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Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot There’s a (not so) new clerk in town. Kristina Samuels has been named the fourth Clerk of Court for Tallahassee’s 1st District Court of Appeal, Chief Judge Brad Thomas announced on the court’s website. Samuels, staff attorney for the Florida […]

Associated PressOctober 12, 2017

Florida health officials are reporting the state’s first case this year of the Zika virus transmitted by a local mosquito. Florida’s Department of Health said Thursday a Manatee County couple traveled to Cuba, and one of them contracted Zika while on the Caribbean island and was bitten by a mosquito after returning home. That mosquito […]

Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 A Senate panel asked lots of questions but didn’t get the answers they wanted as members tried to get a handle on the state’s new $85 million jobs fund. An ethics committee cleared a bill that would […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Annette Taddeo was sworn into office following her victory last month in District 40. Her fellow Senate Democrats sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott urging him to waive KidCare health insurance premium fees in the aftermath of […]

Peter SchorschOctober 9, 2017

Sixty Days – A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Gov. Rick Scott toured the Herbert Hoover Dike at Lake Okeechobee. A 90-year-old woman named Cecilia Franco became the 13th victim of the Hollywood nursing home tragedy. 95-year-old Francesca Andrade became the home’s 14th fatality. Sen. Aaron Bean filed a bill […]

Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2017

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I always thought journalists were trained to avoid reaching a broad conclusion from just one specific example, no matter how shocking it may be. Yet in his guest commentary in Wednesday’s Tallahassee Democrat, opinion columnist Carl Hiaasen unfairly slammed Florida’s entire long-term care profession based on the shameful and inexcusable actions of a single nursing […]

Steve SchaleOctober 9, 2017

Since Maria, the question I’ve gotten more than any other is: “So if X number of Puerto Ricans move to Florida because of the hurricane, what does this mean?” Honestly, I write this blog with some hesitation. As I work on this piece, 80-90 percent of the population still lacks power and some 50 percent […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2017

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A Florida nursing home that had 12 patients die after Hurricane Irma has laid off 245 workers. The Sun Sentinel reported the layoffs Friday for the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. The facility was evacuated last month, several days after the storm damaged the electric transformer that powered the facility’s air conditioning. State officials later suspended […]

Peter SchorschOctober 5, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A proposed Florida Commission on Ethics opinion says Tony Glover, formerly the state’s top gambling regulator, can lobby his former department as long as he doesn’t do it for the specific divisions he once worked for. Glover had requested the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 4, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot For a second, ‘Last Call’ thought it had teleported into a parallel universe, where everything is the same—except that Florida’s governor is “Graf Orlok.” An elevator certificate seen Wednesday in Tallahassee’s Calhoun Street parking garage clearly listed “Graf Orlok, Governor.” […]

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Last Call for 10.16.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Florida confirms 1st local Zika infection for 2017

Sixty Days for 10.11.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Sixty Days for 10.10.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Sixty Days for 10.9.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

John Simmons: Florida’s nursing centers – setting the record straight on quality care

Steve Schale: Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico and Florida politics

Nursing home that had 12 people die lays off all workers

Last Call for 10.5.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Last Call for 10.4.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics