune 23, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday ended the state’s biggest budget crisis in more than two decades by signing a more than $78 billion budget into law, but he may have created another divide with some of his fellow Republicans. Scott signed the budget just days after the Florida Legislature approved it during an unusual June […]

Associated PressJune 21, 2015

Repealing President Barack Obama‘s signature health care law would modestly increase the budget deficit, while the number of uninsured Americans would rise by more than 20 million, said a nonpartisan government study released Friday. The report from the Congressional Budget Office comes ahead of a highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling that could have a major […]

Melissa RossJune 12, 2015

Later this month we’ll learn U.S. Supreme Court decisions on two of the highest-profile cases in years, maybe even decades: Obergefell v. Hodges, the same-sex marriage case, and King v. Burwell, the decision about whether to uphold or invalidate a provision of the Affordable Care Act. High court watchers tell FloridaPolitics.com that the odds of […]

Mitch PerryJune 3, 2015

Although same-sex marriage became legal in Florida in January, Attorney General Pam Bondi has continued to defend the state’s 2008 constitutional ban, saying it’s her job to defend the Florida Constitution, “whether or not I agree with it.” Supporters of Florida’s same-sex marriage ban remain hopeful that the U.S. Supreme Court will support the state’s […]

Diane RobertsMay 6, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE — Which is worse: stupid and evil or smart and evil? It’s a thought experiment: You can apply it to, say, George W. and Jeb Bush, Rick Scott and Adam Putnam, the Florida House and — Jesus, those idiots don’t deserve to be in the same paragraph as the word “thought.” But while […]

Diane RobertsMay 6, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – Which is worse: stupid and evil or smart and evil? It’s a thought experiment: you can apply it to, say, George W. and Jeb Bush, Rick Scott and Adam Putnam, the Florida House and – Jesus, those idiots don’t deserve to be in the same paragraph as the word “thought.” But while […]

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Plaintiffs in redistricting case lambaste lawmakers

Email insights: Nothing speaks louder than success for LWVF and redistricting

With same-sex marriage now legal coast to coast, Jax activists eye city’s HRO once again

Mitch Perry Report for 6.26.15 — SCOTUS rule on ACA works out for Florida GOP

Gov. Rick Scott signs state budget in private, averts government shutdown

Report: Higher deficits, more uninsured if health law tossed

SCOTUS and the ACA: “The scramble in Florida will get even more intense”

Equality Florida launches new TV ad prior to high court ruling on same-sex marriage

Diane Roberts: The unavoidable subject of stupid

Diane Roberts: The unavoidable subject of stupid