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Peter SchorschSeptember 20, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Today’s news in the world of Tallahassee lobbying: A big ‘get,’ and a new practice opens. Joe McCann, a former House Democratic Office staff director, has joined the Pittman Law Group as Senior Policy Director, the firm announced Wednesday. McCann […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 19, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Bob Ehrhardt, now a senior attorney for the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, will become the state’s top gambling regulator, sources told Florida Politics Tuesday afternoon. Ehrhardt would replace Tony Glover as head of the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2017

Actor Mark Ruffalo is pushing progressives nationwide to help raise money for hurricane relief in Florida. One of the stars of “The Avengers,” “Spotlight,” and “Now You See Me,” who’s also a progressive political activist, is sending a message Tuesday to members of progressive groups throughout the country through the Progressive Change Campaign Committee raising […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 18, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Justin Sayfie, the former Jeb Bush policy advisor turned political website whiz, is leaving Florida for the nation’s capital. But don’t worry: You will still get your daily Sayfie Review fix. Sayfie, who joined Brian Ballard’s Ballard Partners lobbying firm […]

Scott PowersSeptember 15, 2017

More than half of Collier and Lee counties now have power but approximately 100,000 customers in each was without electricity, and 1.4 million statewide Friday evening. Statewide, more than 87 percent of Florida has the lights – and air conditioning – back on, in the latest report issued by the Florida Office of Emergency Management, […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 14, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot As millions of Floridians are still without electricity, water or access to gasoline after Hurricane Irma, a scourge is coming. Yes, just when you thought life couldn’t get any worse—skeeters. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, in a Thursday news briefing at […]

Scott PowersSeptember 14, 2017

Heat may be rising among the millions of Floridians still without power, as 2.3 million homes and businesses head toward finishing a fourth full day without. The latest data from the Florida Office of Emergency Management show 22 percent of the state still was sweating out power outages at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, on what has […]

Scott PowersSeptember 14, 2017

Airbnb, the nation’s largest vacation rental home marketing business, said Thursday it has 230 host homes mostly in northern Florida offering free stays to Hurricane Irma evacuees and relief workers and now is activating its disaster relief program through more of Florida. Airbnb also is seeking new hosts in Central Florida, South Florida, North Florida, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 14, 2017

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will make beds in VA facilities available to residents of Florida nursing homes that have no power, Sen. Bill Nelson said Thursday. Nelson said he saw that the VA had done so with refugees from the U.S. Virgin Islands, accepting them into the VA hospital at Puerto Rico, and […]

Scott PowersSeptember 14, 2017

Power outages continue to plague just over one quarter of all the homes and businesses in Florida, though the number fell to almost 2.7 million customers Thursday morning. A 6 a.m. update from the Florida Office of Emergency Management showed that those counties hit first and hardest by Hurricane Irma – Monroe, Collier and Lee […]

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Last Call for 9.20.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Last Call for 9.19.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Mark Ruffalo urging progressives to help with Hurricane relief

Last Call for 9.18.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Power update: 1.4 million customers still without electricity

Last Call for 9.14.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Power update: 2.3 million homes and businesses still without

Airbnb expands call for hosts to house evacuees, relief workers

VA hospitals to take in nursing home residents, Bill Nelson says

Power outages down to 2.7 million homes, businesses