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Peter SchorschJuly 24, 2015

POLITICO is about to go pro in Florida. The popular online news source, publisher of Florida Playbook email digest from reporter Marc Caputo, is closer to launching POLITICO Pro Florida, a Sunshine State version of its professional service. An email obtained by Florida Politics provides new details on POLITICO Pro Florida, set to go live August […]

Bill PrescottJuly 14, 2015

The Florida Supreme Court has ruled the state’s congressional maps don’t meet requirements of a voter-approved constitutional amendment prohibiting political lines drawn to favor incumbents or political parties. The court ordered the Legislature to redraw the maps These are 10 big questions looming over Florida politics: 1. Will the Legislature appeal? USFSP political science emeritus […]

Mitch PerryJuly 14, 2015

Tuesday’s nuclear announcement between the U.S. and Iran will be the big story of the day and throughout the rest of the summer in Washington. Once the proposal is sent to Congress, the clock begins, with the House and Senate having 60 days to tear the thing apart, which they’re already doing. Once they reject […]

Mitch PerryJuly 10, 2015

It was just an average Thursday in the Florida political world. But first a note about Jeb Bush, who announced that through his own campaign and his Super PAC Right to Rise, he’s raised $114 million this year, with all but $11 million coming from Right to Rise, which began fundraising for the “non-candidate” in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

The battle over Medicaid expansion in the Florida Legislature was an intense, emotional issue for many in Tallahassee this year. It was an internecine battle, as House Republicans fought Senate Republicans over expanding health care coverage and a Senate fix to the Low Income Pool program. At times the battle got personal, with some ascribing less than […]

Mitch PerryJuly 8, 2015

Earlier this week Politico speculated that the Democrats have a “narrow” path to recapture the U.S. Senate next year, which appears to be a much friendlier year in terms of victories compared with 2014 (when they lost nine seats) or 2018, when they must defend seats in red states like Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia. One […]

Mitch PerryJuly 7, 2015

By any objective standard, it hasn’t been a great week for Alan Grayson. And it’s only Tuesday. The firebrand liberal Orlando Congressman learned on Monday that a nonprofit watchdog group (the Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust) had filed a complaint against him with the Office of Congressional Ethics regarding hedge funds he formed that bear […]

Mitch PerryJune 30, 2015

Jeb Bush is about to release 33 years of his tax returns on his website late Tuesday afternoon. Fox News’ Carl Cameron broke that news on Fox and Friends this morning. That’s a record for transparency when it comes to tax returns. The previous record was held by Bob Dole, the GOP presidential nominee 20 years ago. […]

Mitch PerryJune 26, 2015

While we eagerly await the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage later this morning, reverberations from the court’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act continue. The court ruled that Congress’ intention was to provide subsidies to those on the plan, regardless of where they lived. Supporters of the law insisted the case never should have […]

Peter SchorschJune 3, 2015

In a Columbia Journalism Review story about the demand for political reporters in Florida, the Naples Daily News Manny Garcia offers an eerily prescient quote about the hot-stove league nature of the state’s journalism. “You have to have a pipeline because sometimes you’re going to lose people,” Garcia told Susannah Nesmith. Why is this prescient? Well, because Garcia is about to lose one of […]

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Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

POLITICO Pro Florida set to launch August 3 with pricy state-based subscription service

Peter Schorsch: Court ruling has tossed the Monopoly board

Mitch Perry Report for 7.14.15 — Can Obama get 34 Senators to stay with him on Iran deal?

Mitch Perry Report for 7.10.15 — A whole lotta political stuff

Jack Latvala calls attacks on state senators, spouses in health care “reprehensible”

NRSC “confident” GOP will keep Florida Senate seat in 2016

Alan Grayson supporters stand strongly behind their man

Jeb Bush to release 33 years of tax returns later today

Mitch Perry Report for 6.26.15 — SCOTUS rule on ACA works out for Florida GOP

Matt Dixon headed to POLITICO