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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. 10 BIG QUESTIONS FACING FLORIDA POLITICS AT THE START OF SUMMER Memorial Day is, as any grillmaster worth his Big Green Egg can tell you, the unofficial start of summer. With the most tumultuous election season in a generation heading into the final stretch, the answers to these ten questions will shape the immediate future for the state…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. THE LIBERTARIANS ARE COMING TO TOWN If all goes as expected this weekend at their national convention in Orlando, Libertarians could head into the presidential campaign with two respected former governors leading their ticket. If not, Libertarians could give Republicans and Democrats a run for their craziness. The Libertarian Party has never been a stranger…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. DAY 2 OF RICK SCOTT’S EDUCATION SUMMIT Gov. Rick Scott has a few suggestions to make it easier for Florida students to graduate from college in four years. Remove additional fees for online classes. Allow Bright Future scholarships to be used for summer classes. And make sure students get credit for college-level courses taken in high school. 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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. DEGREES TO JOB EDUCATION SUMMIT CONVENES TODAY Think of it as a jobs summit, with an education twist. Gov. Rick Scott kicks off his 2016 Degrees to Jobs Education Summit at 8:30 a.m. at the Loews Portofino in Orlando. The two-day summit, according to the Governor’s Office, is meant to bring together business and education officials help Florida students…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. IT IS LESS THAN 100 DAYS TO FLORIDA’S PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND… Patrick Murphy cannot have many more days like the one he had on Monday. The Jupiter Democratic Representative was busted by the Miami Herald regarding an exaggeration in his academic record.  The newspaper revealed that Murphy’s official congressional and campaign websites have been incorrectly…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. ALL CALM AS HILLARY CLINTON, BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS GATHER IN ORLADO via Brendan Farrington of the Associated Press There’s nothing like a common enemy to help Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters come together in harmony, as was the case Saturday as the Florida Democratic Party rallied against Donald Trump. Democrats backing each of the party’s presidential candidates sat side-by-side with no…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. A “FLORIDA MAN” STORY TO START YOUR WEEKEND A Florida man is accused of impersonating a U.S. senator to avoid paying off his home loan. The U.S. attorney’s office in Tampa reports that a grand jury indicted 67-year-old Sidney Hines this week on five counts of impersonating a federal officer or employee. He faces up to 15…

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