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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 […]

Staff ReportsJuly 24, 2018

FBI surveillance tactics have ally in Rubio In a huge document dump on Saturday, the FBI released a heavily-redacted version of the bureau’s request to initiate surveillance on a lower-level staffer of the Donald Trump for President campaign. The timing could not have been better for setting up the focus of the Sunday talk shows. Despite the lack of […]

Peter SchorschJuly 23, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a warning letter to Florida State University (FSU) over procedures done last year on hamsters in the school’s research laboratories. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released the document Monday, which it […]

Staff ReportsJuly 20, 2018

The fallout from Helsinki still falling As the week draws to an end, President Donald Trump’s disastrous news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki still rates as the top concern for the media and most Democrats. Some Republicans also criticized the president for clearly accepting Putin’s denial over his own intelligence team, who said Russia had […]

Peter SchorschJuly 19, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The 4th District Court of Appeal shot down an appeal over whether slot machines can be expanded to “charter” counties that OK’d them in local referendums. The company that owns Palm Beach Kennel Club had sued, seeking to add slots. […]

Peter SchorschJuly 18, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot He’s not going anywhere, a Tallahassee judge told lawmakers. Circuit Judge Charles Dodson this week denied a request from House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron to take himself off an environmental funding lawsuit. On June 28, Dodson […]

Peter SchorschJuly 17, 2018

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shots Click here for the (surprising) results from our poll of the GOP primary for Florida governor. — Even nudity needs a lobbyist in Florida. The Tallahassee Democrat reported Tuesday that officials at VISIT FLORIDA were clutching their pearls after The […]

Staff ReportsJuly 17, 2018

Q2 fundraising shaping congressional races Most of the campaign finance reports for the second quarter are in. While it will take some time for the Federal Elections Commission to compile and make all of them public, some interesting results are known. The numbers show that most of the races under the microscope earlier this year […]

Peter SchorschJuly 16, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Activist Gary Stein says he’s “saddened and concerned over the response from the Governor’s Office” to rallies he organized last week to encourage Gov. Rick Scott to drop appeals of lawsuits involving medicinal cannabis. The state is appealing two high-profile […]

Staff ReportsJuly 13, 2018

Nelson has work to do with Hispanic voters It is still a bit too early for Florida voters to engage in the 2018 midterm elections fully, but the results of recent polls indicate Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson should have taken that step long ago. The polls indicate Nelson has more work to do among Hispanic voters, a […]

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