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Bob SparksJanuary 8, 2015

Since Earth came into being eons ago, it has regularly adapted to climate change. Global cooling led to ice ages and glaciers. Global warming melted the glaciers. Few paid little, if any, attention to this portion of science until recently. Today, climate change is fully ensconced in the minds and conversations of mainstream America. Raising […]

Adam WeinsteinJanuary 8, 2015

New Year’s resolutions posing as columns always seem a little cheap. They seem even cheaper when they emerge a week into the New Year. But 2014 was tough on Floridians in many respects. The economy swelled, but so did our distractions and our frustrations — with each other and occasionally with ourselves. A better 2015 […]

Bruce RitchieJanuary 8, 2015

When you drive past a huge shopping mall, office park or major housing development, you’re likely passing what planners call a “Development of Regional Impact.” Since 1972, Florida law has regulated these developments by requiring review and comment from state agencies and affected cities and counties. State planners can require developers to reduce harm to […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 8, 2015

St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman fielded questions from members of a local non-partisan political club Thursday. Questions from Suncoast Tiger Bay members circled mostly around two key issues Kriseman faces – figuring out what to do about the Tampa Bay Rays and building a new pier. It was no surprise the two topics dominated conversation. […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2015

Last fall in Largo they promised such legislation, and today in Tallahassee that same group of Pinellas County Republicans – state Senator Jack Latvala and Representatives Kathleen Peters, Chris Latvala and Chris Sprowls -followed through with an official bill that would establish tougher regulations for investor-owned electric utility companies in the state and more accountability for the […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 8, 2015

For someone newly “unemployed,” Jeb Bush looked pretty good Wednesday night. At the Greenwich, Conn. reception held to raise money for “Right to Rise,” Bush’s new political action committee, he took an indirect jab at fellow prospective presidential candidate Hillary Clinton . Debuting this week, “Rise” is considered by many to be a major step towards launching […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2015

Last month, Wyoming Governor Matt Mead became the latest Republican governor to say that he would press his state legislature to act on a Medicaid expansion plan. Wyoming is one of a handful of Republican-led states that has negotiated with the federal Department of Health and Human Services to come up with their own version of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2015

Florida State University “student-athlete” Jameis Winston surprised absolutely no one yesterday when he declared he’ll be leaving FSU early to enter the NFL draft this spring. His declaration came on the same day that a woman who accused the star quarterback of raping her in 2012 filed a federal lawsuit against Florida State on Wednesday, alleging that the […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2015

Florida State University “student-athlete” Jameis Winston surprised absolutely no one yesterday when he declared he’ll be leaving FSU early to enter the NFL draft this spring. His declaration came on the same day that a woman who accused the star quarterback of raping her in 2012 filed a federal lawsuit against Florida State on Wednesday, alleging that the […]

James CallJanuary 7, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott’s marketing plan for the state of Florida is starting to come into focus. In his second term inaugural address Tuesday, Scott called on the businesses and people of California, New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois to move to Florida. “Over the next four years, I will be traveling to your states personally to […]

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St. Peterburg begins the long road to recovery. Image via Duke Energy/X.

Bob Sparks: Moderate voices needed to market climate change

Adam Weinstein: New Year’s resolutions for Florida: More happiness, more savoring its beauty, less anger

Bruce Ritchie: Former state planning chief wants new state process for reviewing major developments

In Tiger Bay appearance, Rick Kriseman advances pier, Rays debates

Pinellas Republicans vow to crack down on Duke & the PSC

At first "Rise" PAC fundraiser, Jeb Bush jabs Hillary Clinton on 2016

Medicaid expansion advocates march to Tampa state Rep. Shawn Harrison's office

Mitch Perry Report for 1.8.15 – Spare us the Jameis Winston “dilemma”

Mitch Perry Report for 1.8.15 – Spare us the Jameis Winston "dilemma"

Enterprise Florida and DEO pitch Leg for money for a "Perfect Business Climate" campaign