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The Beauty of Rick Scott’s Big Final Budget

November 20, 2017 - 10:30am
Rick Scott

Rick Scott, two-time governor of Florida facing his term-limit year, has submitted his final state budget. And what a striking departure from his previous annual spending proposals it is. This time Scott is calling for a budget increase of $2.4 billion over 2017's. 

Vern Buchanan Cheers Trump for Reversing FWS Lifting Elephant Trophy Ban

November 20, 2017 - 9:30am
Vern Buchanan and Donald Trump

With President Donald Trump freezing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) proposal to end the ban on African elephant trophies, a Florida Republican who opposed the change cheered the decision. 

Shark-Dragging Investigation Incomplete but 'Very Much Alive'

November 20, 2017 - 6:00am
Clips from the July shark video

Four months after the Facebook posting of a disturbing 11-second video showing a shark being hauled alive behind a speedboat, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's investigation of the incident remains incomplete.

NRCC, DCCC Ready to Battle in Eight Districts Across Florida in 2018

November 20, 2017 - 6:00am
Ben Ray Lujan and Steve Stivers

National Republicans and Democrats continue to place their bets in Florida as they ready for 2018‘s congressional races. 

A Groper's Gallery of the Grotesque

November 20, 2017 - 7:00am

It seems more than coincidence that the first year of Donald Trump's presidency coincides with a trend that was heretofore unrecognized -- groping.

Coming Forward

Judy Mount, FDP Interim Chair? Not So Fast, Say Party Bylaws

November 19, 2017 - 6:00am
Judy Mount and Stephen Bittel

Judy Mount says she is the interim chair of the Florida Democratic Party, but party bylaws say otherwise -- and it appears the FDP will actually be without a chair until they meet to select a replacement for Stephen Bittel in December.

Rejected by Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Carlos Curbelo Looks Like Top Target for Democrats in 2018

November 18, 2017 - 6:00am
Carlos Curbelo

This week, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., was denied membership in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus even as it looks like he will be in another fight to hold onto his South Florida congressional seat. 

Rat Race to Replace Stephen Bittel as FDP Chair Begins

November 18, 2017 - 6:00am
Judy Mount, Stephen Bittel and Alan Clendenin

It’s deja vu all over again as the Florida Democratic Party is once more looking for a new chairman.

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