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Guest AuthorMarch 8, 2015

Florida’s educational ship of state hit an iceberg last week. By the end of the week, Education Commissioner Pam Stewart was insisting that it was just a “small gash” and that the problem had been fixed. Legislators are rushing in to change the route and even suggesting that the ship return to port. The voyage […]

Peter SchorschMarch 8, 2015

Somebody has to be first, right? Last month, Florida Politics reported on the surge of Kratom, a plant-based product used as a homeopathic medicine that has begun to concern Florida authorities. Traditionally, Kratom leaves — indigenous to Thailand and Malaysia — are chewed to treat a variety of ailments: reducing pain, an anti-diarrheal, and to reduce […]

Mitch PerryMarch 8, 2015

The drive to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot next year that would allow Floridians more choice about using solar power has enjoyed quick success, and furious push-back from their opponents. On Saturday, Conservatives for Energy Freedom, one of the groups pushing for a constitutional amendment in 2016 on solar, blasted the group Americans for […]

Peter SchorschMarch 8, 2015

Representative Gwen Graham traveled to Selma, Alabama, this weekend, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday Attack on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Graham attended a service at Brown Chapel AME Church, a wreath-laying ceremony at the Civil Rights Memorial, and she joined Rep. John Lewis in a march across the landmark bridge. “It was an […]

Associated PressMarch 8, 2015

An outspoken liberal congressman from Florida will argue in court Monday that his 24-year marriage should be annulled because his estranged wife committed bigamy, the opening salvo in an acrimonious divorce case a judge likened to an episode of the TV series “House of Cards.” Rep. Alan Grayson says his wife, Lolita, was still married […]

Associated PressMarch 8, 2015

Most U.S. presidential candidates really don’t want to spend nearly two years bowing and scraping to voters and campaign donors. Most voters sure don’t want to hear about the presidential race for anywhere near that long. Why, then, does it take so loooong to pick a U.S. president? Blame American-style democracy? Blame the pollsters and […]

Thomas BeaumontMarch 8, 2015

Former Governor Jeb Bush capped his first weekend politicking in early-voting Iowa by previewing what he said would be an upbeat campaign should he continue toward his all-but-declared candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. “My hope is I will run a campaign, if I get there, that will be hopeful an optimistic,” Bush told about 200 people packed into […]

Thomas BeaumontMarch 8, 2015

Former Governor Jeb Bush capped his first weekend politicking in early-voting Iowa by previewing what he said would be an upbeat campaign should he continue toward his all-but-declared candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. “My hope is I will run a campaign, if I get there, that will be hopeful an optimistic,” Bush told about 200 people packed into […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 8, 2015

Lenny Curry‘s campaign yesterday issued a lengthy policy document just in time for early voting. At first glance, it hearkens back to policies from former Mayor John Peyton, while bringing in some new ideas as well. Developing the now-familiar themes of the Curry plan — emphases on public safety, expanding economic opportunity, improved educational opportunities, […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 8, 2015

Lenny Curry‘s campaign yesterday issued a lengthy policy document just in time for early voting. At first glance, it hearkens back to policies from former Mayor John Peyton, while bringing in some new ideas as well. Developing the now-familiar themes of the Curry plan — emphases on public safety, expanding economic opportunity, improved educational opportunities, […]

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Catherine Martinez: Florida's Titanic testing journey

Tampa Bay Times finally arrives at the Kratom party

The battle over solar power heats up in Florida as proponents fend off attacks from Americans for Prosperity

Powerful photo: U.S. Reps. Gwen Graham and John Lewis on the 50th anniversary of Selma

Alan Grayson to argue that estranged wife committed bigamy

Failure to launch not a concern in 2016 presidential race

Jeb Bush says he’d be an upbeat candidate

Jeb Bush says he'd be an upbeat candidate

Lenny Curry’s plan elicits strong reaction from Alvin Brown campaign

Lenny Curry's plan elicits strong reaction from Alvin Brown campaign