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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Peter SchorschJuly 12, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Another self-imposed deadline, another delay. The federal government has again asked a Tallahassee judge to delay any rulings while it decides whether to get involved in a lawsuit over records on March’s pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University that […]

Peter SchorschJuly 10, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A trio of rallies tomorrow will call for Gov. Rick Scott “to retract the state’s appeals on two medical marijuana constitutional challenge cases,” the organizer said in a news release. Three protests will take place simultaneously Wednesday at noon — […]

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