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After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

You probably can't imagine how much fun I've had at Sunshine State News over the last 10 years. I don't think anybody could. 

By Nancy Smith
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
The Ribault Monument

Florida Continues to Flow Down History's River

By Kevin Derby
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
Lighthouse Point vacation rental

Vacation Rental Giant on Winning Streak in Florida Courts

By JOHN HAUGHEY THE CENTER SQUARE
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am

Only You

By Henry Payne
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am

Columns

Harris Corp.'s Unseemly Push to Block Competition for Police Radios Didn't Work after All
By Nancy Smith
I'm not a psychic, but I predicted in a story in May 2014 that Harris Corporation of Melbourne would attempt an end-run around a competitive bid process for a new contract for local and state law enforcement radios. And sure enough, that's what the Melbourne company did. And its less-than-honest methods got found out.
Patrick Murphy Caught Livin' Large at Minimum Wage Challenge
By Nancy Smith
Patrick Murphy
These publicity-stunt "minimum wage challenges" the Democrats love to stage never work. Remember the legislators in Florida who tried last September to live on $8.05 a day but threw in the towel on the second or third day?
Guest Column
Solar Amendment Belongs on the Florida Ballot
By Randy Miller
Florida has spent recent years building up its reputation as a business-first state that is dedicated to finding ways to promote company growth, create jobs and stimulate the economy.
Contra 'Too Late'
By Mona Charen
Mitt Romney made a compelling and urgent case for why the Republican Party's soul is at stake in this election cycle. And speaking of Romney, his experience in 2012 illustrates why those who are shrugging that it is too late to stop Donald Trump are mistaken.
Horse Racing: A Florida Industry Fights for Its Life
Gambling Greased the Palms of a Whole Litter of Legislative Leaders
By Nancy Smith
For 14 months, from November 2014 through January 2016, casino interests plowed more than $3.2 million into political parties and the campaign war chests of leading Florida legislators, starting with Joe Negron, president designate of the Senate -- but including dozens of others. All in the hope they would get bills passed to expand gambling in Florida.
Guest Column
Super Tuesday: Where Do We Go from Here?
By Liz Mair
About last night ...First of all, please note that while we’re hardly ecstatic about last night’s results, we are pleased with data we got back from the one state in which we played yesterday: Virginia.
Guest Column
A Blunt Force to Crush Floridians’ Opposition to Marijuana
By Bertha K. Madras
The well-funded movement to medicalize marijuana spreading across our nation calls out for caution and restraint. Activists claim that marijuana is a safe medicine but de facto, it is evolving into a gateway for marijuana legalization. The claim conflicts with current science, with intelligent public health policy, with rigorous standards of the drug approval process, and with best practices of medicine.
Election Central 2016
Ben Carson Could Dominate Race to Replace Rubio
By Kevin Derby
Ben Carson
With the national media reporting that Republican strategists are urging Ben Carson to get out of the presidential race and run for the Senate, a new candidate could be looking to replace Marco Rubio. 
Inoculated Against Truth
By Kathleen Parker
WASHINGTON -- By now it's obvious that lecturing Donald Trump supporters about why they shouldn't vote for him only confirms their convictions.
Horse Racing: A Florida Industry Fights for Its Life
Decoupling Still Threatens, but Unlikely This Year
By Nancy Smith
Though the deck is still stacked against them, Florida horsemen dodged a bullet in the Senate Tuesday -- and probably in the Legislature during the 2016 session -- when lawmakers postponed further
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