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Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot There’s a (not so) new clerk in town. Kristina Samuels has been named the fourth Clerk of Court for Tallahassee’s 1st District Court of Appeal, Chief Judge Brad Thomas announced on the court’s website. Samuels, staff attorney for the Florida […]

Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 A Senate panel asked lots of questions but didn’t get the answers they wanted as members tried to get a handle on the state’s new $85 million jobs fund. An ethics committee cleared a bill that would […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Annette Taddeo was sworn into office following her victory last month in District 40. Her fellow Senate Democrats sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott urging him to waive KidCare health insurance premium fees in the aftermath of […]

Peter SchorschOctober 9, 2017

Sixty Days – A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Gov. Rick Scott toured the Herbert Hoover Dike at Lake Okeechobee. A 90-year-old woman named Cecilia Franco became the 13th victim of the Hollywood nursing home tragedy. 95-year-old Francesca Andrade became the home’s 14th fatality. Sen. Aaron Bean filed a bill […]

Peter SchorschOctober 5, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A proposed Florida Commission on Ethics opinion says Tony Glover, formerly the state’s top gambling regulator, can lobby his former department as long as he doesn’t do it for the specific divisions he once worked for. Glover had requested the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 4, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot For a second, ‘Last Call’ thought it had teleported into a parallel universe, where everything is the same—except that Florida’s governor is “Graf Orlok.” An elevator certificate seen Wednesday in Tallahassee’s Calhoun Street parking garage clearly listed “Graf Orlok, Governor.” […]

Peter SchorschOctober 3, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Historical sidenote time: It’s a tradition of the Constitution Revision Commission to do a caricature of all the commissioners as a keepsake. The last one, of the 1997-98 panel, shows each of the members with a text “bubble” over their […]

Peter SchorschOctober 2, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot No longer a lawmaker, Jose Felix Diaz says he’s now back to being a full-time lawyer—and dad. The Miami-Dade Republican spoke to capital correspondent Jim Rosica after Monday’s meeting of the Constitution Revision Commission. Diaz, a former state representative, was […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 28, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A Tallahassee judge on Thursday set the first hearing in the lawsuit lodged by the Hollywood Hills Rehabilitation Center against the state. Circuit Judge Jim Shelfer scheduled the hearing for 9 a.m. on Oct. 27 in the Leon County Courthouse, […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 27, 2017

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Attendees of the 2017 Future of Florida Forum in Orlando, sponsored by the Florida Chamber Foundation, may have been there for policy chat, but others had an ear out for political notes sounded. The attentive listener gleaned a few tidbits […]

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