Category: State & National News
Daily Outtakes: Gaetz gets an opponent
Last Friday, Aaron Dimmock, the director of executive development for the UWF Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis and Overholtz Center for Leadership, jumped in the GOP primary…
Firsthand account: White House Correspondents’ Dinner
ABC News’ Karen Travers sat at the head table, next to the First Lady, because she is on the board of the White House Correspondents’…
Breaking: AZ candidate Kari Lake on Pensacola Beach tomorrow
The controversial GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, Karu Lake, is having a fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. on Pensacola Beach. The location is…
Former Governor, Senator Graham dies at 87
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Bob Graham, a two-term Florida governor who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate…
Daily Outtakes: Defending Our Bases
Earlier this month, Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh and other leaders from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties attended the 2024 Defense Communities Summit in Washington,…
Daily Outtakes: Amendments put Florida in play for Dems
Florida voters will take control away from the Republican-controlled state government and decide the fate of recreational marijuana and abortion limitations. The Florida Supreme Court…
Daily Outtakes: It’s official
Both President Biden and former President Trump secured enough delegates last night to clinch their primaries. Why this matters: The Florida GOP presidential primary next…
Daily Outtakes: 10-24 record (updated)
Note: After reviewing the bills again, I missed a bill that Andrade had passed by both chambers and the laid on the table was done…
10 Dead Issues in 2024 Session
By Jim Saunders. The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — When Florida lawmakers went home after ending the 2024 legislative session Friday, they left behind…
10 Big Issues in the 2024 Session
©2024 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The 2024 legislative session ended Friday with an annual hanky-drop ceremony in the rotunda between the House…
Daily Outtakes: Bye, Nikki
Nikki Haley will announce today that she is suspending her presidential bid, according to several media sources. Why it matters: Haley’s results on Super Tuesday…
Salzman fought for Dozier survivors
The White House Boys — men who were raped, beaten and tortured as children at the state-run Dozier School for Boys in Marianna – will…
DeSantis sends troops to control spring breakers
At a press conference in Miami Beach, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he would deploy 140 state troopers and 24 Quick Response FHP Troopers to popular…
Daily Outtakes: Federal appeal panel boots “Stop Woke” restrictions
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Stop Woke Act” restrictions that prohibited employers from training employees…
‘Other end of the tunnel’ for Dozier victims
By Dara Kam, the News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Wiping away tears, men in their 60s, 70s and 80s watched Monday as the Florida…
Breaking: Florida Senate passes Dozier bill
Florida Senate this morning passed a bill that would provide $20 million to compensate victims of abuse at the shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for…
Elites say we are the threat
Political science professor Tom Schaller and opinion writer Paul Waldman have figured out the threat to democracy. It’s us—rural white Americans. In their new book,…
House unanimously passes Dozier bill
The Florida House on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would provide $20 million to compensate victims of abuse at the shuttered Arthur G. Dozier…
House bills dying in the Senate
“Kathleen Passidomo says legislation barring trans identity from licenses won’t be heard in Senate” via Jacob Ogles of Florida Politics — The measure also would…
Senators back compensating Dozier victims
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Decades later, survivors known as “The White House Boys” still struggle when recalling the mental,…
