Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. Maybe some minors should be able to marry, a House panel decided, and guns could come to church under legislation heading to both floors. Sixty Days never goes off half-cocked. Here’s your evening rundown. ‘Minor’ debate: A House […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 1, 2018

If you have several hours, or days, with nothing to do, you might want to plow into HB 7055, the ever-expanding education bill that is steamrolling through the Florida House. This is the latest Republican move to reform – Democrats would say ruin – public education in Florida. It is 198 pages of legalese, the […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Joe Henderson, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. Andrew Gillum, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, wigged out when Richard Corcoran, who might run for the Republican nomination, produced a controversial ad that, loosely put, implied anyone wearing a hoodie […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2018

An investigative report released by the Tampa Bay Times and 10News WTSP Wednesday showed more than 100 U.S. politicians are still doling out campaign cash on everything from payroll to iPads years after they left office. “Zombie Campaigns” found caches of questionable transactions in the campaign reports of former congressional candidates and office-holders across the […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 31, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening. The Senate decided to fund environmental preservation and passed a measure outlawing teen weddings. Sixty Days hopes it helps cut the chance for any future seasons of “Teen Mom.” Here’s your evening rundown. Environmental win: The Florida Senate […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 31, 2018

Currently in the Florida Legislature, there is a provision in a bill that “no later than Jan. 15, 2019” USF must submit a plan to “phase out the separate accreditation of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus and the University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee Campus … no later than June 30, 2020.” Make no […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 31, 2018

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Your opinion of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union speech probably hinges on whether you like him or not. This isn’t about that. It’s about something much more basic — the chance to change the narrative about his presidency. He had an opportunity to make a splash about what’s happening with Puerto Rico, and […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 31, 2018

“Is it a matter of if, Burr, or which one?” — Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton: An American Musical. Is it a matter of *if* Richard Corcoran, who undoubtedly sees himself as a modern-day revolutionary, or *when* he announces he’s running for Florida governor? If this week — one in which Corcoran’s political committee began airing a […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 31, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. Stop what you are doing and go watch the Super Blood Blue Moon before you go to work today. The moon will give early risers in Florida a rare glimpse of three […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 30, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. The House’s big gambling bill has taken off, and help may be on the way for traumatized first responders. Sixty Days stands and salutes them. Here’s your evening rundown. Chips falling: A key committee moved along this year’s […]

Emails & Opinions

Sixty Days for 2.1.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Joe Henderson: GOP at it again with HB 7055

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 2.1.18

‘Zombie Campaigns’ finds 7 Florida pols with dubious campaign spending

Sixty Days for 1.31.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

This is the best you can do, St. Pete Chamber of Commerce?

Joe Henderson: Donald Trump’s missed opportunity in State of the Union

Richard Corcoran’s next challenge: Master the expectations game

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 1.31.18

Sixty Days for 1.30.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session