Category: State & National News

State Rep. Doug Broxson picked up the endorsement of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a national construction industry trade association that represents nearly 21,000 corporate…

The News Service of Florida reports that State Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Gulf Breeze, has loaned $50,000 to his campaign as he tangles with Rep. Mike…

Robert Blake Jackson, 31, of Pensacola, made an initial appearance today in federal court after being arrested this morning on a charge of making materially…

By ANDY METZGER STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE In the days after 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Gov. Rick Scott privately…

By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The immediate focus of Florida delegates to the Democratic National Convention might be winning the presidential election…

By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Four years after the Democratic National Convention marked a highlight of Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s career, the 2016…

More than 30,000 inmates are released from Florida prisons every year. Within three years, nearly 9,000 Florida inmates return to prison. “We can’t afford that,”…

The Matt Gaetz campaign today announced that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has endorsed the Fort Walton Beach state lawmaker for Congress. “I’ve seen a…

Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” I had calls from two delegates from our area who are in Cleveland, Ohio. Monday, there was a brief fight on…

Let’s Get to Work, the political action committee tied to Gov. Rick Scott, had its political consultant, OnMessage, do a presidential poll. The results? Republican…

(Recap and analysis of the week in state government) By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Other than a steady stream of emails from…

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA More than two years after lawmakers legalized a limited type of medical marijuana, an administrative law judge…

Last week, the Florida Government Efficiency Task Force approved its final report, which outlines 29 recommendations that would improve government operations while saving hard-working Florida…

Yesterday, Chairman Jeff Miller introduced H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016. The bill would strengthen protections for whistleblowers and…

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Hours after a gunman killed 49 clubgoers and injured more than 50 others in his city, Orlando…

Sharon Day, co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, said this week that she is excited about the upcoming GOP National Convention. She said the convention…

Commissioner Doug Underhill has also been trying get answers from the Florida Department of Transportation regarding the plans for the new Pensacola Bay Bridge. In…

By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott appointed Robert Dees to the 4th Judicial Circuit on Friday, choosing the Jacksonville attorney…

On Thursday, Gary Fairchild paid $10,440 to run as a Republican for the First Congressional District seat. The address that he gave was 4771 Bayou…

State Sen. Don Gaetz this afternoon sent out this email to his constituents. The Anti-Corruption has been passed by all the appropriate House and Senate…