Jesse Scheckner
Reporter at Florida Politics
Reporter @Fla_Pol covering S. Florida, esp. Miami-Dade. Wrote about MMA, film, music, comics. Into good stories. Tips: [email protected] | DMs: open
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5 days ago |
floridapolitics.com | Jesse Scheckner
Sen. Jason Pizzo has put all speculation to rest about whether he’ll be running to succeed Ron DeSantis as Florida’s top executive next year. Asked point blank whether he plans to run for Governor, Pizzo finally gave a definitive answer: “Yes, I am.”The comment came in during an interview with CBS News Miami’s Jim DeFede in Sunday’s to-be-aired edition of “Facing South Florida.”And just like that, the Sunshine State’s gubernatorial race grew much more complicated.
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5 days ago |
floridapolitics.com | Jesse Scheckner
Less than two years after it removed Florida from its Judicial Hellholes list, a group dedicated to limiting damages plaintiffs can recover in civil lawsuits is warning Gov. Ron DeSantis that his state will go right back on the list if he repeals its “free kill” law. “Free kill,” as its detractors refer to it, is a carve-out in Florida Statutes exempting hospitals and health care providers from liability for noneconomic damages in certain cases of wrongful death.
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5 days ago |
floridapolitics.com | Jesse Scheckner
Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez is undertaking a cross-aisle effort to address what his Office describes as a “rising crisis” of homelessness among women, children and survivors of gender-based violence. He and Democratic U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York filed the “Women’s and Family Protection Act.
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6 days ago |
floridapolitics.com | Jesse Scheckner
President Donald Trump is again looking to the Sunshine State to fill a high-ranking position in his administration. This time he’s tapping Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) Secretary Pedro Allende, whose use of the agency’s finances and operations have faced scrutiny in recent months, to serve in the Department of Homeland Security.
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6 days ago |
miamitimesonline.com | Jesse Scheckner
A billboard using Donald Trump’s own words against him is rising in Miami-Dade County.
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RT @Fla_Pol: American Tort Reform Association warns @GovRonDeSantis against repealing ‘free kill’ Reporting by @JesseScheckner https://t.…