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Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

Florida families by the millions are aspiring to a new American dream – debt-free college education for their children. Considering the myriad challenges facing the Sunshine State, Senate President Joe Negron believes nearly everyone can agree that improving opportunities for Florida students must be placed at the top of the list. That is why the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

Jack Latvala did not let a pesky hurricane or two stand in the way of him raising some serious dollars for his 2018 gubernatorial bid. The Republican state senator announced Tuesday that he raised more than $650,000 in September, the first full month of fundraising since he launched his campaign. A press release from Latvala’s […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

On Tuesday morning, news of Phil Levine retaining a veteran fundraiser for his political committee All About Florida was broke by Marc Caputo, the mile-a-minute POLITICO Florida reporter based in Miami. The item was clearly a dish from Levine’s camp to Caputo, who led his must-read Florida Playbook with a blurb about Courtney Whitney‘s hiring. There’s […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

President Donald Trump is challenging Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to “compare IQ tests” if Tillerson did indeed ever call Trump a “moron” as reported. Trump tells Forbes magazine: “I think it’s fake news. But if he did that, I guess we’ll have to compare IQ tests. And I can tell you who is going […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

A pair of Tampa Bay Republicans filed bills in the House and Senate over the past week that would slap Florida with a full-on fracking ban come. Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of natural gas extraction that sees drillers inject a concoction of water and various chemicals into fault lines deep underground […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

Mail ballots have started to hit the streets in St. Pete cend incumbent Mayor Rick Kriseman has started to pound the pavement again ahead of the second round of his re-election battle against former two-term Mayor Rick Baker. Kriseman and his wife, Kerry, joined their corps of volunteers and staffers kicking off their get-out-the-vote efforts […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. In Florida, it seems like every other Tuesday is an Election Day, as it is today in House Districts 44 and 58. Bobby Olszewski and Democrat Eddy Dominguez are competing to replace former Rep. Eric Eisnaugle, a Republican […]

Peter SchorschOctober 9, 2017

Sixty Days – A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Gov. Rick Scott toured the Herbert Hoover Dike at Lake Okeechobee. A 90-year-old woman named Cecilia Franco became the 13th victim of the Hollywood nursing home tragedy. 95-year-old Francesca Andrade became the home’s 14th fatality. Sen. Aaron Bean filed a bill […]

Peter SchorschOctober 9, 2017

Get your checkbooks ready, PAC chairs and Tallahassee uber-lobbyists, there are a handful of fundraisers for legislative candidates planned for this week, the first committee week in advance of the Legislative Session. — On Monday, state Rep. Jim Boyd is hosting a fundraiser supporting the “Building on Your Dreams” committee. The event begins 5 p.m. at the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 9, 2017

With so many known unknowns in the regulatory markets, it can’t hurt a law firm’s governmental affairs practice to have as many former insurance regulators on staff. That has to be part of the thinking at Holland & Knight, which on Monday announced that Andrew Marcus, a former senior attorney and deputy director with Florida’s Office […]

Peter Schorsch

Expanding Bright Futures makes good policy, better politics

Jack Latvala makes it rain during hurricane-impacted September, raising over $800K for 2018 bid

Is Philip Levine winning the Caputo primary in Fla. governor’s race?

Trump challenges Rex Tillerson to compare IQ tests

Tampa Bay lawmakers file bills that would ban fracking

Rick Kriseman pounds the pavement as ballots hit the streets

Sunburn for 10.10.17 — Election Day in HD 44 & 58; Jack Latvala tees off; Andrew Gillum’s walkback; AHCA eyes $ cuts; Andrew Marcus’ new gig

Sixty Days for 10.9.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Get your checkbooks ready for this week’s legislative fundraisers

Personnel note: Andrew Marcus, former insurance regulator, joins Holland & Knight government advocacy team