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Peter SchorschMay 31, 2017

Summer is here — well, unofficially at least. And with it comes cookouts, summer vacations, and the start of the 2018 election cycle (again, unofficially). With a tumultuous legislative session in our rearview mirror and a jam-packed election cycle on the horizon, the answers to these 14 questions (plus a fill-in-the-blank) could shape the future of […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 30, 2017

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson visited Jacksonville Tuesday afternoon, meeting with doctors at UF Health Jacksonville’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to discuss the ever-increasing problem of newborns addicted to opioids. The issue is an especial challenge at UF Health – the sole “safety-net” hospital in Northeast Florida, where the vast majority of patients are either on Medicaid or […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 30, 2017

In Jacksonville Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson addressed problems in the Presidency, including shakeups in the Donald Trump Administration related to Russia, and President Trump’s just concluded trip to the Middle East and Europe. Nelson stopped short of recommending impeachment proceedings against President Trump, but is – unsurprisingly – keenly interested in where the investigation […]

Peter SchorschMay 26, 2017

Winston Churchill once said: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Democrats are starting to formulate a strategy for Bill Nelson’s upcoming Senate re-election effort — more likely than not facing Gov. Rick Scott. Not one to waste a good opportunity, Nelson’s nascent campaign could receive a significant boost by way of a veto of the sweeping education […]

Peter SchorschMay 25, 2017

Much has changed during Bill Nelson’s tenure as an elected official. As National Republican Senatorial Committee Communications Director Katie Martin observes in a recent email, campaigns are nearly unrecognizable today compared to 1972 when Nelson first arrived in the Florida Legislature. Since then, Martin says America has seen nine presidential administrations, the first woman in space, […]

Scott PowersMay 23, 2017

Florida’s Democratic congressional caucus reacted Tuesday to President Donald Trump‘s proposed 2018 budget with a shower of outrage over cuts to Amtrak, environmental programs, food stamps, student loans, disability funding, infrastructure grants, food stamps, and Medicare, while one Republican responded: “Don’t worry, we’ve got this.” “The president’s cruel and inhumane budget should be dead on […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2017

Across the aisles and across the Sunshine State Florida’s members of Congress are universally praising the announcement that former FBI Director Robert Mueller will lead a special investigation into Russian interference in American elections. Some Democrats, while praising the appointment and Mueller’s integrity, still called for more, including the special commission that Democrats have been […]

Scott PowersMay 17, 2017

As Florida’s Democratic members of Congress entered another day of denouncements toward new reports of President Donald Trump actions – this time involving former FBI Director James Comey – Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo raised strong concerns about potential obstruction of justice by the president. And other Florida Republicans are joining in a call to get […]

Scott PowersMay 16, 2017

A lot of Florida’s Democratic members of Congress are responding with stunned disbelief to news reports — and President Donald Trump‘s Tuesday morning tweet — that he shared classified, highly sensitive ISIS information with Russian diplomats last week, calling the prospect inexcusable and demanding details. Republican U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami and Mario Diaz-Balart […]

Gary FineoutMay 10, 2017

With a friend and a political ally in the White House, this was supposed to be a moment of triumph for Florida Gov. Rick Scott. For years, Scott complained and criticized President Barack Obama and contended he wasn’t helping Florida. Now with Donald Trump in office, Scott has worked out a deal with federal officials […]

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15 big questions facing Florida politics heading into summer

In Jacksonville, Bill Nelson takes aim at opioid addiction among newborns

Bill Nelson on Donald Trump investigation: ‘Just the facts, ma’am’

Democrats have opportunity-in-crisis with Rick Scott education bill veto possibility

Why is Bill Nelson still silent on outrageous comments by Sally Boynton Brown?

‘Morally repugnant,’ ‘cruel,’ ‘obscene,’ ‘inhumane,’ ‘heartless:” Democrats react to Donald Trump budget

Universal support for Robert Mueller so far from Florida’s members of Congress

Carlos Curbelo raises obstruction of justice concerns as some Republicans join Dems’ call for testimony, memo

Partly in disbelief, Florida’s members of Congress denounce Donald Trump’s revelations to Russians

Rick Scott has a friend in White House and foes back home