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Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. HILLARY CLINTON ADDS TO HER ELECTORAL COLLEGE EDGE; DEBATE PROBABLY ONLY REINFORCES THE NEW STATUS QUO via Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondick, and Geoffrey Skelley of Sabato’s Crystal Ball — In the broad sweep of […]

Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2016

‘Tis the season. It’s that most wonderful time of the year when candidates running in this fall’s elections make the rounds at candidate forums, hob nobs, and Tiger Bay debates. It’s at these events that candidates distinguish themselves from their opponents with a quick retort — or a regrettable gaffe. Tuesday, the St. Petersburg Chamber […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2016

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott applauded AT&T Monday for a $25,000 donation the telecommunications giant made to the Florida Disaster Fund. “I want to thank AT&T for its incredible generosity. Hurricane Matthew impacted communities from Palm Beach to Nassau [counties] and now thousands of families along the East Coast are focused on recovery and returning to […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2016

Now that the ink is dry on a federal criminal plea deal that put an end to a $36 million housing fraud, what will legislators do now to make sure it doesn’t happen again? To recap, federal prosecutors had alleged 70-year-old developer Lloyd Boggio of Carlisle Development Group and others defrauded the government out of […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. DONALD TRUMP AGGRESSIVE, HILLARY CLINTON STEADY IN TENSE DEBATE His candidacy spiraling out of control, Donald Trump faced Hillary Clinton on the debate stage Sunday night in the most critical moment of […]

Peter SchorschOctober 9, 2016

Damaged but defiant, Donald Trump is limping toward a critical presidential debate against Hillary Clinton absent the backing of a growing group of Republican leaders. Trump insists he will “never” abandon his White House bid despite calls for him to step aside after his vulgar descriptions of sexual advances on women were revealed. Trump’s task […]

Peter SchorschOctober 8, 2016

Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he can no longer support Donald Trump. The Republican governor and former Trump rival had pledged to support his party’s nominee during the primary campaign. He said Saturday Trump “is a man I cannot and should not support.” Kasich called Trump’s comments captured in a video “disgusting.” But he says that’s not why […]

Peter SchorschOctober 8, 2016

Republican leaders from Utah to Alabama called on Donald Trump to leave the presidential race as a party in crisis grappled with the fallout from its White House nominee’s vulgar and sexually charged comments caught on tape. Trump said Saturday he won’t quit — “never.” House Speaker Paul Ryan and various other high-profile Republicans refused to abandon their nominee, […]

Peter SchorschOctober 8, 2016

When it comes to state budgeting, what’s Richard Corcoran got up his sleeve? The House Speaker-designate played a tad coy in a social media exchange this week with POLITICO Florida’s Matt Dixon and FloridaPolitics.com’s Jim Rosica. Dixon started it by tweeting a photo of an undated budget document, called “Detail New Funding Demands – Speaker’s Issues.” […]

Peter SchorschOctober 7, 2016

Editor’s note: CNN national security analyst Juliette Kayyem is the author of the best-selling “Security Mom: An Unclassified Guide to Protecting Our Homeland and Your Home.” She is a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School, a former assistant secretary of homeland security in the Obama administration and founder of Kayyem Solutions, a security consulting firm. As […]

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