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Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening. We have a budget, but we still don’t know how long we’re staying past Friday. Also, an emotional ‘I’ve had it’ from a three-term House Democrat. Sixty Days ain’t going anywhere. Here’s your nightly rundown. Budget bingo: […]

Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2018

The Legislature is one step closer to raising the penalty for stealing bees. SB 776 by state Senator and Agriculture Commissioner candidate Denise Grimsley is ready for final passage. The legislation will double the fine from $5,000 to $10,000 for the felony theft of a bee colony of a registered bee keeper. A report in […]

Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2018

Last night, I tweeted a .gif about Senator Anitere Flores and how capitol insiders are not surprised that it is the portion of the budget that she helps write that is forcing the Legislature into overtime. It was an easy, lazy criticism of Flores. Of course health care spending, specifically hospital spending, is what’s holding […]

Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2018

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To paraphrase Nine Inch Nails, the current leadership of the Florida House is a copy of a copy of a copy … assembled into something into something into something. In other words, Richard Corcoran essentially is a copy of a copy of a copy of Daniel Webster, the first House Speaker of the Republican era […]

Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. Sine Die was supposed to be this Friday, which means it’s crunch time to think about who is emerging from the 2018 Legislative Session as a winner or a loser. Right now (no seriously, like […]

Peter SchorschMarch 6, 2018

The headline above this story probably comes as no shock to those who follow the annual trial bar versus insurance industry drama and have witnessed Sen. Gary Farmer buzzing around committees. What’s surprising is how casually Farmer has been – messily even – doing the trial bar’s bidding. Public records requested by Florida Politics legitimize what […]

Peter SchorschMarch 6, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. The House struggled mightily with the post-Parkland bill inside its chamber, while protesters staged a ‘die-in.’ Sixty Days is staying alive. Here’s your nightly rundown. Parkland proposal: The House spent several hours just on questions on a contentious […]

Peter SchorschMarch 6, 2018

Every now and then, while watching unseemly budget scrambles at dusk of a Legislative Session, we find a story that Aesop could only have dreamt of as a fable. This year, it’s the Safety Net Hospital Alliance (SNHA) that’s illustrating the true meaning of lessons that previously had been the domain of gooses with golden […]

Peter SchorschMarch 6, 2018

The battle over the Senate’s high-priority higher-education bill has left a high-profile loser: The St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has been leading the opposition to a plan to unite the University of South Florida System into a single university. As the proposal made its way through the legislative process, the Chamber asked the Legislature […]

Peter SchorschMarch 6, 2018

Last week, Sunshine State News, the right-leaning news website covering Florida politics, celebrated its eighth anniversary. In the brutal economy of journalism, that’s no small feat. Sunshine State News has been around longer than Florida Politics or POLITICO Florida. And it’s maintained a presence in Tallahassee when other legacy media outlets, such as the Palm […]

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Sixty Days for 3.7.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Legislature hopes to put the sting in stealing bees

It’s really not hospital spending holding up the budget; it’s the politics of Parkland

As Session heads to overtime, legislative leaders missed a messaging opportunity

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 3.7.18

Texts reveal Gary Farmer still lobbying for trial bar

Sixty Days for 3.6.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Hospital funding in Florida 2018: A tale of distinctions without a difference and fables of greed

St. Pete Chamber loses bigly in debate over USF consolidation

What’s next for Sunshine State News?