The following is Associated Industries of Florida President and CEO Tom Feeney's take on last week's legislative subcommittee defeat of the pro-business "bad-faith" reforms:
After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton
You probably can't imagine how much fun I've had at Sunshine State News over the last 10 years. I don't think anybody could.
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Absentee ballots were on track to hit a Florida Republican presidential primary record Tuesday -- and that could be good news for Mitt Romney.
The 630,000 absentee ballots received before the weekend will likely swell to nearly 700,000 during final counting today, said Randy Nielsen, a GOP political consultant.
After all the votes are tallied, some 2 million ballots are expected to be cast in the presidential preference primary, compared with the 1.5 million votes in the 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary.
By Kevin Derby
The team behind former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich made their final case to voters in the Sunshine State on Tuesday, the day of the Florida Republican presidential primary.
By Kevin Derby
Ahead in the polls, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made his final pitch to Florida Republican primary voters on Tuesday, the day of the primary.
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With the full Senate expected to review and discuss a bill that would allow the state to privatize about 30 correctional facilities in Central and South Florida, Gov. Rick Scott went on Facebook Monday telling people to contact legislators in support of the effort.
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Despite the millions of dollars being spent by Super PACs on mostly negative ads, Gov. Rick Scott says the debate performances will matter more to Florida voters as the GOPs primary is decided today.
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Gov. Rick Scott has called for the state Department of Law Enforcement to investigate the source of a series of fatal crashes on Interstate 75 near Gainesville late Saturday and early Sunday that left 10 dead and at least 21 injured.
I have asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate the circumstances leading up to this incident, Scott stated in a release Monday night.
By Nancy Smith
In the race to hit the magic 1,144 -- the number of delegates needed to win the nomination -- Romney has the lead, edging out Newt Gingrich, who picked up 23 delegates in South Carolina to keep his campaign alive.
The scorecard ahead of Florida's GOP Presidential Preference Primary on Tuesday:
* Romney has tallied 35 delegates, including Republican National Committee members who have endorsed him ahead of the GOP convention in Tampa. * Gingrich is running second with 25. * Rick Santorum has pulled in 14.
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Gov. Rick Scott has suspended Osceola County Clerk of the Court Malcom Thompson, who was charged with one count of assault by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Friday.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Thompson had been accused of shoving an employee of the clerks office during office hours on Dec. 29.
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Attention, Florida tea partiers: Newt Gingrich topped an online straw poll conducted by Tea Party Patriots over the weekend.
The former House speaker received 35 percent of the vote following Sunday nights Tea Party Patriots Presidential Tele Forum, where Florida tea activists directed questions to Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. (Ron Paul was invited but could not attend.)
TPP said nearly 6,000 tea activists from Florida participated in the call, and 600 voted in the straw poll.
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