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Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2017

A bill that would allow All Children’s Hospital to have 30 medical faculty certificates cleared its first House committee Wednesday. The medical faculty certificate is a special designation which allows a physician to practice medicine without sitting for a licensure examination, though their practice is limited to the teaching hospital they are affiliated with and […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2017

House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz said Wednesday that it was “not at all surprising” that the Center for Immigration Studies is now listed as an “active hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Last month, five Democratic members of the House Children, Families, and Seniors Subcommittee walked out after the center’s head, Mark Krikorian, […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2017

Democratic US Sen. Bill Nelson announced in a Wednesday press release that he had filed legislation to increase water flows into Apalachicola Bay. Florida and Georgia have long been at odds over water rights to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers, with the most recent lawsuit by Florida dating to 2013. Georgia has seen its reliance on the […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2017

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of ridesharing services like Lyft and Uber; it’s also no secret that I am NOT a big fan of the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission, a bully of a governmental entity applying 19th-century thinking to a 21st-century innovation. The PTC’s blatant quest to stifle ridesharing while clinging […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2017

Today is the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s yearly International Days event, in which “policy experts and business leaders from here in Florida and around the world” talk about all things business. The issues range from “economic diversification and foreign investment to overseas business expansion,” according to a Chamber press release. Speakers include legendary businessman Chuck Cobb, who was U.S. Ambassador to Iceland under President George H. W. Bush; […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 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. AFP COMES TO THE RESCUE For days, Gov. Rick Scott has toured the state, holding round table discussions with business, tourism and community leaders about Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida. Every stop […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2017

Lost in the rush to get the “whiskey and Wheaties” bill over the finish line this year is the incredible toll it might take on independently-owned liquor stores. The Senate bill (SB 106) that would tear down the “wall of separation” between hard liquor and other retail goods already zoomed through its committees and is now […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2017

Not only is JD Alexander not running for Commissioner of Agriculture, he’s thrown his support behind state Sen. Denise Grimsley‘s bid for the office. Alexander, who was term limited out of the Florida Senate in 2012, is even hosting a “fundraising reception” for Grimsley at his Lake Wales home. The longtime lawmaker who spearheaded the creation […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2017

Legislation that would repeal the limit on the amount of money tobacco companies have to put up as appellate bonds could well be dead for the 2017 Legislative Session, which doesn’t even start till March 7. Legislative committees have already been meeting on bills, including HB 6011 and SB 100, which would kill the “bond cap” for tobacco companies that […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 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. HOW VALENTINE’S DAY BEGAN The story goes that the Roman Emperor Claudius II imposed a ban on marriages in order to boost his army. Only single men had to enter the army, […]

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Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

House committee forwards faculty physicians bill that would help All Children’s Hospital

Florida Dems troll House GOP’ers after invited speaker’s org named to hate groups list

Bill Nelson files bill to help Florida in ‘water war’ with Georgia

Ridesharing smoothing the roads in Florida

Florida Chamber hosting ‘International Days’ today

Sunburn for 2.15.17 – AFP Florida to the rescue; Budget raids; Times’ fake news; Trump to dine with Rubio; John Kennedy’s new gig

State could wed whiskey and Wheaties, but at what cost?

JD Alexander not running for Ag. Commish, will back Denise Grimsley

Is tobacco bond cap repeal already dead for 2017 Session?

Sunburn for 2.14.17 – Happy Valentine’s Day