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Peter SchorschApril 30, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A “joint pretrial statement” is due Tuesday in the lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s ban on smoking medical marijuana. The statement is supposed to “contain an agreed statement of the case, a listing of the facts and issues of […]

Peter SchorschApril 26, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A bipartisan group of Florida members of Congress has called for funding “to hire an additional 500 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers next year to help address staffing shortages at many of Florida’s airports and seaports.” The lawmakers’ request […]

Peter SchorschApril 25, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot There was no joy in the halls of the Capitol — or on Adams Street — as efforts to call a Special Session on gaming died Wednesday. Sources told Florida Politics, later confirmed by Senate President-designate Bill Galvano, that negotiations […]

Peter SchorschApril 24, 2018

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot It’s qualifying time. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Ken Detzner reminded officeholders and contenders about the qualifying period coming up for Congress (U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative), judges, and state attorney and public defender for the 20th Judicial Circuit in […]

Peter SchorschApril 23, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The Legislature had its say; now the work of addressing gun violence in schools will be tackled by a group of law enforcement professionals, school administrators, parents, and others. The first meeting of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public […]

Peter SchorschApril 19, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A Special Session on gambling keeps inching toward reality, legislative and industry sources said Thursday. The day before, Gov. Rick Scott announced an agreement between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida that guarantees the Tribe will keeping sharing […]

Peter SchorschApril 18, 2018

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Revenue forecasters aren’t moved about the status of the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s casino money. The Legislature’s chief economist on Wednesday said revenue forecasters won’t be changing their classification of the money the Tribe pays the state. Amy Baker and […]

Peter SchorschApril 17, 2018

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Will a ruling for Tampa strip club mogul Joe Redner, allowing him to personally grow and make juice of medical marijuana, give a boost to John Morgan’s separate lawsuit to allow it to be smoked by patients? Redner’s attorney thinks […]

Peter SchorschApril 16, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot On the first day the state’s Constitution Revision Commission reconvened in full in Tallahassee since last month, the wheels started coming off the bus over “bundling.” That’s another way to describe the grouping, or combining, of proposed changes. That’s so […]

Peter SchorschApril 12, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A coalition of progressive and other groups that have taken on a watchdog role over the Florida Constitution Revision Commission is venting yet again. On Thursday, the group complained in an open letter that commissioners won’t vote separately on the […]

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