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Peter SchorschMarch 30, 2017

Legislation introduced this Session – HB 95 and SB 182 – seeks to change the current drug formulary system utilized by health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers. Both bills have received significant support from “patient advocacy groups” during the course of the debate. But who are these so-called patient groups, and how are they funded? […]

Peter SchorschMarch 30, 2017

The House of Representatives’ new lobbying registration regime has ensnared Susan Glickman, Florida director for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. House Speaker Richard Corcoran now requires lobbyists to disclose every bill, amendment, and individual appropriation they are trying to influence. Go to the House website, and you’ll see Glickman is registered for four House bills. But […]

Peter SchorschMarch 30, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. FLORIDIANS TO LAWMAKERS: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF MEDICAID FUNDING, NEW POLLING SHOWS If there’s a budget crisis looming in Florida, voters sure as heck don’t know about it. A new survey, commissioned […]

Peter SchorschMarch 29, 2017

Short take: Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is shocked — shocked — that the House flatlined funding for his department’s Rural and Family Lands Protection Program. He also was gobsmacked over what he called a “political assault” on Fresh From Florida. “Gutting the Fresh From Florida program will hurt Florida’s small farms the most, their ability to raise awareness […]

Peter SchorschMarch 29, 2017

Sen. Jack Latvala has backed Gov. Rick Scott in his defense of Enterprise Florida—but that wasn’t always the case. The Clearwater Republican, who now chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, had some choice words for the public-private economic development organization back in 2015. That’s when he was chair of the Senate’s Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development […]

Peter SchorschMarch 29, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS (BUDGET) PLACE So now the lines of negotiation are being drawn over the budget, the one bill constitutionally required to be passed every session, and already […]

Peter SchorschMarch 28, 2017

Florida’s Eyeball Wars rage on in Tallahassee, as optometrists continue pushing a bill allowing them to perform laser surgeries despite a potentially dangerous lack of medical training. Richard Miniter, the chief executive officer of American Media Institute, broke down the issue in-depth with a three-part series co-authored with Joseph Hammond, in which he describes how […]

Peter SchorschMarch 28, 2017

Is the Spring 2017 edition of INFLUENCE Magazine — available now in digital format, soon in print — sexist? According to Jessica Bakeman, a transplanted education reporter for POLITICO Florida and the current president of the Florida Capitol Press Corps, the answer is ‘yes.’ In a series of tweets posted Monday, Bakeman wrote that the […]

Peter SchorschMarch 28, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. IT’S DISRUPTION DAY IN THE LEGISLATURE With the House set to tackle legislation aimed at vacation rentals and the Senate taking up a bill focused on ride-booking services, it seems like 2017 […]

Peter SchorschMarch 27, 2017

As solar energy expands as Florida’s next big growth industry, with it comes a host of unforeseen consequences. While promises of reduced energy costs for consumers and the lure of “no credit needed,” county-approved loans are indeed attractive, easy financing and lower energy costs could be masking other, potentially devastating, economic problems. A letter last […]

Patient groups abound in formulary debate, but who funds them?

Can Susan Glickman ever shoot straight?

Sunburn for 3.30.17 – Don’t touch Medicaid, Florida voters tell pollster; Hot takes on Putnam, Latvala and Susan Glickman; Pam Bondi in D.C.; CRC meets; ‘It’ trailer!

On so-called funding cuts, Adam Putnam doth protest too much

Was Jack Latvala against Enterprise Florida before he was for it?

Sunburn for 3.29.17 – Budget fireworks; Mid-Session thaw on gambling; Netflix & chill bill; Vanna White at The Villages!; Spider Man trailer!!!

New three-part series unpacks ‘dark side’ of money, influence in Florida’s Eyeball Wars

Is the latest edition of INFLUENCE Magazine ‘sexist’?

Sunburn for 3.28.17 – Disruption day in the Capitol; Bondi’s D.C. moves; Max Steele exits

‘Property assessed’ financing for solar panels reveal serious problems for Realtors, lenders