Gary Fineout
Reporter at POLITICO
Writer at Florida Playbook Newsletter
Reporter with POLITICO covering Florida who also tweets and functions in an evolving multimedia world.
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3 days ago |
yahoo.com | Gary Fineout
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — It’s shaping up to be the year from hell for Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor has been in a war of words and blame with the Republican state House speaker. A drawn-out budget dispute has left him frozen on filling key positions. Allies are streaming out the door, and it’s unclear whether a successor in the governor’s mansion will continue his legacy initiatives.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Gary Fineout
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida legislative leaders said late Friday they have forged a budget deal that will guarantee $2.25 billion shifted into tax cuts and reserves while also establishing a path for legislators to avoid a potential shutdown of state government this summer. The agreement does not include a permanent reduction in the overall sales tax rate, which at one point had been a top priority of state House Speaker Daniel Perez but had come under fire by Gov.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Gary Fineout
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — University of Florida trustees unanimously voted Tuesday to hire University of Michigan President Santa Ono, despite sharp criticism from conservative activists and some state Republicans. Ono’s hiring must still be confirmed by the board that oversees the state university system, normally a perfunctory decision.
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Gary Fineout
Ono was named as the only finalist for the position after UF conducted its entire search in the shadows due to a law put in place three years ago by the Florida Legislature. | Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League Good morning and welcome to Tuesday. Today will provide quite the split-screen on the future of Florida’s higher education system Gov. RON DESANTIS has worked to enact.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Gary Fineout |Isa Dominguez
Senate President Ben Albritton was in Las Vegas this week for a fundraiser | Francis Chung/POLITICO Hello and welcome to Friday. It’s almost Memorial Day. Do you know where Florida’s budget is? And do you know where the state’s legislative leaders are? Normally by this time of the year, the new state budget would have been pushed out by the Legislature, and legislators and lobbyists would be waiting for the governor’s line-item budget vetoes. Gov.
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Something to keep an eye on after Legislature kept the presidential selection process in the shadows ...UWF president resigns amid DeSantis scrutiny https://t.co/bVzygHGCik via @POLITICOPro by @ALAtterbury
Some inside the beltway news. Goodies catered many an AP Day event in the Capitol (a pre-session event that was held for many years and usually featured legislative leaders and the gov. No longer held.)
So sad. Looks like Tallahassee’s Goodies (my favorite Capitol-area breakfast place) is closing. Here’s a screenshot from their Instagram: https://t.co/5YRVJMazbf
After dramatic Democratic Party exit, Pizzo says he's running for Florida governor https://t.co/3dZdZ8VRqR via @politico
