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Drew Wilson covers legislative campaigns and fundraising for SaintPetersBlog and FloridaPolitics.com. While at the University of Florida, Wilson was an editor at The Independent Florida Alligator and after graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to cover business deals for The Hollywood Reporter. Before joining Extensive Enterprises, Wilson covered the state economy and Legislature for LobbyTools.

Email Insights: SEIU says lawmakers will pay in 2016 for failure to raise minimum wage

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In a last-day-of-session email blast, the Florida branch of the Service Employees International Union told state legislators that their actions “will cost them at the ballot box.” The labor union was pushing for an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and said it will come after lawmakers who didn’t pay attention by “throwing its 55,000-member statewide organization behind a broad push to affect the 2016 elections in Florida, from President to local races.” Miami Sen. Dwight Bullard and Orlando Rep. Victor…

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Pro-Carlos Lopez-Cantera Super PAC hires top Rick Scott staffer

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The super PAC backing Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera announced Thursday that it had brought on Virginia Haworth, a veteran of the Gov. Rick Scott administration, as its new finance director. The Auburn University alumna joins Meredith O’Rourke, herself a former Scott staffer, and a team of fundraisers at pro-Lopez-Cantera committee Reform Washington, which had raised just shy of $1 million for the lieutenant governor’s Senate campaign when it filed its most recent finance report in December. “We are extremely excited…

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Personnel note: Patti Brigham named 1st VP of League of Women Voters Florida

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The League of Women Voters Florida has named Orange County board member Patti Brigham as its new 1st vice president. In addition to her active role on the board and the league’s Membership Committee, the Orlando native and University of Central Florida alumna has chaired the league’s Gun Safety Committee, which she formed, since 2014. “Patti has shown tremendous leadership skills and passionate and professional advocacy in her time as an elected Board Director, Gun Safety State Chair,” LWVF President…

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Florida adds 20K jobs in February

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Florida added 20,200 jobs in February according to data released Wednesday by payroll company ADP. The total bested all but California in the Regional Employment Report and is an improvement of about 2,300 jobs over January numbers and 5,000 jobs over the February 2015 total. California, which has the largest population among the states, saw a gain of 29,200 jobs last month. Fellow large states Texas and New York followed with 19,300 jobs and 13,400 jobs, respectively. The breakdown shows…

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Email insights: Taxi association ad targets Uber, Lyft for “lax background checks”

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The Florida Taxicab Association announced in a Monday email that it had released its second ad attacking ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft for their “lax driver background check procedures.” “The release comes just hours after a bombshell news report by BuzzFeed that leaked internal documents from Uber show the company may have over 6,000 rape complaints, 5,827 sexual assault complaints and a policy that advises customer service reps handling non-consensual sexual contact cases to ‘determine media interest’ before taking more serious action,” the email states.…

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Uber Florida uses app to call out Andy Gardiner on ride-sharing legislation delay

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Uber has had a tough time getting legislation passed this session, and the ridesharing company is focusing its efforts on changing one lawmaker’s mind: Republican Senate President Andy Gardiner. Starting Monday, Florida users of the ridesharing app will be prompted to “vote for Uber” the next time they call for a car. The “VOTE” app experience redirects users to a page asking them to “tell Senator Gardiner to stop holding up access to safe, affordable, reliable rides.” “It’s not hard…

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Patrick Murphy joins in SEIU Florida Minimum Wage Challenge

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U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy will try to stretch $85 over five days as part of the Florida Minimum Wage Challenge, the Jupiter Democrat announced Wednesday. The Service Employees International Union launched the Minimum Wage Challenge to advocate for increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Florida’s minimum wage is currently $8.05 an hour. “As living costs rise, hardworking families have not seen a pay raise for far too long, and they deserve better,” Murphy said. “A meaningful increase in…

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