Democratic leadership wants Annette Taddeo out of the way and just like that, she moves over. The former head of the Miami-Dade Democratic Executive Committee and former candidate for almost everything else is no longer running for state committeewoman.
Some of the biggest whales among Democratic donors -- millionaires like Orlando's John Morgan -- say they need a break after Hillary Clinton's loss. A long break. Nearly a month after Donald Trump's shocking upset, they still "feel like they just set their money on fire."
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For the last five days I've been asking myself the same question, and I can't stand it anymore. It's time I asked it out loud. Why didn't Judge Karen Gievers of Florida's 2nd Judicial Circuit recuse herself?
Give it up for St. Petersburg. In case you haven't heard, the Sunshine City is going to be the first in Florida to use 100 percent renewable energy.
To virtually no one's surprise, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation vowed Tuesday to appeal a circuit judge's ruling that would block a 14.5 percent increase in workers' compensation insurance rates.
The office filed a notice of appeal. That will allow the rate increase to start taking effect Thursday as originally planned.
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who seized power in 1959, took over U.S. property on the island, embraced the Soviet Union and forced thousands of Cubans into exile, has died at the age of 90.
This column is a vehicle for a number of items in a bits-and-pieces, strictly opinion, sometimes irreverent format. Look for "Just Sayin'" to run once a week in this spot.
The cost of protecting a president has always been prohibitive. It's only the election of Donald J. Trump that called attention to it.
House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron are both attorneys, both conservatives, both former appropriations chairs -- but if you're looking for clues to leadership style, any other similarities are a lot harder to find.
