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Peter SchorschDecember 11, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. Lawmakers descended upon the Capitol for three days of training (including on ethics), orientation and how-do-you-do’s, while one of their own just got a big job promotion into the nascent administration of Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis. Ethics, shmethics: Sixty […]

Peter SchorschDecember 10, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session: The Last 24 Good Monday evening. It’s looking more and more like the state’s governor-in-waiting has given his imprimatur for a Sarasota Senator to next lead the state’s GOP, and Senate Democrats are clamming up about combating sexual harassment in the Capitol. Sixty Days […]

Peter SchorschDecember 6, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Tesla, the “electric cars, solar panels and clean energy storage” company, is asking state utility regulators to, well, keep their hands off the equipment. The Palo Alto, California-based company wants the Public Service Commission (PSC) to opine that Tesla’s leasing […]

Peter SchorschDecember 5, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The Florida Commission on Ethics will hold public hearings to fill in an important blank in a new constitutional amendment on lobbying restrictions. Amendment 12 was approved by a whopping 79 percent of voters in November; it needed at least […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Breaking Tuesday afternoon, Education Commissioner Pam Stewart has resigned, clearing the way for Governor-elect Ron DeSantis to appoint his own person, expected to be former House Speaker Richard Corcoran, a school choice champion. — Will the Capitol rotunda go empty […]

Peter SchorschDecember 3, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot State gambling regulators say they’ll rewrite — again — a proposed rule governing the drug testing of racing greyhounds. A notice of “rule development” was posted Monday in the Florida Administrative Register, the daily publication of proposed rules and public […]

Peter SchorschNovember 29, 2018

First Shot (Ed. Note — It’s a Thursday night takeover of ‘First Shot’ by Sachs Media Group’s Karen Cyphers.) Campaign rallies are a great place to get energized — and perhaps, it seems, also a great place to unlearn some basics of civics in the face of lofty promises. If you ask Floridians what they […]

Peter SchorschNovember 28, 2018

First Shot Lawyers for the state continue to insist that Tampa strip club mogul Joe Redner “does not have a constitutional right to homegrown marijuana.” The Department of Health’s outside attorneys filed a reply brief in the 1st District Court of Appeal this week. The agency regulates the drug through its Office of Medical Marijuana […]

Peter SchorschNovember 27, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot It’s not too late to donate to the Florida Disaster Fund for #GivingTuesday. “Individuals, families and businesses are kicking off the holiday season by donating to deserving charities and nonprofit organizations,” said David R. Mica Jr., CEO of Volunteer Florida, […]

Peter SchorschNovember 26, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot While still more than a month away from officially taking office, Republican Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis is giving us a glimpse of his priorities and leadership style. Earlier today in Broward County — a trip coordinated to formally announce chief of […]

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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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