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Peter SchorschSeptember 28, 2015

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce are joining forces to host a summit aimed at diversifying the state’s energy resources, promoting energy conservation and furthering economic growth. The 2015 Florida Energy Summit will be held in Jacksonville from Oct. 14 to 16 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 28, 2015

Florida’s small businesses are optimistic about the future of the state’s economic recovery, with nearly 60 percent of respondents expecting the economy to improve during the next 12 months and half of all respondents indicating higher sales over the previous year. The Florida Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Index Survey results were released Monday at […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 28, 2015

Alan Grayson simply doesn’t get it. Once more, the Orlando Democrat is campaigning through his official office in the House of Representatives, despite promising never to do it again. Last week, Grayson – who is running for Marco Rubio’s vacant U.S. Senate seat — held a radio interview from his House office promoting his political […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 28, 2015

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Peter SchorschSeptember 27, 2015

There is a right, smart way to take on Republican Marco Rubio and there is a dumb, ineffective way to challenge him. What you are seeing out of Donald Trump this week – attacking the first-term U.S. senator and former speaker of the Florida House as a “disloyal” and “sweaty” “lightweight” – is the latter. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 25, 2015

In a stunning move, House Speaker John Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, giving up his top leadership post and his seat in the House in the face of hardline conservative opposition. The 13-term Ohio Republican shocked his GOP caucus early Friday morning when […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 25, 2015

In a stunning move, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner told fellow Republicans on Friday that he will resign from Congress at the end of October, giving up his top leadership post and his seat in the House in the face of hardline conservative opposition. The 13-term Ohio Republican shocked his GOP caucus early Friday morning […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 25, 2015

There is a right, smart way to take on Republican Marco Rubio and there is a dumb, ineffective way to challenge him. What you are seeing out of Donald Trump this week – attacking the first-term U.S. senator and former speaker of the Florida House as a “disloyal” and “sweaty” “lightweight” – is the latter. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 23, 2015

Earlier this year, a Florida GOP lawmaker made an immature, offensive, possibly racist comment on Twitter about two black legislators. Meanwhile, another Florida GOP lawmaker told a gathering of Republican activists that the key to defeating Corrine Brown, a black Jacksonville Democrat, was to boost the number of black prisoners in her north Florida congressional district. Guess which […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 23, 2015

Like so many others, I am really worried about my friend Nick Iarossi, one of the founders of the lobbying firm Capital City Consulting. As Jim Rosica reported Tuesday, gambling giant Las Vegas Sands is abandoning its push for a destination casino resort in Florida. Part of thie move includes Sands canceling its contract with […]

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