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Peter SchorschJanuary 10, 2019

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. Like a raging bull, Gov. Ron DeSantis (should we start calling him “Rampagin’ Ron?”) keeps stealing headlines from lawmakers during what turned out to be an underwhelming January committee week. The new Gov. stole the show: Ask for […]

Ryan NicolJanuary 10, 2019

A new report from the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) shows trial lawyers spent about $9.2 million on advertising in the Tampa-St. Petersburg and Miami-Fort Lauderdale media markets during the third quarter of 2018. That’s just a slice of the $226 million spent in markets nationwide. That’s an increase of about $40 million over spending in […]

Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2019

Winter Park’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy just got a seat at the grown-ups table in the House of Representatives, joining the House Ways and Means Committee. Murphy, just starting her second term, announced late Wednesday that she had been appointed to the chief tax-writing committee, with oversight on federal programs such as Medicare, Social Security […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 9, 2019

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening. The biggest news of the day didn’t come out of the Legislature, though it was the buzz of the Capitol: Gov. Ron DeSantis named the first Cuban-American woman to the state’s highest court. The appointment — the first […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 8, 2019

Congress members Charlie Crist, Kathy Castor, Francis Rooney and Vern Buchanan reintroduced Tuesday the Florida Coastal Protection Act seeking to ban offshore drilling around the state. The bill would make the current federal moratorium permanent. The current ban is set to expire in June of 2022. The reintroduced act would also extend the ban into […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 8, 2019

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. With left hands on Bibles and right hands in the air, a new era arrived in Tallahassee. With campaigns and transitions finally over, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, CFO Jimmy Patronis, Attorney General Ashley Moody (all […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 8, 2019

Shutdown showdown The government shutdown is now in its third week with no backing down from either side. Democrats feel confident President Donald Trump and Republicans will give in to pressure from stories of government workers feeling the pinch of not receiving a paycheck. There is a track record bolstering Democrats expectation of GOP tolerance […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 7, 2019

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Monday evening. Two days’ worth of inaugural activities, including casual pizza parties and official swearings-in, has kicked off in the capital for Governor-elect Ron DeSantis, Lt. Gov.-elect Jeanette Nuñez, Attorney General-elect Ashley Moody, Agriculture Commissioner-elect Nikki Fried and CFO Jimmy […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 4, 2019

For Pelosi 2.0, much has changed since 2007 After a 12-year absence, Nancy Pelosi is again Speaker of the House. She regained the speaker’s gavel, after turning it over to John Boehner in 2007, by a 220-192 vote with 15 Democrats either voting for someone else or voting “present.” None of the dissenters were from […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 3, 2019

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Veteran state government spokeswoman Meredith Beatrice is joining the Ron DeSantis–Jeanette Nuñez administration as Deputy Communications Director, reporting to Communications Director Helen Aguirre Ferré. The transition announced the hire Thursday, along with that of Dave Vasquez, the transition’s Press Secretary […]

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