Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschOctober 24, 2017
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Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Former lawmaker and current candidate David Rivera showed up at Bill Galvano’s designation ceremony—despite being sought by U.S. marshals so they can serve him with a Federal Election Commission lawsuit tied to a campaign finance conspiracy. Texting […]

Joe HendersonOctober 24, 2017
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5min260
University of Florida football coach Jim McElwain has mishandled a potentially explosive situation, and that’s true whether or not death threats were actually directed at him and those in his program. Something isn’t adding up here. At his regular news conference Monday, McElwain dropped a bombshell about that subject in an almost offhand way. After […]

Peter SchorschOctober 24, 2017
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36min236
With few exceptions, delegation members raise significant 3Q funds With all of the third quarter campaign finance reports in, the delegation members show mixed results. Among House members, 14 raised at least $100,000 and 20 have at least $200,000 cash on hand. Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, seeking a fourth term, brought in $1.8 million. After […]

Peter SchorschOctober 23, 2017
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15min214
Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Gov. Rick Scott, expected to challenge Bill Nelson next year for his U.S. Senate seat, announced he was proposing $1.7 billion in environmental funding for 2018-19. Advocates supporting civil citations instead of juvenile arrests hailed a report […]

Peter SchorschOctober 23, 2017
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93min319
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto and Rep. Jim Boyd, two Republicans representing southwest Florida, will file bills today to combat opioid abuse in the Sunshine State by limiting first-time painkiller prescriptions to a three-day supply. The proposal mirrors one Gov. […]

Phil AmmannOctober 20, 2017
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36min245
Swing districts drawing more interest and more campaign cash Like other states around the country, Florida will have precious few competitive districts in the 2018 midterm elections. The third quarter campaign finance reports paint an interesting picture of those swing districts, especially those targeted by the opposing party. In the Senate, Bill Nelson could have […]

Peter SchorschOctober 20, 2017
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3min233
Will Frank White turn the Republican primary for Attorney General into a real race? The freshman state Representative from Pensacola just got two more endorsements, from his fellow House Republicans Cyndi Stevenson of St. Johns and Cord Byrd of Neptune Beach. Meantime, Jacksonville state Rep. Jay Fant, the only other GOP contender, had to pump $750,000 into his […]


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