Emails & Opinions

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 […]

Peter SchorschMarch 8, 2018

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. Because he “opens at the close,” we’ll let the AP’s Gary Fineout outline the budget deal reached by Florida lawmakers. Republican legislators said Wednesday they thought they had reached an agreement on […]

Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening. We have a budget, but we still don’t know how long we’re staying past Friday. Also, an emotional ‘I’ve had it’ from a three-term House Democrat. Sixty Days ain’t going anywhere. Here’s your nightly rundown. Budget bingo: […]

Guest AuthorMarch 7, 2018

The Tampa Bay Rays want a new stadium to replace 28-year-old Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. But like many professional sports teams these days, they aren’t going to a group of investors or running to the bank to finance the multimillion-dollar project. Instead, they are going to the government to see how much money they can […]

Joe HendersonMarch 7, 2018

The Hillsborough County School Board deserves a tip of the hat for its wise and unanimous decision to oppose arming select employees under the guise of security. The vote was a pre-emptive stand against the movement in the Florida House to allow willing schools to authorize select individuals to carry firearms. As the Tampa Bay […]

Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2018

Last night, I tweeted a .gif about Senator Anitere Flores and how capitol insiders are not surprised that it is the portion of the budget that she helps write that is forcing the Legislature into overtime. It was an easy, lazy criticism of Flores. Of course health care spending, specifically hospital spending, is what’s holding […]

Emails & Opinions

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

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 3.8.18

Sixty Days for 3.7.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Demetrius Minor: Sports teams are holding communities hostage over our tax dollars

Joe Henderson: Hillsborough school board made right call on guns

It’s really not hospital spending holding up the budget; it’s the politics of Parkland