Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Diane RobertsAugust 30, 2015

To recap: The less-than-Special Session cost the citizens nearly 700 grand, Rick Scott’s legal bills are now north of $1.5 million (not counting the lawsuit environmentalists have filed against the House and Senate for not implementing Amendment 1 or the action Planned Parenthood is likely to bring), the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has issued […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 22, 2014

As Jacksonville Mulls Port Expansion, Cuba Becomes Significant Last week, the Jacksonville/Northeast Florida Metropolitan Region released an export market assessment, which it characterized as a “critical step in the development of a regional export strategy”, which is part of the region’s participation in the Global Cities Initiative, a collaboration between JPMorgan Chase and the Brookings […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 15, 2014

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive in Florida, despite federal tax and trade policies that discourage it. It is especially strong among recent immigrants who — like the Cuban refugees before them — fled countries such as Venezuela, where an authoritarian government seems bent on destroying the private-sector economy. Unfortunately, despite Florida excellent business climate, starting […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 30, 2014

The phone call I dreaded for 30 years finally came. My grandmother, who raised me as her own son, died in her sleep a few days ago. She was 92. The news was not unexpected. Over the last year, my grandmother, Peggy Skerritt, had become increasingly frail – repeated emergency trips to the hospital foretold […]

Tag: caribbean
Image via AP.

Diane Roberts: Absence makes the guv grow fonder

Cuba: JAXPORT’s next great export market?

J. Robert McClure: Congress members should fight fed policies that hurt business, trade

Andrew Skerritt: A grandmother’s life is testimony that one woman can alter the course of future generations