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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica, although today we’re giving Gary Fineout of the Associated Press the lead… DIVIDED OVER DOLLARS: LEGISLATORS SPLIT ON SPENDING With about a month left in the regular session, the Republican-controlled Legislature is on a major collision course over spending. This past week the House and Senate released rival budgets for the coming year that reveal a wide divide…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. FLORIDIANS HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THE SUNSHINE STATE A new poll from Public Opinion Strategies found Florida voters are feeling the most optimistic about the direction of the state than they have in nearly a decade. The poll of 600 registered voters was conducted from March 1 through March 5 for the Florida Hospital Association. The…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. FLORIDIANS TO LAWMAKERS: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF MEDICAID FUNDING, NEW POLLING SHOWS If there’s a budget crisis looming in Florida, voters sure as heck don’t know about it. A new survey, commissioned by the Florida Hospital Association and shared exclusively with FloridaPolitics.com, finds 76 percent of registered voters did not feel the state budget was in a…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS (BUDGET) PLACE So now the lines of negotiation are being drawn over the budget, the one bill constitutionally required to be passed every session, and already lawmakers are entrenched. As our Michael Moline reported Tuesday, a House panel committed $25 million to VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s tourism marketing agency. That’s far…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. IT’S DISRUPTION DAY IN THE LEGISLATURE With the House set to tackle legislation aimed at vacation rentals and the Senate taking up a bill focused on ride-booking services, it seems like 2017 might just be the year lawmakers embrace some of the technological advancements many Floridians use on a regular basis. A recent survey from Mason-Dixon Polling…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Jim Rosica, and Florence Snyder. DEBUTING TODAY: THE SPRING 2017 EDITION OF INFLUENCE MAGAZINE INFLUENCE Magazine is mostly about the governmental affairs professionals who shape The Process. But any story about The Process is incomplete without a recognition of the public affairs pros that are as integral as any lobbying shop. This issue is dedicated to these “flaks,” as well as to the…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Jim Rosica, and Scott Powers. IF ARAMIS AYALA HAD BEEN IN DENVER, PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE SHRUGGED In January, new Denver District Attorney Beth McCann reaffirmed her campaign promise on an extraordinary policy: There would be no death penalty cases in her district under her watch. The reaction? Virtually nothing. “I think our community is a lot different from Orlando,” McCann…

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