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Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2017

It’s no secret that the Florida Legislature has been pushing policies in recent years that would take away local control from municipal governments. While most of the criticism has come from big-city Democratic mayors like Bob Buckhorn and Rick Kriseman, Republicans like Kathleen Peters have also bashed Tallahassee’s so-called “assault” on home rule when announcing […]

Jim RosicaNovember 2, 2017

As much as he perhaps would have liked to avoid it, House Republican Leader Ray Rodrigues fielded a “sex” question at Thursday’s AP Day at the Capitol. Rodrigues, filling in for previously scheduled House Speaker Richard Corcoran, was asked about Corcoran’s comment on a “wall of silence” in the Senate to news that Democratic Sen. […]

Joe HendersonOctober 31, 2017

House Speaker Richard Corcoran relishes the image of being a fierce protector of the public purse. He does more than rail against what he considers frivolous spending of public dollars. He goes all in to stop it, often in a headline-grabbing way designed to let the people know he is their guy. While that does […]

Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2017

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To date, Winter Park affordable housing executive Chris King has been the lone Democrat in the gubernatorial race boasting an entrepreneurial business background. But that could change later this week if Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine enters the fray. While Levine has served in public office for the past four years, his entire career before that […]

Drew WilsonOctober 30, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that he will ask lawmakers to include $50 million to fast-track repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee in the 2018-19 state budget. In a Monday press release Scott thanked President Donald Trump for his “commitment to accelerating critical repairs” to the dike but said Trump green-lighting a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 30, 2017

Pasco Schools Superintendent Kurt Browning is the latest leading county Republican name to back Ardian Zika‘s candidacy for the House District 37 seat next year. “Ardian Zika will fight for Florida students in Tallahassee,” Browning said Monday in a statement from the Zika campaign. “With five young children, Ardian knows and understands firsthand the importance of providing […]

Mitch PerryOctober 29, 2017

Great theater it was not. Few significant policy disagreements emerged from a three-way candidate forum at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista that featured former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham again confessing her admiration for her current opponents: Orlando businessman Chris King and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum. Buoyed by a win in a special election […]

Jim RosicaOctober 27, 2017

A proposed constitutional amendment would ensure that future governors could appoint new judges and justices up to their last day in office. But John Stemberger, the member of the Constitution Revision Commission who filed the amendment Thursday, said he was temporarily withdrawing the proposal to correct a drafting error. The amendment would make certain that judicial terms […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 26, 2017

House Speaker Richard Corcoran has opened the next front in his personal war for transparency, moving legislation that would bar companies seeking to do business with the state from hiding information behind claims of “trade secrets.” A pair of bills (HB 459, HB 461) was filed Thursday by Rep. Ralph Massullo, a Republican representing Citrus and […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2017

House Speaker Richard Corcoran may not be saying whether he is running for Florida governor. But with some high-profile personnel, a new website and more assertive online presence — as the old Magic 8-Ball says — all signs point to yes. While the Land O’Lakes Republican is reluctant to telegraph political intentions, holding back from […]

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Rick Baker won’t protect St. Pete from Tallahassee attack on home rule, Florida Democrats say

Awkward: Ray Rodrigues on sex and the Capitol at AP Day

Joe Henderson: Richard Corcoran swings hammer at gnat

Chris King doesn’t lack for confidence

Scott wants $50M to speed up Lake O dike repairs

Pasco Superintendent Kurt Browning supporting Ardian Zika in HD 37

Democrat gubernatorial forum underwhelms

Proposal would assure governor’s power to name justices

House wants to clamp down on ‘trade secrets’

With website, social media, all signs point to Richard Corcoran running for governor