Category: State & National News
Judge rules against Skanska
Judge Hope Cannon ruled against Skanska USA in a spoliation hearing concerned the cell phones the bridge contractor wiped clean. Read more on the issue…
Poll: DeSantis trails Crist, Fried
Pensacola: In a recent poll of 1000 likely Florida voters, there has been a huge swing from previous polls eight weeks earlier. Governor Ron DeSantis’…
Rebekah Jones: ‘Going to Take Gaetz Down’ (podcast)
Rebekah Jones has moved her family to Pensacola in preparation to challenge incumbent Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida’s First Congressional District. She made her local…
Real News podcast: Dan McFaul on Taliban takeover
“This was just not well executed, not well-planned, and that’s the failure. Leon Panetta, who’s certainly not a rabid Republican like myself, he called this…
Battle over masks in schools
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran is looking to enforce Gov. Ron DeSantis’ threat to withhold…
Real News podcast: Peter Mougey on $26B settlement
On NewsTalk WCOA 1370, I talked with attorney Peter Mougey about what The Washington Post described as “one of the largest and most complex civil litigation…
MIA Matt Gaetz
Our  congressman, Matt Gaetz, has launched a new rally tour that said is to “band together and celebrate being Floridians.” Did he start it in…
DeSantis moves to block mask requirements in schools
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he will issue an executive order to prohibit school districts…
DeSantis moves to cut Garcon Point Bridge tolls
By Jim Turner ©2021 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis wants court-ordered toll rates to be…
Fried suspends gun permits of insurrectionists
Today, Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Division of Licensing announced the suspension of 22 licenses held by…
Backroom Briefing: Getting hot over protests
By Jim Turner, © 2021 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE…
DeSantis asks Biden administration for $1.1B for Medicaid
By Christine Sexton © 2021 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is asking the federal…