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Jim RosicaNovember 15, 2016

House Speaker-designate Richard Corcoran grins widely when you suggest he’s stealing a page from the “progressive” politics playbook. The Land O’ Lakes Republican held an impromptu press conference Tuesday after he welcomed new members at their two-day orientation session, another Corcoran innovation. He was asked: Prohibiting state representatives from flying in lobbyists’ airplanes? Increasing the […]

Jim RosicaOctober 22, 2015

Some kids want to go to Disney World. Samantha Sexton spent her summers visiting Revolutionary War and Civil War battle sites. The 26-year-old now is associate director of government relations for the PACE Center for Girls, a non-residential delinquency prevention program throughout Florida. Long before that, she was learning her American history, including “the importance of giving […]

Bill PrescottJuly 14, 2015

The Florida Supreme Court has ruled the state’s congressional maps don’t meet requirements of a voter-approved constitutional amendment prohibiting political lines drawn to favor incumbents or political parties. The court ordered the Legislature to redraw the maps These are 10 big questions looming over Florida politics: 1. Will the Legislature appeal? USFSP political science emeritus […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 2, 2014

Another day, and another positive environmental impact statement for the Keystone XL pipeline was released Friday by the U.S. Department of State. This is great news. The Keystone XL pipeline would increase Canadian oil imports from 2 million to 5 million barrels per day — great news for U.S. energy security. A $7 billion privately […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 25, 2013

Sadly, Sept. 19 marked five years since TransCanada applied for permission from the U.S. government to build the Keystone XL pipeline, a privately funded project that would give American consumers a direct link to Canadian oil sands, the third largest oil reserves in the world. However, the Obama Administration, bowing to political pressure from anti-energy […]

Tag: Dave Mica

Richard Corcoran blazing his own leadership trail

Meet Samantha Sexton, one of the “30 Under 30” rising stars of Florida politics

Peter Schorsch: Court ruling has tossed the Monopoly board

Dave Mica: With all reports in, let’s build the Keystone XL Pipeline

Dave Mica: It’s time to get started on the oil pipeline from Canada