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Peter SchorschAugust 1, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A ‘sharp’ subject Regulators with the state’s Department of Health are considering adding “training for injection therapy as part of the minimum education requirements” for Florida acupuncturists. The department’s Board of Acupuncture published a notice Wednesday in the Florida Administrative […]

Peter SchorschJuly 31, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A Tallahassee judge now will decide whether the state should turn over records related to a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in March at Florida International University, killing six people. On Tuesday, Circuit Judge Kevin Carroll heard from lawyers for The […]

Peter SchorschJuly 30, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A Tallahassee entrepreneur mired in federal litigation stemming from the alleged theft of his company’s hydrogen fuel cell technology has ended his legal battle. Dean Minardi, CEO of Tallahassee-based Bing Energy, had accused sister Chinese company Nantong Bing Energy of […]

Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2018

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Call it the law of unintended consequences of banning dog racing. A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at ending dog racing shouldn’t go on the November ballot, an attorney said Thursday, because its ballot title and summary don’t disclose that “humane […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Floridians are freaked out over algae blooms that have plagued the state’s waterways, including Lake Okeechobee. That’s one finding from the latest statewide survey by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI). Of those polled, 53 […]

Peter SchorschJuly 24, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A Tallahassee judge has rejected the state’s request for a rehearing in a battle about whether lawmakers properly carried out a 2014 constitutional amendment that required spending on land and water conservation. That sets the case up to potentially next […]

Peter SchorschJuly 23, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a warning letter to Florida State University (FSU) over procedures done last year on hamsters in the school’s research laboratories. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released the document Monday, which it […]

Peter SchorschJuly 19, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The 4th District Court of Appeal shot down an appeal over whether slot machines can be expanded to “charter” counties that OK’d them in local referendums. The company that owns Palm Beach Kennel Club had sued, seeking to add slots. […]

Peter SchorschJuly 18, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot He’s not going anywhere, a Tallahassee judge told lawmakers. Circuit Judge Charles Dodson this week denied a request from House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron to take himself off an environmental funding lawsuit. On June 28, Dodson […]

Peter SchorschJuly 17, 2018

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shots Click here for the (surprising) results from our poll of the GOP primary for Florida governor. — Even nudity needs a lobbyist in Florida. The Tallahassee Democrat reported Tuesday that officials at VISIT FLORIDA were clutching their pearls after The […]

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