Drew WilsonFebruary 25, 2019
5min485
The 10-person team could have earned as much as $4.14 million.
Tag: U.S. SugarWekiva High School Winners and Florida ProStart Leaders Celebrate Fourth Place Win on stage. Image via Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Educational Foundation.
Drew WilsonFebruary 25, 2019
Peter SchorschJanuary 15, 2019
5min961
Plainly put, 'Florida's Best Newspaper' whiffed it
Drew WilsonDecember 20, 2018
3min232
During the holiday season, it’s not uncommon to knock on a neighbor’s door and ask for a cup of sugar. If that neighbor is U.S. Sugar, however, they’re willing to hand over quite a bit more than a cup. The Clewiston-based company has been in the giving spirit this year, doling out more than 4,000 […]
Drew WilsonDecember 13, 2018
4min518
During a Thursday meeting, the South Florida Water Management District’s governing board voted to end the land acquisition option agreement between the state and U.S. Sugar. The agreement would have given the state the option to purchase 150,000 acres of land owned by the company for Everglades restoration. The land acquisition language was first agreed […]
Drew WilsonNovember 29, 2018
5min573
Citing Florida statute put in place by a law passed two years ago, U.S. Sugar said Thursday that the land acquisition option agreement between the company and the state can now be terminated. The bill, SB 10, mandated the construction of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to reduce discharges to the St. Lucie and […]
Drew WilsonNovember 19, 20185min266
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s diverse client sheet helped the 10-member firm rake in an estimated $685,000 last quarter according to newly filed lobbying compensation reports. The Q3 team of Ivette O’Doski, Keith Arnold, Brett Bacot, Marnie George, Michael Harrell, Paul Hawkes, Jim Magill, Kimberly McGlynn, Timothy Stanfield and Mac Stipanovich juggled the needs of 53 […]
Drew WilsonOctober 15, 2018
6min553
Ashley Moody posted her best fundraising numbers since winning the Republican nomination to replace term-limited Attorney General Pam Bondi, with a combined $720,000 raised between her campaign and committee accounts. The former circuit court judge and prosecutor is up against state Rep. Sean Shaw, a Tampa Democrat and the state’s former insurance consumer advocate, in […]
Drew WilsonAugust 17, 20184min398
Lobbying firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney brought in an estimated $720,000 in fees during between April and June according to newly filed compensation reports. Lobbyists are required to report compensation from their principals in ranges covering $10,000 increments. Using the median number from those ranges shows the firm’s efforts yielded $430,000 in revenue for legislative lobbying […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 23, 2018
5min1607
The pitched GOP gubernatorial primary battle between Rep. Ron DeSantis and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam increasingly is pivoting on which campaign can malign the other side’s donors. In Jacksonville Saturday morning, DeSantis devoted a lot of time to slamming the sugar industry, a position assumed after over $5 million was devoted to negative ads against the congressman […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 20, 2018
1min269
Cannabis concerns and the sugar industry were among the contributors to Sen. Rob Bradley’s Working for Florida’s Families political committee, which brought in $125,000 last week. Surterra Texas, a cannabis company doing business in Florida’s medical marijuana program, ponied up $25,000 to the committee of the head of Senate Appropriations. U.S. Sugar dropped in another […]