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Peter SchorschJanuary 8, 2019

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. With left hands on Bibles and right hands in the air, a new era arrived in Tallahassee. With campaigns and transitions finally over, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, CFO Jimmy Patronis, Attorney General Ashley Moody (all […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 7, 2019

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Monday evening. Two days’ worth of inaugural activities, including casual pizza parties and official swearings-in, has kicked off in the capital for Governor-elect Ron DeSantis, Lt. Gov.-elect Jeanette Nuñez, Attorney General-elect Ashley Moody, Agriculture Commissioner-elect Nikki Fried and CFO Jimmy […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 3, 2019

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Veteran state government spokeswoman Meredith Beatrice is joining the Ron DeSantis–Jeanette Nuñez administration as Deputy Communications Director, reporting to Communications Director Helen Aguirre Ferré. The transition announced the hire Thursday, along with that of Dave Vasquez, the transition’s Press Secretary […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 2, 2019

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot It’s a Capitol tradition: If at first you don’t succeed, try every gosh darn year thereafter. Sen. Jeff Brandes, a St. Petersburg Republican, filed a bill (SB 220) Wednesday that includes several of his so-far-unsuccessful efforts to tweak the state’s […]

Peter SchorschDecember 20, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Editor’s Note: This is the final “Last Call” for 2018. The state’s best evening political newsletter will return Jan. 2. Moreover, Sunburn — the state’s best morning political newsletter — is going on hiatus for the holidays and also will […]

Peter SchorschDecember 19, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Another staffing tidbit from the Ron DeSantis transition: Joe Jacquot will be Chief Legal Advisor in the Office of General Counsel. “Joe is an exceptional attorney with vast experience at the federal and state levels in both legal and policy […]

Peter SchorschDecember 18, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A nativity scene is now the second holiday display OK’d for the Capitol rotunda. The display, from Rob Henderson, will be installed from Wednesday through the day after Christmas, according to Nina Ashley, spokeswoman for the Department of Management Services, […]

Peter SchorschDecember 17, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot As promised, state gambling regulators have again rewritten an emergency rule governing the drug testing of racing greyhounds. That’s even as dog racing’s time is short: Voters last month OK’d a constitutional amendment banning betting on live dog racing that […]

Peter SchorschDecember 13, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. Sen. Bill Galvano is taking a pass on looking into the fate of the Broward Elections Supervisor, and a former House Speaker enters hospice. Sixty Days prays for him and his family. Here’s your nightly rundown. Senatorial stasis: […]

Peter SchorschDecember 12, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session: The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening. The Senate’s Appropriations chairman was both optimistic and guarded about next year’s state spending plan, and Democrats in the House want to tear up the state’s election laws and start over. Not that it will get far, but […]

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One of several proposed designs for Florida's new Margaritaville license plates. Image via the office of Rep. Linda Chaney.

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