Topic: Campaign Financing

Gov. Rick Scott is promising to release his tax returns and hand over whatever financial details are required by the courts.

The amendment would clarify that the winner of the 2014 gubernatorial election would be able to replace three Florida Supreme Court justices slated to retire at the end of the winner's term.

Sen. Jeff Brandes wants to place a constitutional amendment on the 2014 ballot to extend a residential tax exemption for renewable energy devices to commercial property. Rep. Ritch Workman, chairman of the House Finance & Tax Subcommittee, said he is tired of bills subsidizing solar energy. Brandes, however, wants to keep talking about the proposal.

The legislation would reduce the board members of the expressway authority from 13 to nine and is the subject of a simmering dispute over a vote to raise toll fees last year.

Sen. Tom Lee wants to make clear the winner of the 2014 gubernatorial election would appoint the replacements of three Florida Supreme Court justices whose terms end January 2019.

Financial disclosure filings in his 2010 House campaigns draw civil fines.

During the January 2014 campaign finance reporting period, Gov. Rick Scott led the pack in contributions with $734,000 to his campaign and $3.4 million to his PAC. Incumbent Cabinet members also had impressive hauls. Read more ...

Former Gov. Charlie Crist, waging a bid to win back his old job, says Gov. Rick Scott's ethics, education and environmental policies have broken his heart. He was in Tallahassee on Thursday to raise money for his campaign.

"In kind" party support this past month for former Gov. Charlie Crist came to $69,379; former state Sen. Nan Rich received about $6,600 in party backing.

Governor Rick Scott touts his economic record at the annual state Republican conference in Orlando on Saturday.

Latvala-Rodrigues bill means members must really live in their districts. It proposes criteria for legally proving whether an elected officer is dodging residency requirements.

The Orlando Republican will leave his seat to take the executive director position at the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority. ... Related Research: Jan. 9, 2014 Statement by House Speaker Will Weatherford, and Jan. 7, 2014 Statement by Rep. Steve Precourt.

Political junkies who focus on Florida anticipate this type of year. As the governor, Cabinet, all eligible state House members and half the Senate make their cases to stay in office, their opposition will pitch how they'd do a better job. It will be a year of promises and debate, mudslinging and outrage, and likely stratospheric sums spent on campaigns. So here's a look at the Sunshine State's political calendar for the coming year.

Eleven months out from the November 2014 elections, incumbents are padding their campaign accounts, but Republicans looking to retake seats lost in the 2012 election cycle posted impressive cash hauls last month.