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Scott PowersDecember 27, 2017

Enterprise Florida Business Development Director Cori Henderson was selected Wednesday to oversee which Florida Gulf Coast will get some of the hundreds of millions of dollars BP PLC has agreed to pay for damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Henderson, who’s also a former legislative aide to state Sen. Tom Lee among others, […]

Jim RosicaDecember 22, 2017

An administrative law judge has struck down the state’s greyhound drug testing program, according to an order released Friday. Judge Lawrence P. Stevenson ruled that state regulators’ use of procedures in a “2010 Greyhound Veterinary Assistant Procedures Manual,” “even after being ordered to cease” doing so, was “invalid” and in violation of state law. The case […]

Jim RosicaDecember 13, 2017

Attorney General Pam Bondi finally explained why she won’t publicly support a proposed ban on greyhound racing in Florida or any other constitutional amendment. Bondi sits on the 37-member Constitution Revision Commission (CRC), which convenes every 20 years to review and propose changes to the state’s governing document. But, as the state’s chief legal officer, she’s also […]

Peter SchorschDecember 11, 2017

Sitting CFO Jimmy Patronis is holding a fundraiser in Tallahassee Tuesday for his bid to take over the CFO position for a four-year term. The Dec. 12 fundraiser – not an interim committee week for those wondering – will be at the Governor’s Club, 202 S. Adams Street. The event kicks off at 5 p.m. […]

Mitch PerryDecember 6, 2017

Legislation to give the Florida Public Service Commission “exclusive jurisdiction” for deciding whether underground transmission lines are required for power-plant projects advanced through a House committee Wednesday. Pace Republican Jayer Williamson, who co-sponsored the bill in the House with Palatka Republican Bobby Payne (HB 405), told the House Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee that while […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2017

An early poll of the Chief Financial Officer race shows Margate Democrat Jeremy Ring with a slim lead over Republican Jimmy Patronis, who was appointed earlier this year to the CFO spot. The EMC Research poll shows Ring with 37 percent support among voters and Patronis with 35 percent, with 28 percent undecided. The 2-point spread, though […]

Drew WilsonNovember 30, 2017

Conservative group Americans for Prosperity blasted an amendment to the Republican tax reform bill put forward by U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee, saying it would “undermine” the plan’s supposed benefit to families. The Rubio-Lee amendment sets the corporate tax rate at 22 percent, compared to the 20 percent rate in the current GOP […]

Jim RosicaNovember 30, 2017

A proposed constitutional amendment to end greyhound racing in the state unanimously cleared its first committee Thursday. That was right after its sponsor, Commissioner Tom Lee, delivered a fiery speech on the power of—and oncoming peril to—his proposal. Mira, a 7-year-old greyhound and former racing dog, lay a few feet away. “You haven’t heard from […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 2017

Margate Democrat Jeremy Ring scored a “hat trick” of endorsements for his CFO campaign from Florida’s congressional delegation Thursday, and now has the support of seven of the 11 Florida Democrats in the U.S. House. U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Frederica Wilson announced they were supporting the former state senator for CFO, […]

Jim RosicaNovember 28, 2017

A review panel has killed a proposed constitutional amendment that would have added financial oversight duties to the state’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The proposal (P68), filed by Commissioner Tom Lee, died on a tie vote in the Constitution Revision Commission‘s Executive Committee on Tuesday as some panel members raised fiscal and legal questions. A parliamentary […]

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Lake Mary’s team celebrates in the eighth inning of the Little League World Series Championship game against Taiwan. Florida won in eight innings 2-1. Image via AP.

Cori Henderson selected to evaluate Deepwater Horizon settlement applications

Judge strikes down Florida’s racing-dog drug testing program

Pam Bondi explains why she won’t endorse dog racing ban

Jimmy Patronis to host CFO campaign fundraiser Tuesday in Tallahassee

House advances bill giving regulators sole discretion on underground power lines

Early poll of CFO race shows Jeremy Ring with slight lead over Jimmy Patronis

AFP slams Marco Rubio-backed amendment to GOP tax bill

Greyhound racing ban clears first CRC committee

Jeremy Ring announces ‘hat trick’ of congressional endorsements for CFO bid

Tom Lee’s proposal to augment CFO duties dies in committee