Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschMarch 6, 2018

Every now and then, while watching unseemly budget scrambles at dusk of a Legislative Session, we find a story that Aesop could only have dreamt of as a fable. This year, it’s the Safety Net Hospital Alliance (SNHA) that’s illustrating the true meaning of lessons that previously had been the domain of gooses with golden […]

Guest AuthorMarch 6, 2018

Air travelers who made resolutions to travel more in 2018 may not be in for a happy new year. That’s because Congress is considering an 89 percent increase to the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC), one of the many taxes and fees airline passengers pay every time they fly. If approved, travelers flying out of Florida […]

Joe HendersonMarch 6, 2018

If you look closely, there actually are a couple of decent things in the just-passed Florida public education bill that is headed to Gov. Rick Scott for his signature – basically scraps offered to schools as balm for their tattered remains. But let’s call HB 7055 for what it is. It’s a victory lap for […]

Peter SchorschMarch 6, 2018

The battle over the Senate’s high-priority higher-education bill has left a high-profile loser: The St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has been leading the opposition to a plan to unite the University of South Florida System into a single university. As the proposal made its way through the legislative process, the Chamber asked the Legislature […]

Peter SchorschMarch 6, 2018

Last week, Sunshine State News, the right-leaning news website covering Florida politics, celebrated its eighth anniversary. In the brutal economy of journalism, that’s no small feat. Sunshine State News has been around longer than Florida Politics or POLITICO Florida. And it’s maintained a presence in Tallahassee when other legacy media outlets, such as the Palm […]

Peter SchorschMarch 6, 2018

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. It may not compare to March Madness but Capitol observers have some side bets on the 2018 Legislative Session. The biggest one: “When will the hankie drop?” Enter the annual #CateSineDie. “This […]

Peter SchorschMarch 5, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Monday evening. Committees have stopped meeting in both the House and Senate, meaning a bevy of bills were passed off both floors today. And now, with all budget conflicts “bumped,” it’s left to leadership to bang out the 2018-19 state […]

Darryl PaulsonMarch 5, 2018

Since losing control of the Florida Congressional Delegation over a quarter-century ago, the Democrats have their best opportunity to regain control in 2018. All the signs on both the national and state level favoring the Democrats. After his first year, Donald Trump is the most unpopular president in modern history. The generic vote favors Democrats […]

Joe HendersonMarch 5, 2018

Senate President Joe Negron was either confused Saturday or had a temporary case of amnesia, but whatever the problem one thing was immediately clear. Negron simply forgot who really controls that chamber of the Florida Legislature. Guess what? It ain’t him. And it’s sure not the Republican Party. Nope. After the vote to quickly reverse a […]

Peter SchorschMarch 5, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. It was going to be THE defining issue of the 2018 Legislative Session. The Florida Senate would ultimately lose two of its most prominent members as a result of sex scandals. It […]

Emails & Opinions
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Hospital funding in Florida 2018: A tale of distinctions without a difference and fables of greed

Charlie Leocha: Florida flyers don’t need higher airport fees

Joe Henderson: Florida public education takes another hit

St. Pete Chamber loses bigly in debate over USF consolidation

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 3.6.18

Sixty Days for 3.5.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Darryl Paulson: Can Democrats regain control of the Florida Congressional Delegation?

Joe Henderson: Joe Negron just forgot who is in charge

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.5.18