As the 2016 legislative session came to a blessedly peaceful end Friday night, you could look at the 60-day assembly through a variety of prisms.
For House and Senate Republican leaders, it was an election-year opportunity to show that they could govern after the messy unraveling of last year's session, which ended with bruised egos and a lengthy list of unfinished priorities.
As legislative sessions go, 2016's came in like a lion and went out like a lamb.
The hanky has dropped and sine die is here once more. The 2016 Florida Legislature came to a close Friday evening, passing Florida’s $82 billion budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
This week's attempts at expanding gambling in Florida were not unexpected. Obviously, Florida's horsemen are relieved that the end-run full decoupling amendments floated during these past few days were unsuccessful, but more important than that, we are pleased to know that our state legislators have taken pause to recognize and better understand the far-reaching positive economic impact of the Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse and Standardbred industries here in the "Horse Capital of the World."
Making their last minute appeals, the presidential candidates entered the home sprint as the Florida primary looms on Tuesday.
Routing U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in all the polls of the Sunshine State, former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton looked to nail down Florida Democrats as she unleashed two new Spanish language ads on Friday.
The Florida primary has been polled and re-polled, but is there a whole new voting bloc that the current estimates are leaving out - a bloc that could lead to another upset as big as Sanders winning Michigan despite huge polling numbers in Clinton's favor?
Florida, the largest swing state on the electoral map, will be on center stage this week as Democrats and Republicans vote in the presidential primaries. Sunshine State News continues "What Candidates Have at Stake in Florida,” a look at what the remaining candidates have on the line in Tuesday’s primary. The series continues to look at the Republican presidential hopefuls. We hope readers join us as we look at “What Candidates Have at Stake in Florida” as the presidential candidates make their last pushes before the primary.
Florida, the largest swing state on the electoral map, will be on center stage next week as Democrats and Republicans vote in the presidential primaries. In the coming days, Sunshine State News will present “What Candidate Have at Stake in Florida,” a look at what the remaining candidates have on the line in next Tuesday’s primary. The series continues to look at the Republican presidential hopefuls. We hope readers join us as we look at “What Candidates Have at Stake in Florida” as the presidential candidates make their last pushes before the primary.
The four remaining Republican presidential candidates sparred on Thursday night in a debate held in South Florida on CNN. The clock’s ticking down to Tuesday’s primaries and the stakes are high as Marco Rubio and John Kasich need to carry their home states which hold winner take all primaries.
In the meantime, Donald Trump looked to build on his lead while Ted Cruz hoped to make it a one-on-one contest against the frontrunner.
