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Poll: Floridians overwhelmingly support improving water quality standards

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Floridians overwhelmingly support increased water quality and quantity standards, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The survey, commissioned by Associated Industries of Florida’s H2O Coalition, found 82 percent of respondents said they support a plan that creates new standards for Florida’s water policy and efforts to improve water quality. State lawmakers are expected to approve an extensive water policy bill in the coming days. The state Senate is scheduled to take up the measure (SB 552) Wednesday during a…

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Legislative committee week cancelled

Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran have cancelled next week’s legislative committee week because of Hurricane Irma, they

Associated Industries of Florida marks 30 years of pre-Session partying

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With the 2016 Legislative Session kicking off on Tuesday, tradition dictates that those in the know will be at the Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) pre-session welcome back reception for legislators, lobbyists and sundry politicos. This year marks the 30th that the organization – Florida’s premier business lobby – has hosted the event, according to spokeswoman Sarah Bascom. “We have invited all lawmakers, the governor and Cabinet, business leaders and AIF members, and we expect between 2,000 and 3,000 guests,” she said. On Friday, AIF…

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Today on Context Florida: Republican Crazy Peak, bad bear week and mastering core subjects

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Today on Context Florida: It’s “Crazy Peak” time for Republican presidential candidates, says Jac VerSteeg. At the moment, that favors two candidates with Florida ties: Donald Trump and Ben Carson. When the peaks flatten, as Trump’s might already be doing, two other Floridians – Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio – will benefit. But Rubio will benefit more than Bush. VerSteeg says when Republican voters decide they want a more electable candidate, they will turn to someone like Jeb Bush or Marco…

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Southern Political Report names Florida’s top five lobbying firms

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Southern Political Report, a glossy quarterly focused on insider aspects of Dixie politics, has ranked the top law and lobbying firms in each Southern state for its newest issue. The top “small firms” (the magazine’s words, not ours) devoted to governmental affairs consulting in Florida were listed as follows: Ballard Partners Southern Strategy Group Capital City Consulting Corcoran & Johnston The Rubin Group According to the magazine’s methodology, rankings were compiled based on “the results of an online survey sent to lobbyists and…

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David Jolly campaigning on a broken leg

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Pinellas County U.S. Representative and 2016 Florida Senate candidate David Jolly is moving a bit gingerly these days. That’s because the 42-year-old broke his fibula while playing in a family football game with his new in-laws earlier this month in Pennsylvania. “Too old, too stubborn, and now I shouldn’t be playing,” the Congressman quipped Wednesday following a news conference at the USF Tampa campus. “I was afraid it was a knee,” Jolly added as he attempted as much as possible not to…

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Associated Industries strategically aligns with one of state’s leading Workers Comp legal teams

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Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) will announced today its engagement of the law firm of McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver, Stern, and Thomas, P.A. to enhance the workers’ compensation legal and industry expertise available to its members. AIF has long been Florida’s leading voice of the business community on workers’ compensation in the halls of the Capitol, primarily through its Florida Workers’ Compensation Coalition. Although premiums have been drastically lowered and the market has stabilized since 2003, recent threats to the…

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AIF launches focus groups to improve Florida gov’t information technology

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Associated Industries of Florida is taking a closer look at information technology used in state government, to offer recommendations for ways to provide better service to all Floridians. AIF announced the launch of three focus groups on Monday – Cyber Security, Education and Health Care, and an IT Stakeholders panel — each made up of technology and business leaders selected to support the group’s Information Technology Council (ITC). Created in early 2006, the ITC was designed to get feedback from service and…

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