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Weekly Roundup: Wait Is Over for Death Penalty

August 28, 2017 - 10:00pm

After more than a year-and-a-half hiatus, Florida carried out an execution this week, putting to death a prisoner convicted of murdering two men in Jacksonville 30 years ago.

Florida Congressmen Widely Support New Sanctions on Venezuela

August 25, 2017 - 3:30pm
Marco Rubio, Donald Trump and Mario Diaz-Balart

President Donald Trump signed an executive order rapping Venezuela with a series of sanctions this week in the United States’ latest effort to push President Nicolas Maduro to his economic breaking point.

Alex Miller Resigns from Florida House of Representatives

August 25, 2017 - 11:00am
Alex Miller

Less than a year after taking office in the Florida House of Representatives, state Rep. Alex Miller is calling it quits.

President Obama Endorses Rick Kriseman ... But Did He Really?

August 25, 2017 - 9:30am

In this morning's Politico Playbook, it was reported that President Obama endorsed Rick Kriseman for St. Petersburg mayor.

Callaloo Who? Kriseman and Midtown St. Pete Falling Outer and Outer

August 25, 2017 - 9:15am
Rick Kriseman

UPDATED AT 6 PM. TO INCLUDE CALLALOO GROUP'S ADDRESS: Who can blame folks in Midtown, a predominantly African-American neighborhood in St. Petersburg, for protesting Mayor Rick Kriseman's decision to put the historic Manhattan Casino in the hands of community outsiders?

United in Hate

Backroom Briefing: Politicians Eye Public Finance Issue

Special Ethics Panel Set to Investigate Daisy Baez's Out-of-District Residency

August 24, 2017 - 2:15pm
Daisy Baez

State Rep. Daisy Baez could find herself in hot water and facing an ethics complaint over allegations she doesn’t actually live in the district she represents.

David Jolly, Patrick Murphy Team Up Again to Talk About Fixing D.C.

August 24, 2017 - 2:00pm
David Jolly and Patrick Murphy

Two former congressmen from Florida--Republican David Jolly and Democrat Patrick Murphy--are teaming up again to make a tour of the Sunshine State to “pull back the curtain on Washington and shine a light on the inside reasons why D.C. is in a state of chaos and dysfunction.”

SFWMD -- Not yet Martin County -- Settles With Lake Point to Put Estuary Benefits 'Back on Track'

August 24, 2017 - 1:00pm

The South Florida Water Management District -- caught up in a legal tangle that involved 2012 Martin County commissioners and Martin environmental activist Maggy Hurchalla who advised them -- approved a settlement Wednesday with the owners of the Lake Point Restoration project in western Martin County.   

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