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Staff ReportsDecember 19, 2018

Two things we can count on in Florida: chaotic elections and bizarre Florida Man stories. Once again, Sachs Media Group has compiled a list of the year’s top 10 news accounts of the baffling exploits of Florida Man and Florida Woman, each accompanied by an original illustration by renowned cartoonist Bill Day. From the guy […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 9, 2017

Because the Florida political universe does not have enough email programs already, we here at FP just launched “Sixty Days” — a primetime look at the 2017 Legislative Session. Designed to hit inboxes in the evening on days when the Florida House or Senate has legislative committee meetings scheduled and, of course, throughout the sixty days (get […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 27, 2015

Donald Trump is aiming his massive ego at a new target: Marco Rubio. Trump calls the junior senator from Florida “a clown” who was “sweaty … overly ambitious,” as well as financially unsuccessful and “absent” from the U.S. Senate. Nevertheless, Bill Day’s latest shows Rubio might just prove more of a challenge to the real-estate […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 17, 2015

Bill Day’s latest takes aim at Florida lawmakers, who once again are pushing ahead with a bill that seeks to allow people to carry guns on college campuses. Backed by the National Rifle Association, the campus concealed carry bill – as well as another proposal – became the first measures passed by legislative committees in preparation […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 15, 2015

As the Florida House officially installs state Rep. Richard Corcoran as Speaker, the Land O’Lakes Republican certainly faces a daunting quest. Through the pen of Bill Day, Corcoran’s mission – against special interests, which is seen as a blight on Florida politics – is positively quixotic. Day casts the new Speaker as Don Quixote de la Mancha, the iconic […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 10, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott, in a precedent-setting move, became the first sitting governor in history successfully sued for violating Florida’s public records laws. In Bill Day’s latest, Floridians are now on the hook for at least $700,000. Tallahassee attorney Steven Andrews first filed a lawsuit against Scott in 2012 over violating a contract for the purchase […]

Phil AmmannAugust 30, 2015

Tropical Storm Erika may have been full of sound and fury, at least for a while. In the end, though, it signified nothing. After causing floods and mudslides throughout the Caribbean, Erika rapidly lost much of its steam on the way to Florida, but not before leaving Southwest Florida with little more than the threat […]

Phil AmmannAugust 20, 2015

As they say, we have three guarantees in life: birth, death and taxes. Floridians can add one more – both their state House and Senate will do its damnedest to muck up congressional redistricting. And if redrawing political maps for Congress is difficult enough now for the Legislature, Bill Day says just wait; they still […]

Phil AmmannAugust 17, 2015

As Jeb Bush fights off accusations of weakness over Common Core, his brother’s legacy and other issues, Bill Day shows the Republican presidential candidate planning a serious left hook. The heavily funded super PAC supporting the former Florida governor is ready to spend at least $10 million on television time in some of the early […]

Phil AmmannAugust 12, 2015

If anything can be said about the GOP race so far, it’s this: Donald Trump pulls no punches, nor does he regret any punches already thrown. Regardless of whom he batters. The real-estate billionaire and former reality television star is refusing to back down from negative comments made toward FOX News anchor Megyn Kelly. Or, for […]

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