Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschMarch 12, 2018

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. Nobody expected a tragedy like Parkland to suck all the oxygen out of the Legislature’s 2018 Regular Session. Lobbyists were left scrambling to save their clients’ priorities as lawmakers hustled to rejigger […]

Peter SchorschMarch 11, 2018

Nobody expected a tragedy like Parkland to suck all the oxygen out of the Legislature’s 2018 Regular Session. Lobbyists were left scrambling to save their clients’ priorities as lawmakers hustled to rejigger the budget to accommodate hundreds of millions of dollars for school safety and mental health initiatives. Some survived, many did not; although that’s […]

Staff ReportsMarch 10, 2018

The 2018 Legislative Session came and went, and Brian Pitts of the advocacy group Justice 2 Jesus was nowhere to be found. One of the last times he was spotted was November at the Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee. It was the last meeting for former state Rep. Neil Combee and after he said farewell, […]

Blake DowlingMarch 10, 2018

Last week, I took to the road and Friday afternoon had me in Gainesville meeting with the Florida School Boards Association and NEOLA, where I attended a policy seminar on critical technology issues hosted by the Alachua County School District. It was a great chance for the audience to hear from experts on social media, […]

Joe HendersonMarch 9, 2018

The last time I saw Ronda Storms was more than five years ago. I was interviewing her about her campaign for Property Appraiser in Hillsborough County. She won the Republican primary but thumped by nine points in the general election by Bob Henriquez. We met at Starbucks in Valrico, about 15 miles east of downtown […]

Peter SchorschMarch 9, 2018

Kevin Rader has pulled his support of Gary Farmer for Senate Democratic Leader-designate, saying the Broward Democrat’s derogatory comments about their colleague, Lauren Book, are “obnoxious.” As Florida Politics first reported in “Sunburn,” all hell is breaking loose within the Senate Democratic Caucus in the run-up to voting on who will lead the members during […]

Peter SchorschMarch 9, 2018

In what has been the longest tease of a campaign rollout in South Florida political history, Donna Shalala finally announced Wednesday she was officially running in the CD 27 Democratic primary — but not before beating herself to her own punch when her campaign’s filing paperwork was spotted on the FEC website Monday night. But […]

Peter SchorschMarch 9, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. Last call for “Winners and Losers,” the Session-end list of who’s swimming and who’s underwater. We need your suggestions by noon today. Our first draft will go live when the hanky drops, […]

Peter SchorschMarch 8, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. And ta-ta for now. We may be going into overtime for the budget, but this is the last edition of Sixty Days. Last Call returns Monday. Sixty Days will be back next year (or sooner, if a Special […]

Joe HendersonMarch 8, 2018

There are two reasons to feel at least a little bit good about what the Florida Legislature just did in the name of gun sanity. First, families of the 17 victims in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland supported the compromise bill calling for age and other restrictions on gun sales […]

Emails & Opinions
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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 3.12.18

Winners and losers emerging from the 2018 Legislative Session

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Where is Justice 2 Jesus?

Blake Dowling: Internet safety, social media and schools

Joe Henderson: Ronda Storms is back; don’t underestimate her

Kevin Rader no longer backing Gary Farmer for Democratic leader after ‘mansplaining’ comments

Two days of Donna Shalala: A review

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.9.18

Sixty Days for 3.8.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Joe Henderson: A little gun sanity finally comes to Florida