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Staff, faculty at 28 state colleges qualify for state employee health insurance plan under Senate budget

January 31st, 2024|

House budget Chairman Tom Leek says he's concerned with the solvency of the state group health insurance program.Faculty and staff who work at one of Florida’s 28 state colleges could [...]

Ron DeSantis says his ‘bulldog’ defense of Donald Trump earned 2018 endorsement

January 21st, 2024|

Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to discuss the biggest endorsement of his political life: Donald Trump’s in 2018. On Saturday, the Governor contended that he earned that endorsement by defending the former President [...]

Ron DeSantis claims TSA would have dumped his kid’s baptismal holy water

January 20th, 2024|

Gov. Ron DeSantis is going after the Transportation Security Administration in new comments from New Hampshire. “One of the things that bugs me is TSA,” DeSantis said Friday night in Dover, [...]

Next Republican debate canceled after Nikki Haley says she’ll only participate if Donald Trump does

January 17th, 2024|

ABC News on Tuesday canceled the next Republican presidential debate after Nikki Haley said she wouldn’t participate unless former President Donald Trump takes part in it, leaving Gov. Ron DeSantis as the only candidate committed to [...]

Donald Trump leads GOP rightward march and other takeaways from the Iowa caucuses

January 16th, 2024|

Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. It can be seen [...]

Gov. DeSantis appoints 6 to Environmental Regulation Commission, including a big donor

January 12th, 2024|

He gave the Governor’s last state campaign $27,500.Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed six people to the Environmental Regulation Committee (ERC). Three gave to his last gubernatorial campaign. One donated five figures. [...]

Joe Saunders adds $47K in Q4 toward HD 106 bid, vows to restore ‘shared values’

January 11th, 2024|

Democratic LGBTQ rights activist Joe Saunders raised more than $47,000 last quarter to unseat Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe in House District 106 this November. As was the case in his [...]

Last Call for 1.10.24 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

January 10th, 2024|

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot During a Tuesday night news conference, evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats and Texas U.S. Rep. [...]

Daniella Levine Cava nears petition signature threshold for Miami-Dade Mayor re-election bid

January 8th, 2024|

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s re-election campaign is just under 3,000 petition signatures shy of making it on the 2024 ballot without having to pay a qualifying fee. She made [...]

Ana Maria Rodriguez, Lindsay Cross seek carbon sequestration task force

January 7th, 2024|

Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez and Rep. Lindsay Cross are working across the aisle to improve Florida’s carbon footprint. The Dora Republican and St. Petersburg Democrat filed legislation that could create [...]

South Florida lawmaker refiles bill to ease replacement of old coastal buildings

January 5th, 2024|

One of the more contentious non-culture-war measures proposed in the Legislature last year is back in its original form — for now. Miami Springs Republican Sen. Bryan Ávila is again [...]

John Morgan for Governor? Orlando attorney teases a run ‘for the people’

January 4th, 2024|

Orlando lawyer John Morgan, arguably the state’s most prominent lawyer, is teasing a potential run for Governor. The founder of the country’s largest personal injury law firm teased a potential [...]

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