The power and the swagger: Richard Corcoran and his fight for "soul of the...
Separated by a couple of hundred yards, a scene played out on Friday night that in a brief few moments captured the essence of the entire 2017 session of the Florida Legislature.At one end Senate...
View ArticleOut of the house and into a mansion?...And other Tallahassee bubble news
Inside the Tallahassee bubble news....Richard Corcoran's out of the house and into a mansion?....Make of this what you will, but during the middle of this year's session House Speaker Richard Corcoran...
View ArticleShort-lived truce or an end to the simmering GOP feud in Florida?
So everybody is smiling....for nowWhen Florida legislators wrapped up their special session Friday, the Republican leaders who guide the state appeared happy and sounded happy.But after so much...
View ArticleThe money, gifts and trips edition
IIt's a special summertime money, gifts and trips edition of inside the Tallahassee bubble....BOUND FOR FRANCE...As it happens every year when the humidity bears down oppressively on the Florida...
View ArticleGov. Rick Scott gives up on one of his big promises
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has a little more than a year left in office, is releasing his final set of budget recommendations on Tuesday.And it's sure to contain many of the same items that the...
View Article5 biggest questions of the 2018 session
Here we are again: Following a year that included a civil war among Republicans that sparked a special session and ended with a sexual misconduct scandal that scuttled the political career of Sen. Jack...
View ArticleGOP to hold onto Latvala loot and other inside the bubble news
Time for some inside the bubble news here in Tallahassee:LATVALA DONATIONS....Five years ago in the immediate aftermath of the Allied Veterans of the World charity gambling scandal, the Republican...
View ArticleAnd just like that - Gov. Rick Scott cuts ties to Let's Get to Work
So a funny thing happened on Sunday.Florida Gov. Rick Scott's image and his name and videos disappeared from the Let's Get to Work website. (The photo on the right was taken last Thursday.)Consider his...
View ArticleMystery appeals and campaign finance dilemmas
Time for another round of inside the bubble news....Who's ad is it anyway?....Republican frontrunner for governor Adam Putnam hit the airwaves this month with a biographical ad that is meant to...
View ArticleFlorida turned upside down: 5 takeaways about the 2018 election
With just under 100 days left before Florida voters decide the crucial 2018 election, President Donald Trump held a boisterous rally on Tuesday night with 10,000 people in Tampa where he...
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