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Jim Rosica
Jim Rosica is editor-in-chief of City & State Florida. He previously was news director of the Tallahassee Democrat and Tallahassee.com and the USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida Capital Bureau coordinator. He's also been senior editor for the Florida Politics website, statehouse reporter for The Tampa Tribune, and covered three legislative sessions in Florida for The Associated Press. Rosica graduated from law school in 2009 after spending nearly a decade covering courts for the Democrat, including reporting on the 2000 presidential recount.

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Tallahassee's Chabad House to kick off fundraising campaign for rebuilding

Its leader, Rabbi Schneur Oirechman, is a familiar face at the state Capitol, often giving invocations on the House and Senate floors. The building was destroyed by an accidental fire last year.

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Gun rights group demands return to open carry in Florida

If the state doesn’t bring back open carry, the group will 'explore all legal options to force … Florida to comply with the Second Amendment.'

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Opinion

Your view: Here are some basic guidelines for submitting op-eds, letters to the editor

City & State Florida welcomes proposed opinion articles for publication online.

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Moms for Liberty offers 'revolutionary' school board candidate campaign kit

The kit, which is available only to members, draws on "lessons learned during the 2022 election cycle."

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Who's on 'first': the Legislature or Gov. DeSantis? Daniel Perez knows

On a line in his speech that the Legislature is the 'first branch of government,' Perez said: 'I'm sorry to disappoint you, but it is not a message to the governor.'

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Tallahassee 9/11 memorial to be dedicated

The local memorial is outside the Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross.

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State's top jurist takes stand on opioid epidemic

Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz last week issued a proclamation to raise awareness of opioid abuse.

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Thanks to Idalia, everyone knows where Florida's 'Big Bend' is

It's 'where the peninsula merges into the Panhandle.' But where'd the name come from?

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Alex Kelly's storm-filled (literally) 'welcome back' to Plaza

Gov. Ron DeSantis' new acting chief of staff was already working 15 hours a day. Then along came Idalia.

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Florida Senate leaders tell members: Don't comment on Worrell suspension

Democratic senators are in a bind. Do they stay silent, as leadership wants them to do, or do they speak out?

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Major Florida law firm discloses client data breach

The Gunster law and lobbying firm, which has 13 offices throughout Florida, says it experienced a 'data security incident.'

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Judicial nominating panel to interview applicants for Tallahassee vacancy

Legal insiders agree one person is the inside favorite for appointment by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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DeSantis signs executive orders for special state House elections

The orders happen to come a few days after he was sued to set the dates.

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Personality
Personality

Five Questions with former Florida Supreme Court justice Ricky Polston

After a brief stint at Citizens Insurance, Polston tries his hand at Shutts & Bowen.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis sued over South Florida special election

The suit takes issue with how long the governor takes to call special elections. A Miami-Dade House seat has gone empty for weeks.

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Familiar names on list of picks for state's judicial nominating boards

Like most leaders, Gov. DeSantis' appointees already hold positions in administration or are reliable 'go-to's.

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Personality
Personality

Ray Treadwell departs Governor's Office to join Lawson Huck Gonzalez

Treadwell was one of the longest serving insiders of the administration, starting during the governor’s 2019 transition.

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Mike Williams, Florida AFL-CIO president, dies in 'water accident'

Williams had been head of the state labor union since 2009.

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'Everything is safe,' Francis Suarez says amid Trump arraignment in Miami

The city's mayor (and a likely presidential contender) posted a video about public safety while the former president was in town.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will head to New York for campaign cash

Also on the schedule this month: Sacramento, California & Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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