by John Lucas | Jan 28, 2019
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Hillsborough County Circuit Court Judge Laurel M. Lee on Monday to serve as Secretary of State and Florida’s top election official. The announcement follows last week’s resignation by Michael Ertel, the former Seminole County election...
by John Lucas | Jan 25, 2019
The success story of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ productive first three weeks in office was marred Thursday by reports that the new governor’s choice for secretary of state, Michael Ertel, had resigned after racially insensitive photos of Ertel at a 2005 Halloween party...
by John Lucas | Jan 24, 2019
Florida voters seem to like what they see in their new governor, and so does the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. The first poll of voters asking them what they thought of the job performance of Gov. Ron DeSantis after his first week on the job was...
by John Lucas | Jan 23, 2019
The chairman of the state’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission is making some claims about local school districts that one state senator calls “disturbing” if they are true. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who chairs the commission,...
by John Lucas | Jan 22, 2019
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday his third and final appointment to the Florida Supreme Court, naming Carlos Muñiz to the remaining vacancy on the state’s high court. Muniz had been serving as general counsel for U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVo,...
