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Staff ReportsFebruary 23, 2018

House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron on Friday released what they called a “sweeping new school safety reform package.” “I was moved by my conversations with some truly brave and remarkable students this week,” Corcoran, a Land o’ Lakes Republican, said in a statement. “Their commitment to ensuring no school ever endures another […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 22, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. A ban on video games that play like slot machines is on the move, and a speaker at a committee hearing accused House members of frequenting houses of ill repute. We wouldn’t know: Sixty Days doesn’t get out […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 22, 2018

Will the 2018 Legislative Session end with a bang — a new state budget — or a whimper, in the form of a Special Session? Leadership of both chambers is serving up the usual looks-bad-but-we’re-hopeful quotes, while lobbyists are starting to cancel post-Session travel plans, just as a precaution. Talking with about 20 Capitol influencers, we […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 22, 2018

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is airing an ad in the Tallahassee market urging passage of a new gambling deal between the Tribe and the state. But with lawmakers saying their “bandwidth” has been sapped by a fight over the 2018-19 budget and by a legislative response to the Broward County high school shooting, it’s […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 21, 2018

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Facing the state’s head honcho, kids from Marjory Stoneman Douglas shared their policy suggestions in the wake of the massacre at their school, and Gov. Rick Scott seemed to have listened, according to one student. “It went better than I expected it was going to go,” Sofie Whitney, an 18-year-old senior at Stoneman Douglas, told […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 21, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening. Thousands jammed the Capitol complex to call for action in the wake of the Parkland shooting, while a Senate panel delayed action on allowing guns in place of worship. Sixty Days wants to praise the Lord and pass […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 21, 2018

House Speaker Richard Corcoran told a group of Marjory Stoneman Douglas students Wednesday “how guns are treated is absolutely on the table” for bills that are in the works. Corcoran, a Land O’ Lakes Republican, and other House members met with dozens of teens who attend the Broward County high school in a midday meeting […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 20, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. The Governor is skipping a CNN town hall tomorrow and instead sat in on workshops on school safety today, and a contentious education bill is moving in the Senate. Sixty Days never skips class. Here’s your nightly rundown. […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 20, 2018

House Speaker-designate José Oliva on Tuesday didn’t quite put the nail in the coffin for a gambling bill this Session—but he’s holding the hammer. The reason: Lawmakers, overrun by events, are running out of time. With less than three weeks left in the 2018 Legislative Session, the House and Senate are scrambling to come up with […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 20, 2018

On a voice vote, the Florida House Tuesday approved a resolution recognizing pornography as a “public health risk.” That was after a House Democrat pressed the sponsor why he didn’t think gun violence was a more pressing health risk in Florida. The resolution (HR 157) doesn’t carry the force of law, but simply memorializes a […]

Tag: 2018 Legislative Session
The annual American Indigenous Arts Celebration, hosted by the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, celebrated Native American Heritage Month and featured Seminole and Indigenous art, music, food, dance and more. (Aiden Briesacher)

‘Game changer’: Lawmakers roll out post-Parkland response

Sixty Days for 2.22.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

How 20 top lobbyists think legislative budget negotiations are proceeding

Seminole Tribe ad is a Hail Mary for a gambling deal

Rick Scott, Parkland students talk policy behind closed doors

Sixty Days for 2.21.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Richard Corcoran to teens: Gun legislation ‘on the table’

Sixty Days for 2.20.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

José Oliva’s hopes for gambling resolution plummet

House declares pornography ‘public health risk’