Archie Collins also served as regional chair in 2022.Tampa Electric Co. President and CEO Archie Collins will serve as the Tampa Bay regional chair for the Florida Chamber of Commerce [...]
The former Mayor of Plantation was fined $1,200 for campaign report violations, the Broward County Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced Tuesday. Lynn Stoner, who lost her campaign for [...]
Several candidates for Jacksonville Mayor discussed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts and aspirations in a forum Tuesday night. Hosted by the Interfaith Center of Northeast Florida and moderated by [...]
Members of the Senate Committee on Regulated Industries are fielding recommendations from a panel of experts on how to improve new Surfside-inspired regulations for condominium inspections and maintenance set to [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot President Joe Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address this evening and [...]
As rents continue to rise, a new poll shows Floridians want the option to pay a monthly fee instead of a security deposit. Pollster 3W Insights asked 600 Florida renters [...]
Former Alachua County Commissioner Raemi Eagle-Glenn has launched a campaign for North Central Florida’s House District 22. Eagle-Glenn, a Gainesville Republican, briefly served on the Commission after Gov. Ron DeSantis [...]
A former top employee who worked for Catholic bishops in the state has been hired by the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis to help run Medicaid, the safety net program [...]
The expansion, with others, will quadruple the museum's reach among children.PNC Bank is pledging $500,000 for the Tampa Museum of Art’s Centennial Campaign, the museum announced this month. The charitable [...]
Abrams will focus on the firm's transportation and emergency management practices.LSN Partners is bringing on Steven Abrams as Managing Partner of its Palm Beach County practice. Abrams has served the [...]
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is unconstitutional, the latest challenge to firearms regulations after the U.S. [...]
Florida’s Supreme Court is in a unique, and arguably better position, than some other courts because of a “supermajority” of justices who have similar judicial philosophies. So says Chief Justice [...]
Going into Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden sees a nation with its future aglow. Republicans take a far bleaker view — that the country is beset by crushing [...]
Perhaps there was no place more appropriate for a conservative group’s assessment of “woke corporations” than a resort at Walt Disney World, as Gov. Ron DeSantis leads his culture war [...]
The United States on Saturday downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America and became the latest flashpoint in [...]
Navy ships are getting fewer steaming hours because of growing maintenance delays and costs, a troubling trend that comes as at time when the U.S. is struggling to keep pace [...]
Florida lawmakers will meet next week to complete a state takeover of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district and debate proposals on immigration and election crimes, as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis [...]
Only a few weeks after his supporters stormed the seat of his country’s government, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday expressed bafflement at how he could have lost October’s [...]
Democrats are poised to reorder their presidential primary schedule beginning next year, replacing Iowa with South Carolina in the leadoff spot as part of a major overhaul meant to empower Black and [...]
It's his first appearance in Florida since he headlined a rally for Democrats a week before the November election.President Joe Biden is returning to the Sunshine State next week. The [...]
Does the Federal Reserve have it wrong? For months, the Fed has been warily watching the U.S. economy’s robust job gains out of concern that employers, desperate to hire, would keep boosting [...]
U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk [...]
Retired Judge Martin Zilber raised nearly $89,000 last month — more than three times his closest competitors — to lead fundraising in a Special Election for a vacant seat on [...]
Marco Rubio is puncturing the communist Chinese narrative on a controversial spy balloon floating over the United States. In comments on Friday’s Mike Gallagher Show, the third-term Republican Senator contends this [...]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may be months away from publicly declaring his presidential intentions, but his potential rivals aren’t holding back. No fewer than a half dozen Republicans eyeing the White House [...]
Alan Lawson, who retired in August as a Justice on the Florida Supreme Court, is teaming up with Paul Huck, Jason Gonzalez and Amber Nunnally to launch Lawson Huck Gonzalez, [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The Florida Supreme Court nixed a rule that allowed judges to receive continuing education credit [...]
To fight back against a pair of Disney World passholders suing over the reservation system, Disney argued the company had the right to change the terms for annual passes. “Changing [...]
U.S. Reps. Jared Moskowitz of Florida and Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey are calling for a new panel to fight a “troubling rise in antisemitic rhetoric and violence both at [...]
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott won’t keep his seat on the Senate Commerce Committee in the new Congress. The Naples Republican said he believes he was stripped of the assignment in [...]
Funding for VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s tourism promotion group, and the Jobs Growth Grant fund, a pot of money used for infrastructure and job training projects, would double under Gov. [...]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rolled out a health care budget that could pump hundreds of millions of dollars to increase payments for treatment of complex maternal and pediatric care, as [...]
Veteran Marine Chandler Langevin has filed to succeed Rep. Randy Fine in House District 33. The Palm Bay Republican said he’s ready to bring his commitment to public service to [...]
As Republicans move to investigate federal COVID-19 spending under President Joe Biden, freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is offering a suggestion to his GOP colleagues: Don’t forget to look [...]
With an ally set to run the school, Ron DeSantis seems more willing to fork over money.New College of Florida has lost its President but may gain millions in state [...]
Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official. On Wednesday, supporters of the former South Carolina Governor will get an email invitation to a Feb. 15 launch [...]
Good Wednesday morning. Veteran campaign strategist and legislative staffer Avery Lopez is joining lobbying firm The Southern Group. “Miami Dade County is one of the hottest political markets in the [...]
Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson is still the top-ranking Democrat of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment. On Tuesday, Wilson’s peers elected her as Ranking Member of [...]
New College of Florida President Patricia Okker was fired without cause at a Board of Trustees meeting. “I understand that there is a new mandate for this college,” Okker said. [...]
Tim Cerio, General Counsel for Citizens Property Insurance, is set to take the helm at the state-run company after its board voted unanimously for him to replace outgoing President and [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis went to Ohio to help J.D. Vance get elected to the Senate, but the Hillbilly Elegy author won’t return the favor in kind. U.S. Sen. Vance has waded into the [...]
Good Tuesday morning. Let’s start with some good news about a good person. Longtime Florida Juvenile Justice Association lobbyist Christian Minor is joining the team at Converge Public Strategies as [...]
Longtime Florida Juvenile Justice Association (FJJA) lobbyist Christian Minor is joining the team at Converge Public Strategies as a partner. Minor is known as one of the top juvenile justice [...]
Jacksonville City Council members are calling for an investigation of one of their own. Republicans Rory Diamond and Nick Howland are calling for a probe of LeAnna Cumber, a Republican running for [...]
It’s been one hit after another in January for North Atlantic right whales, a species already on the path toward extinction in our lifetime. The numbers continue to fail to [...]
Floridians could soon be able to carry a concealed firearm without a permit, under legislation backed by House Speaker Paul Renner and the Florida Sheriffs Association. “What we’re about here [...]
One of New College of Florida’s trustees plans Tuesday to suggest replacing the school’s President and firing all faculty. Eddie Speir, one of six new trustees appointed by Gov. Ron [...]
He was hired as Director of State Government Relations.Justin Thames is joining TECO’s government relations team as Director of State Government Relations, effective Feb. 10. In his new role, Thames [...]
Americans can take advantage of a special health care enrollment period following pressure by three Florida lawmakers. U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, a Kissimmee Democrat, led a letter urging President Joe [...]
Sen. Marco Rubio still doesn’t know what classified documents are at the center of two ongoing special counsel investigations. As the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, he said [...]