Anne GeggisNovember 24, 2021
6min1378
The proposal to give strawberry shortcake an official designation reflects Central Florida's growing political clout.
Tag: Aubrey JewettCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Anne GeggisNovember 24, 2021
Associated PressNovember 2, 2021
4min877
He suggested government punish businesses for setting social polices he doesn't like.
Anne GeggisOctober 15, 2021
5min1534
The new hires seem to indicate Taddeo has bigger things on her mind.
Associated PressNovember 11, 2020
7min398
In 2000 Florida had faulty, punch-card ballots and 537-vote spread.
Drew WilsonMarch 12, 2019
11min806
VISIT FLORIDA funding and school choice expansion are a go. Gambling bills and a full certificate of need repeal are a no.
Drew WilsonMarch 12, 2019
9min1373
The state’s most tuned in political insiders have some firm opinions on two of the top Republicans in national politics. Florida Politics reached out to more than 100 of the state’s top political minds on to get their take President Donald Trump’s re-election odds and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz standing with his campaign trail bestie, […]
Scott PowersApril 8, 2018
20min531
Rick Scott, who is about to formally declare his campaign Monday to become Florida’s next U.S. Senator, is a man whose life has twice defined The American Dream. Scott still frequently tells the story of how he rose from a working-class childhood spent partly in the projects to pursue a Navy career, then work his […]
Scott PowersJuly 26, 2016
10min398
This year, Central Florida voters have an unprecedented diversity of candidates to pick from for the region’s five congressional districts, and at least one, probably two, and possibly more heterosexual-white-male dynasties will fall. Straight, white, male members of Congress have always held the congressional seats in Florida’s 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Congressional Districts. […]
Jim RosicaApril 21, 2016
6min598
Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham says she’s giving up on Congress and “seriously considering running for governor in 2018.” In an early Thursday email, the Tallahassee congresswoman wrote, “I have major news, and I want you to hear it first” (even though at least two news media outlets actually broke the story first). “The politicians, lobbyists and […]
Mitch PerryNovember 20, 2015
8min487
As Jeb Bush struggles to win the Republican nomination for president, it’s a reminder that he’s sadly following a string of other successful Florida governors who came up far short of capturing the party’s brass ring. Every Florida governor from 1967 to 1979 ran for president, but none of their candidacies went anywhere. Claude Kirk, […]