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Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 20, 2018

Florida House Republicans are calling on U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and other Democrats to immediately confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. The letter — sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Charles Grassley, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein and signed off on by 73 […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh appeared increasingly imperiled Wednesday, in the wake of allegations of sexual assault against him. The federal appellate judge was accused of sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford three decades ago at a party when they were in high school, and as Wednesday progressed, partisan lines on the best way forward began to […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2018

A progressive group is touting the results of a Florida poll it commissioned as a warning to Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to not vote to confirm President Donald Trump‘s U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The poll by YouGov Blue on behalf of Demand Justice suggests that politically, for the upcoming Nov. 6 election, […]

Drew WilsonJuly 9, 2018

President Donald Trump announced his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Monday night: Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh, 53, has been a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington since 2006. And depending on which side of the aisle is asked, his nomination is either a godsend or a nightmare. For conservative group […]

Jim RosicaJune 21, 2018

The head of the trade group for the state’s retailers said Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling opening the door for online sellers to collect sales tax the same as brick-and-mortar stores is “great news.” That’s even though Floridians already are technically supposed to pay sales tax on online purchases. “Retailers have been adamant in seeking equity […]

Joe HendersonMay 15, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that it’s legal for Congress or individual states to allow gambling on college and pro sports if they want to. Yikes. It might be a good idea to cover your ears now because the noise on both sides of this issue is sure to reach brain-splitting levels. This battle for […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 17, 2018

The Senate on Wednesday began moving its omnibus gambling bill for 2018 without addressing one looming issue sure to cause headaches: Sports betting. And there’s a reason it’s not in this year’s legislation (SB 840), according to Sen. Travis Hutson, chair of the Regulated Industries Committee: To avoid a meltdown with the Seminole Tribe of […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJanuary 8, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a decades-old legal fight between Florida and Georgia over water flow into the Apalachicola River. A court-appointed special master ruled in February that Florida had not proved its case that a water-usage cap should be imposed on Georgia to help the river and Apalachicola Bay, […]

Darryl PaulsonOctober 5, 2017

The term gerrymandering was coined over 200 years ago. On March 26, 1812, the Boston Gazette first used the term in describing the redrawing of a Massachusetts state senate district. Gov. Elbridge Gerry, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, said the district resembled a salamander. Gerry’s name was linked to the last part of salamander, […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 1, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott set the execution of Michael Lambrix, who’s been on Death Row for 33 years, for 6 p.m. Oct. 5, the Governor’s Office announced Friday. The Florida Supreme Court last February delayed his execution after attorneys argued that the state should first determine how to apply a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state’s death penalty […]

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Florida House Republicans push Kavanaugh confirmation

Bill Nelson: FBI needs to investigate Brett Kavanaugh sex accusations

Progressive group’s poll cautions Bill Nelson against voting for Brett Kavanaugh

Florida political groups split on SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Florida retailers cheer Supreme Court online sales tax decision

Joe Henderson: Cover your ears, the sports betting debate is about to begin

The big thing that’s not in the Senate’s gambling bill

Supreme Court ready to wade into water war

Darryl Paulson: The end of gerrymandering?

Rick Scott sets date for next Florida execution