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Staff ReportsAugust 3, 2018

Obama endorses candidates in 14 states, but none in Florida Most of the world knows President Donald Trump was in Tampa on Tuesday night holding one of his typically raucous rallies. He unabashedly got involved in a Republican primary by endorsing Rep. Ron DeSantis for governor over Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Trump’s predecessor, former President Barack Obama, also weighed in on the […]

Peter SchorschAugust 2, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot When slots trump horses The pari-mutuel formerly known as Calder Race Course now is seeking an OK from state gambling regulators to completely get out of the horse racing business. Its petition for a declaratory judgment was turned in to […]

Peter SchorschAugust 1, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A ‘sharp’ subject Regulators with the state’s Department of Health are considering adding “training for injection therapy as part of the minimum education requirements” for Florida acupuncturists. The department’s Board of Acupuncture published a notice Wednesday in the Florida Administrative […]

Peter SchorschJuly 31, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A Tallahassee judge now will decide whether the state should turn over records related to a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in March at Florida International University, killing six people. On Tuesday, Circuit Judge Kevin Carroll heard from lawyers for The […]

Staff ReportsJuly 31, 2018

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In addition to praising DeSantis, Trump will have a lot to say in Tampa With President Donald Trump in the state on Tuesday, most political eyes in Florida will be turned toward Tampa. What part, or parts, of his remarks at the Florida State Fairgrounds will make the night’s sound bites on the cable news channels? Floridians, […]

Peter SchorschJuly 30, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A Tallahassee entrepreneur mired in federal litigation stemming from the alleged theft of his company’s hydrogen fuel cell technology has ended his legal battle. Dean Minardi, CEO of Tallahassee-based Bing Energy, had accused sister Chinese company Nantong Bing Energy of […]

Staff ReportsJuly 27, 2018

House: See you in September On their last two days before their long recess, the House of Representatives left a few tidbits for analysts and pundits to discuss. A few Republicans want to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein while special counsel Robert Mueller is said to be reviewing the tweets of President Donald Trump to determine if the president obstructed justice. Florida […]

Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2018

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Call it the law of unintended consequences of banning dog racing. A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at ending dog racing shouldn’t go on the November ballot, an attorney said Thursday, because its ballot title and summary don’t disclose that “humane […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Floridians are freaked out over algae blooms that have plagued the state’s waterways, including Lake Okeechobee. That’s one finding from the latest statewide survey by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI). Of those polled, 53 […]

Peter SchorschJuly 24, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A Tallahassee judge has rejected the state’s request for a rehearing in a battle about whether lawmakers properly carried out a 2014 constitutional amendment that required spending on land and water conservation. That sets the case up to potentially next […]

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