@PatriciaMazzei A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling that struck down a Florida law prohibiting the state and local governments from hiring companies with business ties to Cuba. The ruling continues to block the 2012 law from taking…
@PatriciaMazzei A panel of skeptical federal appeals judges meeting in Miami Thursday sharply questioned a Florida law prohibiting the state and local governments from hiring companies with business ties to Cuba. Several questions from the three-judge panel centered on whether…
Florida’s legislative leaders appear to have authorized their staff to use private email accounts, secret “dropboxes” and to engage in “brainstorming meetings” with Republican Party of Florida consultants in attempting to draw favorable political districts, despite a constitutional ban on…
In the Republican state Senate primary in Hillsborough County between Rep. Rachel Burgin and former Senate President Tom Lee, a cadre of Tallahassee lobbyists has taken sides. Lee is the candidate who has the support of Senate GOP leaders, but…
a state senator from 1996-2006, Tom Lee often challenged the political establishment, as with his insistence that lobbyists be forced to disclose their fees. Now, as the Brandon Republican seeks to return to the Senate, he’s being warmly welcomed back…
When a politically connected company was in danger of losing a $9.4 million no-bid contract with the state, Senate President Mike Haridopolos came to the rescue of the outfit — a firm that employs his good friend and political benefactor…
Though his status on the state elections website hasn’t officially switched to “qualified,” state Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, has submitted his final paperwork to make the ballot. That includes his financial disclosure form, which discloses his wife’s infamous property in…
In Florida’s high-stakes world of government contracting, Connected Nation learned how to play the game. The nonprofit Kentucky-based company was formed to expand the reach of broadband to underserved areas throughout the country. In 2009, the company submitted the high…
U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan came down hard on the Florida Legislature for using federal No Child Left Behind funds to steer money to questionable tutoring programs throughout the state. Florida lawmakers passed a law that requires school districts to spend…
Sen. John Thrasher told the Herald/Times Thursday he will accompany Gov. Rick Scott Friday in Jacksonville where he will sign the legislature’s attempted crackdown on automobile insurance fraud by signing the so-called PIP bill. Scott will then accompany Thrasher on…
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