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Peter SchorschSeptember 27, 2017

With the votes tallied, Democrat Annette Taddeo beat out Republican Jose Felix Diaz 51-47 in the Tuesday special election for Senate District 40, despite all signs pointing toward a low-turnout Election Day and early voting numbers strongly favoring Diaz.

Peter SchorschNovember 3, 2016

The Tampa Bay Times posted a timely story yesterday by Steve Bousquet about election-time misinformation. In the piece, “Rumors, myths, and half-truths cloud Florida’s election,” Bousquet muses, “Whatever it is, people in Florida seem more suspicious than ever about the election.” The irony is that reporting by the Times, or at least some of its brethren, aren’t helping […]

Phil AmmannOctober 10, 2016

Two Florida daily newspapers opposing the legalization of medical marijuana in 2014 have made an about-face, and are now supporting a “yes” vote on Amendment 2. This week, United for Care, the organization behind Amendment 2, announced the editorial boards of the Florida Times-Union and Ft. Myers News-Press each have penned op-eds in favor of the […]

Phil AmmannJuly 1, 2016

Bruce Kaplan was a Republican until last Thursday. On Friday, he qualified to run for the Florida Senate as a Democrat. According to LobbyTools, that might present a problem for the newly minted Senate District 38 candidate. Florida statutes require candidates to switch parties no less than a year before the start of qualifying. Kaplan, […]

Jim RosicaMay 17, 2016

Jeff Greene‘s lawyer is berating the Tampa Bay Times over a story on its settlement of Greene’s libel suit against the newspaper. Greene, a Palm Beach billionaire, also is “demand(ing) that the Tampa Bay Times now disclose the amount publicly.” He sued the Times and the Miami Herald in 2010 but settled confidentially with both papers in […]

Staff ReportsMay 12, 2016

The Tampa Bay Times settled a libel suit filed against it by Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene, the newspaper reported Thursday. The terms of that settlement were not released. “We have been in this legal standoff for nearly six years,” Times editor Neil Brown said in a statement. “The settlement represents our insurance company’s calculation of […]

Jim RosicaMay 6, 2016

The last week of April has come and gone without a trial on billionaire Jeff Greene‘s libel suit against the Tampa Bay Times. “We have a trial date set for the end of April,” Times attorney Alison Steele told FloridaPolitics.com last month. With no trial, is a settlement in the offing? Greene already settled last month with The Miami Herald, the […]

Martin DyckmanApril 15, 2016

If only the Florida Constitution included a provision like this: (1) Members of the Legislature who vote for measures subsequently held unconstitutional shall be liable jointly and severally for all attorney fees and costs as established by the court. (2) Failure to pay such liabilities within 60 days of final judgment shall constitute disqualification for […]

Martin DyckmanApril 14, 2016

If only the Florida Constitution included a provision like this: (1) Members of the Legislature who vote for measures subsequently held unconstitutional shall be liable jointly and severally for all attorney fees and costs as established by the court. (2) Failure to pay such liabilities within 60 days of final judgment shall constitute disqualification for […]

Staff ReportsApril 11, 2016

Carol Marbin Miller, one of the writers of the Miami Herald’s “Innocents Lost” investigation, on Monday, accepted the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for the 2014 series on behalf of the newspaper. Miller and co-writer Audra D.S. Burch spent three years looking into Florida’s child welfare system “by following the lives – and deaths – […]

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Winners and losers emerging from Annette Taddeo’s win SD 40

Even after bungled math mea culpa, Times/Herald still offering inaccurate information about solar amendment

2 Florida papers do an about-face on Amendment 2, call for yes on medical pot

24 hours before qualifying, Democratic Senate candidate was a registered Republican

Jeff Greene’s lawyer calls out Tampa Bay Times

Tampa Bay Times settles suit with Jeff Greene

Whither Jeff Greene’s lawsuit against the Tampa Bay Times?

Martin Dyckman: Courts failed organizations that won redistricting fight

Martin Dyckman: Courts failed organizations that won redistricting fight

Carol Marbin Miller accepts award for Miami Herald’s “Innocents Lost” series