Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonMay 16, 2017

Take your seats, folks. This is going to be good. We are about to find out who is the boss in Florida. If Gov. Rick Scott wants to remind everyone in the Legislature who has the most stripes on their shoulder, then he has to follow through on his threat to start vetoing major — […]

Guest AuthorMay 16, 2017

In Florida and across the country, Americans continue to feel the pressure of rising prescription drug costs. Too often, bad actors in the marketplace take advantage of monopolies, skyrocketing the price of lifesaving medication simply because there is little to no competition. We need to take thoughtful action, and avoid knee-jerk responses, to solve this […]

Peter SchorschMay 16, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Good morning, especially to the lobbyists: At 11:59 last night was the deadline to submit 1st quarter compensation. The latest reports, covering January-March, will capture roughly the first half of the 2017 […]

Blake DowlingMay 15, 2017

Ransomware has become the fastest growing cyber threat; last week it was a variation called Fatboy, this week is WannaCry. The criminals are targeting everyone from home users to health care systems to big business. Data show that there has been an average of more than 4,000 ransomware attacks every day of this year. That […]

Guest AuthorMay 15, 2017

As we celebrated Mother’s Day with our families this weekend, I could not help but think of all the moms in the U.S., and all over the world, who have been affected by Zika in the last year. As a father of six, I know that all children bring challenges. But a child born with microcephaly […]

Guest AuthorMay 15, 2017

Beyond any measure, the Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” has failed in its promises to the American people. As it stands, Obamacare is in a death spiral and collapsing under its own weight of broken assurances, imperiling tens of thousands of Floridians with ever-increasing premiums and fewer and fewer choices for their medical […]

Joe HendersonMay 15, 2017

Well, I guess that is settled. House Speaker Richard Corcoran has emphatically ruled out running for the U.S. Senate, and I admit I’m a little disappointed. The thought of a bare-knuckle campaign between him and Gov. Rick Scott for the Republican nomination would have been immensely entertaining. Not gonna happen. “Those are the only two […]

Peter SchorschMay 15, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. — TWEETING FOR A SPECIAL SESSION — Lawmakers may not be sending “formal responses” to Senate President Joe Negron’s request for “ideas” on medical marijuana implementation, but they are taking to Twitter. […]

Guest AuthorMay 14, 2017

As this Mother’s Day approaches, I find it particularly ironic to be advocating for the same support for women as our founder did four decades ago. Helen Gordon Davis opened this nonprofit to help women who needed extra support just to survive — serious counseling, intense skills development, assistance to the homeless and domestic violence […]

Florence SnyderMay 13, 2017

Pictures of the young Bill Cooke show a brooding, handsome, James Dean kind of guy who seems to belong in front of a camera. Lucky for us that he did not see himself that way. Cooke died last week at age 70, leaving behind a sister, a heartbroken Florida journalism community, and a body of […]

Emails & Opinions

Joe Henderson: If Rick Scott stands on principle, then he must use budget veto pen

Gus Bilirakis: Lower drug costs through competition and innovation

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 5.16.17

Blake Dowling: WannaCry? No.

Richard Corcoran: Federal government needs to act now; mosquito season is here

Dennis Ross: Dispelling the myths — real facts about the AHCA

Joe Henderson: Richard Corcoran in the Governor’s race? Adam Putnam would be hard to catch

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 5.15.17

Ann W. Madsen: Where are the champions for women?

Florence Snyder: Rest in peace, Bill Cooke, and thank you for your service