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Gwen Graham comes away frustrated with health care policies after ‘workday’ at center

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham spent her recent “workday” event Friday at a community health care center in Jacksonville; she came away even more aware of the health care issues at stake in public policy. “Community health centers are a vital safety net for working families across our state. In addition to providing care, they lower costs for hospitals and for all Floridians,” Graham stated in a campaign news release issued afterward. “Unfortunately, Rick Scott‘s failure to expand Medicaid has…

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Danger ahead: Andrew Gillum campaign loses campaign manager, finance director

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***Update – 12:12 p.m. – On Friday, Andrew Gillum’s campaign announced that campaign manager, Phillip Thompson, is exiting the campaign.*** After two straight months of anemic fundraising, the Andrew Gillum campaign is losing its finance director, Brice Barnes. “Brice is transitioning out,” a source inside the Gillum campaign explained Thursday afternoon. Barnes’ exit from the campaign is being described as amicable. ***Update – 6:12 p.m.***Brad Kennedy, who up until last week was Gillum’s deputy finance director, has also left the campaign. He’s now…

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Gwen Graham to Adam Putnam: ‘Defend’ Florida oranges

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Steel and citrus brought us to this: “Gwen Graham is calling on Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam to defend Florida orange juice if President Donald Trump triggers a trade war with our European allies,” Graham’s campaign said in a Friday email. Um, what? Here’s what happened: “News broke this morning that the European Union is considering banning imports of American orange juice if Trump moves forward with plans to start a steel trade war.” (Not mentioned by the Graham camp: That same story…

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New to the campaign trail, Ashley Moody fundraising like a veteran pol; AG candidate raises $600K in first month

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First-time candidate Ashley Moody‘s campaign is off to a strong start. The Attorney General contender announced that sheraised more than $600,000 during her first month on the campaign trail. Breaking down the numbers, Moody raised over $490,000 for her campaign account and $113,000 for her political committee, Friends of Ashley Moody. “When we started this campaign we were committed to taking our conservative message of strengthening our criminal justice system and making Florida a safe place to live, work, visit,…

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Florida will hand over some voting information to commission

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The administration of Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday that it would hand over some voter information being sought by President Donald Trump‘s commission investigating allegations of voter fraud in the 2016 election. But Secretary of State Ken Detzner, who was appointed by the Republican governor, wrote a letter to the vice chair of the commission saying that the state will only hand over information that is already considered a public record. This would include the names of voters, as…

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Progress Florida joins thousands opposing Trump’s plan for seismic airgun testing off Florida coast

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Progress Florida is one of the organizations and leaders opposing a plan to use seismic airgun testing for oil and gas exploration off the state’s Atlantic coast. The progressive nonprofit organization says the procedure threatens marine wildlife and coastal economies as well as Florida’s tourism and fishing industries. “The noise from seismic airgun blasts is so loud that it can be heard up to 2,500 miles from the source, devastating marine life, harming fisheries and coastal economies,” said Progress Florida…

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Jeremy Ring joins Dems’ calls for Rick Scott not release voter rolls to Donald Trump

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Democratic state financial officer candidate Jeremy Ring has joined the call from most other Florida Democrats in urging the administration of Gov. Rick Scott to refuse the request from the administration of President Donald Trump to release state voter rolls to a federal commission. Ring contended that the governor’s “number one job is to protect Floridians” and that the privacy of millions of Floridians is at risk. “As a candidate for chief financial officer, as a Floridian, and — above…

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