Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschJuly 16, 2018

It comes as no surprise that Republican Jose Fernandez is drawing the support of many of the state’s biggest trial lawyers in his bid for House District 115. But does he represent the best choice for the GOP? Fernandez is himself a lawyer who heads his own personal injury litigation firm, and is one of […]

Peter SchorschJuly 16, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. There is a new co-front-runner in the Democratic primary for Florida governor. According to the latest survey from St. Pete Polls and commissioned by Florida Politics, billionaire Jeff Greene, who entered the […]

Joe HendersonJuly 16, 2018

Florida lawmakers seem to be convinced that any problem where the solution is a tax increase is a problem worth ignoring. According to WalletHub, Florida is the ninth-lowest state for taxes. Since we rank third-highest in population, that means something has to give. Actually, a lot of things have been cast aside as either unimportant […]

Peter SchorschJuly 14, 2018

As anyone who reads this site (or my tweets) will know, I’m no fan of Democrat state Sen. Gary Farmer. That’s why I was excited to see Jim Waldman challenge Farmer to a rematch of their 2016 cage fight. But this week was not very good for Team Waldman. Last Wednesday, at what is the oldest, […]

Peter SchorschJuly 14, 2018

There appears to be a concerted effort between the state and federal government toward making industrial hemp a mainstream commodity. At the end of June, the U.S. Senate passed the 2018 Farm Bill by an 86-11 vote. Among the provisions: language removing hemp, a cannabis plant material with low levels of THC, from the federal […]

Peter SchorschJuly 12, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Another self-imposed deadline, another delay. The federal government has again asked a Tallahassee judge to delay any rulings while it decides whether to get involved in a lawsuit over records on March’s pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University that […]

Guest AuthorJuly 12, 2018

As an advocate for health coverage, I value the progress America has made in recent years. We’ve opened up health insurance to more Floridians, and health plans are welcoming all types of patients and ensuring they obtain great care. These are trends we must entrench and enhance. Leading the ACA enrollment program for the Epilepsy […]

Peter SchorschJuly 12, 2018

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Just in from the field is a new St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics that is sure to reset the current narrative in the GOP primary for Attorney General. After […]

Joe HendersonJuly 12, 2018

Perhaps no politician in Hillsborough County has been more identified with the effort to build a stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays than Ken Hagan. The veteran County Commissioner was key in trying to convince the Rays that Ybor City was the right place to put a stadium. What he does behind the scenes could […]

Peter SchorschJuly 11, 2018

Do the Tampa Bay Rays know what league they’re playing in? I’m not talking about on-the-field, where they play in the MLB against the Yankees and the Red Sox. I’m talking about off-the-field, where the team is hoping to convince a cash-strapped community to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build it a new […]

Emails & Opinions

HD 115 hopeful Jose Fernandez may not be best for GOP, trial lawyers

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.16.18

Joe Henderson: Tampa transportation group makes petition push

Jim Waldman’s campaign is so bad, I’m rooting for Gary Farmer

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Hemp on horizon?

Last Call for 7.12.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Islara Souto: Patient protections and health care access must be defended

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 7.12.18

Joe Henderson: Ken Hagan’s likely pitch for Rays stadium? It’s an investment

Rays’ stadium dream reveal a reminder that team’s politics are still minor-league