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Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Gov. Rick Scott is asking state transportation officials to figure out how to better get traffic out of areas under hurricane evacuation orders. Sen. Jeff Brandes called on his fellow lawmakers to do a ‘deep dive’ into […]

Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2017

State Sen. Gary Farmer was taken off the chamber’s Banking and Insurance Committee, but Senate President Joe Negron told Florida Politics there was “nothing nefarious” about the removal. Capitol insiders buzzed that Senate leadership was looking to exact revenge on the trial bar because of its financial support of Annette Taddeo, the Democratic opponent of […]

Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2017

Bill Nelson just cannot help himself. After Republicans blasted a “tone deaf” email last month that sought to raise funds off Hurricane Irma, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator is at it again. Nelson writes: “There’s been a lot going on in Washington recently, from finding ways to fund these massive hurricane recovery efforts to prevent the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2017

Session hasn’t even started, and we already have a winner for “Legislative Nice Guy of 2018″—Senate President Joe Negron. Negron, who we’ve already reported as having found a new gear as he enters his last year in leadership, gave up his primo parking spot in the Capitol garage so that his colleague, Dorothy Hukill, can […]

Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2017

Delegation at the forefront of gun control debate Members of the Florida delegation are taking a lead role in the most recent discussion on gun control following the tragedy in Las Vegas. While pleas for “reasonable” gun control measures are always part of the discussion, the specific targeting of devices such as “bump stocks,” which […]

Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2017

A proposed ballot initiative that would automatically restore some felons’ voting rights after they complete their sentences now has more than 210,000 confirmed petition signatures, according to the Florida Division of Elections. And while that’s just the number of confirmed petition, Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, says 600,000 signed petitions have been […]

Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Richard Corcoran has “planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway.” Yes, he does it his way. The House Speaker is on a tear this week, going Sinatra on Visit Orlando after […]

Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 A Senate panel asked lots of questions but didn’t get the answers they wanted as members tried to get a handle on the state’s new $85 million jobs fund. An ethics committee cleared a bill that would […]

Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2017

The main committee supporting GOP state Senate campaigns went into overdrive last quarter according to new fundraising reports filed with the Florida Division of Elections. The Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee raised more than $3.2 million from July through the end of September. Those numbers are way up from the April to June reporting period when FRSCC […]

Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2017

More than eight out of ten Floridians say they would vote for a ballot initiative putting victims’ rights into the state constitution according to a new poll put out Wednesday. The survey found 85 percent of the 700 likely voters polled agreed with the proposed ballot language being tossed around by Marsy’s Law for Florida, […]

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Sixty Days for 10.12.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Joe Negron: ‘Nothing nefarious’ in Gary Farmer’s reassignment

Bill Nelson fundraises off Irma again, Republicans say it’s ‘disgusting’

Joe Negron’s class act: ‘Here, Dorothy Hukill, take my spot’

The Delegation for 10.12.17 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Voting restoration amendment clears 200,000 signatures

Sunburn for 10.12.17 — Richard Corcoran warming up; State budget already being crunched; Rick Scott criticized; Janet Cruz delivers PR aid; SpaceX goes 3-for-3

Sixty Days for 10.11.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Bill Galvano leads Senate campaign arm to record-breaking Q3 haul

Poll finds Floridian’s want ‘Marsy’s Law’