Thomas C. Feeney

Florida's legislature passed a bill this week that eliminates sales tax on the purchase of manufacturing machinery and equipment. Gov. Rick Scott, who is expected to sign it, has been a strong advocate of the tax elimination, saying it will put...

TALLAHASSEE — Senate budget chief Joe Negron's push to end a 25-year-old tax break for insurers is drawing the ire of business groups and major political contributors put in the unusual position of defending their tax-advantages before a Republican-...

The ever-helpful folks at Associated Industries of Florida, the state's big-business lobby, are out with a poll today that may provide some comfort to Gov. Rick Scott, whose favorability ratings have been deemed badly upside-down by two recent polls...

The News Service of Florida Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer wants to call several high profile witnesses in his criminal trial, including former Gov. Charlie Crist and several former legislative leaders. Greer also wants to call current...

TALLAHASSEE — Associated Industries of Florida President Tom Feeney announced a shake-up of the business group's lobbying team that involves bringing on a one-time aide to Gov. Rick Scott and saying good-bye to another long-time lobbyist. Longtime...

TALLAHASSEE — One of the state's top business lobby groups and lawmakers are getting together to talk healthcare in the coming months as the state moves to implement the Affordable Health Care Act and try to get a grip on Medicaid costs....

TALLAHASSEE — With its top lobbyist linked to a potentially illegal and undeniably incendiary mailer attacking Tom Lee over his family life, Associated Industries of Florida released a handful of new Senate primary endorsements Friday —...

TALLAHASSEE — Associated Industries of Florida has rolled out some more House endorsements for the coming primary and general elections, including a few contested Democratic primaries in Orlando. The business lobbying organization is backing Bruce...

TALLAHASSEE — Former U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney is the new head of Associated Industries of Florida, replacing Barney Bishop, who was ousted from the job earlier this year. Feeney is also a former Speaker of the Florida House. Here's the release from AIF....

At the Sentinel/UCF forum on the economy today, former Sen. Mel Martinezmade a point about this country's debt situation that I have long agreed with — there has been a very sensible and bipartisan effort to significant get this country's finances...

Rene Stutzman, who's been tracking the criminal case against former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer and Greer's suit against RPOF, reports: Damon Chase, one of Greer’s attorney, has sent party attorneys a list of 50 people he says...

Anti-tax zealot Grover Norquist is coming under increasing criticism lately. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. The public is waking up to the fact that the no-new-taxes-of-any-kind pledge Norquist has pressured so many Republicans  into signing could...