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 discussion of sweeping changes in Florida gambling law.

Time is running out. The session ends March 11. 

"I'm not saying nothing is going to happen here," said Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Lee, R-Brandon, after the morning meeting. "We're working to get something done, but it's not easy and time is running out." 

If you think Cuba is moving closer to democracy, I've got a swamp outside Havana to sell you. In the mind of Fidel Castro, it's just the opposite.

Hope dwindled for Florida horsemen Friday after a revenue estimating conference on decoupling failed to address the economic impact of allowing many of the state's pari-mutuel facilities to close, while at the same time retaining their casino licenses.

State economist Amy Baker and a team from the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Florida House, Senate, Department of Professional Regulation and the Governor's Office performed a fiscal review of the 2016 gaming bills before the House and Senate. It was an entirely one-dimensional exercise.

Marco Rubio connected on at least half a dozen of his punches during Thursday night's GOP presidential debate, but none was more memorable than the one blasting Trump for hiring 200 undocumented Polish workers to build the New York City skyscraper that bears his name.

No-bid contracts almost always are ripe for charges of overspending, malfeasance and cronyism and the Department of Corrections' latest contract is a case in point.

Gulfstream, the same race track leading the charge in the Legislature to collect an additional $45 million in revenue to boost prize purses, is the very track leading the charge among pari-mutuel owners to rip off the state of tax revenue.  

Something, by the way, that's been going on for at least 10 years and probably longer.

And what an easy heist it's been for the tracks.

Hillary Clinton is bringing her email scandal to Miami.  Far be it from me to question the wisdom of such a move. It's her campaign after all.

Despite the tourism squabbles between casinos and family theme parks, Florida is virtually unbeatable in one category of travelers' favorites: beaches.

The president-designate of the Senate presided Wednesday over a nearly flawless presentation -- virtually, an orchestration -- of what gambling in Florida might look like if his Seminole Compact goes the distance.

You wonder why environmentalists make me so crazy. I know you do, because you've told me so. Here's the latest example which should pretty much explain it.