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Peter SchorschFebruary 21, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening. Thousands jammed the Capitol complex to call for action in the wake of the Parkland shooting, while a Senate panel delayed action on allowing guns in place of worship. Sixty Days wants to praise the Lord and pass […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 20, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. The Governor is skipping a CNN town hall tomorrow and instead sat in on workshops on school safety today, and a contentious education bill is moving in the Senate. Sixty Days never skips class. Here’s your nightly rundown. […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 20, 2018

Gun control debate seems likely to last longer this time The debate over gun control traditionally comes and goes following a tragedy. Last week’s murder of 14 high school students and three school employees in Parkland has elevated the rhetoric again, but this reaction has a feel that it will not go away as quickly […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 19, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Monday evening. The shootings in Parkland continue to drive the political narrative in the Sunshine State, and a veteran congressman is calling it quits. The Legislature was off for Presidents Day, but Sixty Days was at its desk. Here’s your […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 16, 2018

United with victims, divided on solutions After the unspeakable tragedy that occurred Wednesday in Parkland, nothing else comes close to the significance of the event. It is not appropriate — not yet anyway — to talk about bills, sponsors, co-sponsors, filibusters, border walls, shutdowns and DREAMers. The latter is particularly poignant because many of the victims at […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. Adam Putnam is backing off for now on a request to make getting a concealed-carry permit easier, and help is on the way for opioid abuse. For the record, the hardest thing in the Sixty Days medicine cabinet […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Wednesday evening. Nothing about it is good. The House observed a moment of silence for those involved in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County. At press time, a suspect was in custody, and there were “numerous […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 13, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. There’s a wee spot of trouble brewing over a proposed ban on minors getting married, and payday loan legislation keeps moving. Sixty Days will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Here’s your evening rundown. Wedding wait: […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 13, 2018

Bolstered by frequent appearances on cable TV news programs, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis has shot his way into the top tier of the GOP primary for Florida governor. According to a recent Mason Dixon poll, DeSantis is now trailing establishment favorite Adam Putnam by just four points — an easily surmountable difference for a candidate […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 12, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Monday evening. The Senate moved another version of a gambling bill, and Florida is No. 1 … in immigration-related arrests. Sixty Days pines for a day when our immigration problems are behind us. Till then, here’s your evening rundown. Gambling […]

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