No matter what the political fight, there's almost always a postscript, some lingering bit of fallout that has to be dealt with in the aftermath of victory, defeat or even agreement.
And it was a week of postscripts in Tallahassee. Not any that might require a special session --- regardless of a cruel April Fool's Day tweet from House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island --- but some that were notable nonetheless.
This time last year, the Florida Department of Education was scrambling. Their new standardized test, the Florida Standards Assessment, had crashed. Some students trying to take the assessment were unable to complete the test, while others couldn’t log in to the system at all.
There’s a dreary predictability to the cycle of corporate child abuse funded by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).
After dozens of contests featuring cliffhangers, buzzer- beaters and a ton of flagrant fouls, we're down to the Final Four: Sanders, Clinton, Cruz and Trump. (If Kasich pulls a miracle, he'll get his own column.) The world wants to know: What are their foreign policies?
Floridians overwhelmingly favor medical marijuana. Again.
Just two years after a push for a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana fell short --- and with another push for pharmacological pot on deck for this year's elections --- a survey indicates the idea might have enough support to get added to the state Constitution when voters head to the polls in November.
Fourteen of the Legislature's 160 members earned the Florida Chamber of Commerce's Distinguished Advocate award for efforts they put in during the session just ended to champion pro-jobs, pro-business legislation.
The chamber announces its list annually as a kind of "Legislative Report Card" based on how well they did making Florida more competitive through private-sector job creation, and putting that above special-interest attempts to protect the status quo.
Today Professor Florin Curta is a professor in medieval history and archaeology at the University of Florida, but his road to the sunny vistas of north central Florida came by way of communist-controlled Romania, where growing up he grappled with empty grocery stores, power outages, and an oppressive government that discouraged creativity and free enterprise.
A rap song speaking out against Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has gone viral.
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Donald Trump is presenting a major dilemma for Adam Putnam as he gears up to run for governor in 2018.
