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Peter SchorschMay 6, 2017

Editor’s note: FloridaPolitics.com comprehensive list of the Winners and Losers emerging from the 2017 Session will be published after Sine Die. Arthenia Joyner may no longer be in the Legislature, but she finally was able to see a prized piece of legislation pass. This week, the House unanimously approved the “Compensation of Victims of Wrongful […]

Peter SchorschApril 29, 2017

Just before 5 p.m. on Friday, the deadline to apply for the open position of secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, the fill-in guy filed. Ryan Matthews, the interim secretary, wants the job permanently. “We are in a unique position to continue moving Florida forward when it comes to environmental restoration, conservation and protection,” he […]

Peter SchorschApril 22, 2017

Richard Corcoran says he loves Gov. Rick Scott “to death,” but is getting weary of the “slings and arrows” he’s taken from him over the last couple of months. It’s the continuing battle over VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s public-private tourism marketing arm, which the House speaker still believes needs to be reined in and […]

Peter SchorschApril 15, 2017

“Before we begin with agency business,” Gov. Rick Scott said at this week’s Cabinet meeting, “we have one more person to recognize.” To his surprise, it was CFO Jeff Atwater, who’s leaving Tallahassee after this Legislative Session to join Florida Atlantic University as VP and CFO “I don’t see this on the agenda,” Atwater said, […]

Peter SchorschApril 8, 2017

Mike Carroll sounded tired as he took to the mic during this week’s Pinwheels for Child Abuse Prevention kickoff at the Governor’s Mansion. The secretary of the Department of the Children and Families again has had to deal with high-profile deaths, including, most recently, Naika Venant and Lauryn Martin-Everett. Both were ‘system’ kids; both had hanged […]

Peter SchorschJuly 30, 2016

If you can’t beat ’em, make sure they don’t have enough people to fight. The state’s Environmental Regulations Commission this week OK’d new standards that caused conniptions among the clean water set. The new rules seemingly have a split personality: They “will increase the amount of cancer-causing toxins allowed in Florida’s rivers and streams,” the AP […]

Peter SchorschMarch 15, 2016

No sooner than the hankies dropped Friday, Gov. Rick Scott‘s press office had fired out a release announcing the governor’s “Million, Billion Jobs Victory Tour.” “I am proud to announce that by working with Florida Legislative leaders, we have cut taxes by more than $1 billion in just two years,” he said. And there started the […]

Tag: Takeaways from Tallahassee

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Arthenia Joyner’s bill delayed, but not denied

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Ryan Matthews applies for DEP top spot

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Richard Corcoran’s ‘sea of troubles’

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Going in style

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Pinwheels, and putting the pieces back together

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Come for the water, stay for the Zika

Takeaways from Tallahassee – Epilogue