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Peter SchorschSeptember 26, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Enterprise Florida CEO Pete Antonacci was tapped for the job only this July, but he’s now consumed with his latest challenge: Seeing that Florida snags the second headquarters for Amazon, the massive online retailer. “Amazon HQ2 will be Amazon’s second […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 25, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A coalition of progressive groups wants to know: How “open to the public” is the Constitution Revision Commission going to be? The coalition—including the League of Women Voters of Florida, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Common Cause Florida […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 21, 2017

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Now we come to the payoff. Campaign-finance reports are due Friday for the Sept. 26 special elections in Miami-Dade County’s Senate District 40 and House District 116. Republican Jose Felix Diaz, Democrat Annette Taddeo and no-party candidate Christian “He-Man” Schlaerth […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 20, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Today’s news in the world of Tallahassee lobbying: A big ‘get,’ and a new practice opens. Joe McCann, a former House Democratic Office staff director, has joined the Pittman Law Group as Senior Policy Director, the firm announced Wednesday. McCann […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 19, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Bob Ehrhardt, now a senior attorney for the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, will become the state’s top gambling regulator, sources told Florida Politics Tuesday afternoon. Ehrhardt would replace Tony Glover as head of the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 18, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Justin Sayfie, the former Jeb Bush policy advisor turned political website whiz, is leaving Florida for the nation’s capital. But don’t worry: You will still get your daily Sayfie Review fix. Sayfie, who joined Brian Ballard’s Ballard Partners lobbying firm […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 14, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot As millions of Floridians are still without electricity, water or access to gasoline after Hurricane Irma, a scourge is coming. Yes, just when you thought life couldn’t get any worse—skeeters. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, in a Thursday news briefing at […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 13, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot President Donald Trump will include Naples on his itinerary as he visits Hurricane Irma-ravaged parts of the Sunshine State on Thursday, his office confirmed Wednesday. Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the AP that the president will be in southwest Florida, […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 12, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Oh, that Bill Nelson. To paraphrase a classic late-night talk show bit: Letters, he loves letters, he loves stacks and stacks of letters. Florida’s Democratic U.S. senator, who’s been on a letter-writing tear of late, now has penned a missive […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Good on Florida’s lawyers, as over 500 of them “have already signed up to volunteer with Florida Free Legal Answers,” The Florida Bar announced today. The online advice clinic is meant for low-income Floridians, but “the Bar has already requested, […]

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