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Ryan Ray writes about campaigns and public policy in Tampa Bay and across the state. A contributor to FloridaPolitics.com and before that, The Florida Squeeze, he covers the Legislature as a member of the Florida Capitol Press Corps and has worked as a staffer on several campaigns. He can be reached at [email protected].

New NE Florida lawmakers receive committee assignments

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Fresh off easy general election victories in special elections to fill vacancies left in the wake of former state Sen. John Thrasher‘s move from the Legislature to the helm of Florida State University, three newly minted legislators representing the northeastern corner of Florida received their committee assignments this week. State Sen. Travis Hutson of Elkton, who replaced Thrasher in District 6, will sit on the following committee panels: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Commerce and Tourism,…

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Timing of Cuba talks crucial to Marco Rubio’s presidential ambitions

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Cuba may be a tiny island nation, but it’s hard to overstate the outsize influence U.S. national diplomacy efforts there will have on the White House aspirations of Marco Rubio, writes Caitlin Huey-Burns of RealClearPolitics: “The Florida senator and son of Cuban parents will announce his campaign at Miami’s historic Freedom Tower, considered the “Ellis Island” of the South because it was the first stop in America for scores of Cubans seeking political asylum after fleeing the Castro regime. But Rubio’s…

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National Democrats take aim at Carlos Curbelo

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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee put first-term U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo on notice Friday, preemptively calling him a “One-Term-Wonder” in his highly competitive South Florida U.S. House seat. Specifically, the DCCC called out the Miami Republican for keeping a $10,000 contribution in soft money from his disgraced former House colleague Aaron Schock, who resigned in March following revelations the 33-year-old Illinois pol was using taxpayers’ money to front a lavish Downton Abbey-inspired remodeling of his Washington, D.C., office, among other financial no-nos. The…

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New amendment to Uber insurance bill could contain poison pill for ridesharing

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Altamonte Springs state Sen. David Simmons has filed a new amendment to his SB 1298 — a bill originally considered to be part and parcel of Senate plans to smooth the way forward for both ‘transportation network companies’ like Uber and short-term rental companies like Airbnb –– that might spell the end of the line for ridesharing progress this session. The amendment, filed Wednesday, would ratchet up insurance requirements for vehicles operated by Uber and other app-based ridesharing firms to an extent considered excessive by the industry.…

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Anti-Klan activists march, burn Confederate flag in front of Old Capitol without incident

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A group of around 60 protesters marched from Florida State University to the Capitol this evening in a show of force against recent Ku Klux Klan-related activity in Tallahassee. The event, organized by Students for a Democratic Society, culminated in the burning of a Confederate flag near the steps of the Old Capitol building. Referring to recent reports of neglect and abuse in prisons overseen by the Florida Department of Corrections, chants of “DOC, KKK, how many people did you kill…

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Sober homes certification bill passes House

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In what might be the culmination of a years-long effort to pass legislation to regulate the growing cottage industry of private halfway houses for addicts known as “sober homes,” state Rep. Bill Hager has successfully shepherded his HB 21 toward passage in the House by a vote of 113-2. “Dating back to my service on the Boca Raton City Council, I have been keenly aware of the neighborhood challenges relating to so-called sober homes. I am pleased that the House of Representatives agreed…

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Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, Rep. Alan Williams endorse Patrick Murphy for Senate

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At a joint press conference at Florida Democratic Party headquarters in Tallahassee, Mayor Andrew Gillum and Rep. Alan Williams both offered ebullient endorsements of Congressman Patrick Murphy‘s bid for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be vacated by Marco Rubio. Evoking Murphy’s can-do brand of bipartisanship – as well as the “North Florida Way” emblematic of Congresswoman Gwen Graham, who is publicly friendly with all three aforementioned young Democratic pols – Gillum began with an old chestnut about the pragmatic task of…

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