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Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.'
- By Jim Rosica
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City & State Florida welcomes proposed opinion articles for publication online.
- By Jim Rosica
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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."
- By Jim Rosica
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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.'
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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?
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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?
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica
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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.
- By Jim Rosica