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Backroom Briefing: Scott Poised to Name New Justice

Jim Saunders and Jim Turner News Service of Florida

December 15, 2016 - 10:00pm

Gov. Rick Scott will leave office in January 2019. But the decision he announces Friday likely will have ramifications long after that.

Scott will name a successor to retiring Florida Supreme Court Justice James E.C. Perry, a move that will almost assuredly mean adding a conservative to the court. It also will be Scott's first chance to appoint a justice, as the court has been made up of the same members for nearly eight years.

"I look forward to announcing my first pick to the Florida Supreme Court tomorrow," Scott tweeted Thursday afternoon.

Florida Electors' Inboxes Flooded With Hate Mail Over Trump Election

Allison Nielsen

December 15, 2016 - 5:15pm

Joe Gruters’ email notifications won’t stop ringing.

Ballard Partners and Chicago's All-Circo Announce Strategic Alliance

Submitted by Nancy Smith on December 15, 2016 - 12:46pm

Florida government affairs firm Ballard Partners announced Thursday "a strategic alliance" with Chicago-based All-Circo, Inc., which Ballard calls one of the most respected political consulting firms in the Midwest.

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No 'Secret': Visit Florida Paid Pitbull $1 Million for Sexy Tourism Ad

Allison Nielsen

December 15, 2016 - 11:15am

The secret’s out: Florida shelled out $1 million to rapper Pitbull for a sexy music video promoting Florida tourism.

Bear and Bull

Henry Payne

December 15, 2016 - 2:00am

Starbucks and Our Pursuit of Snobbery

George Will

December 15, 2016 - 7:00am

Indiana's Thomas R. Marshall, who was America's vice president 100 years ago, voiced -- he plucked it from a Hoosier humorist -- one of the few long-remembered utterances to issue from that office: "What this country needs is a good 5-cent cigar," which would be $1.11 in today's currency. A century later, what the country needs is a $12 twelve-ounce cup of coffee.

Debate Brewing on Medicaid Long-Term Care

Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

December 14, 2016 - 11:00pm

With a major nursing-home group looking for changes, a Senate panel Wednesday began delving into part of the Medicaid program that involves seniors enrolling in managed-care plans.

Congress Sends Marco Rubio's Religious Freedom Bill to Obama

Kevin Derby

December 14, 2016 - 2:30pm

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., scored a win this week as Congress sent his bill to ensure the State Department does more to protect religious liberty across the globe to President Barack Obama.

Why Congress is Becoming More Polarized and Paralyzed

Oliver Harris

December 15, 2016 - 6:00am

You would not think that a lizard is responsible for this. But let me explain.

Congress Sends Eliot Engel's, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's Caribbean Engagement Bill to Obama

Kevin Derby

December 14, 2016 - 2:15pm

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the first woman to ever chair the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and currently the chairwoman of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, scored a victory this week as Congress sent the “United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016” to President Barack Obama’s desk.

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