by Brian Burgess | Aug 28, 2026
Hey everybody! Did you see? Did you see the new Cook Political Report claiming that David Jolly is leading Republican Byron Donalds in the polls? Democrat fundraisers hope you did. That’s because if they can’t convince themselves and their base that...
by Brian Burgess | Feb 20, 2026
Eight pharmacy benefit manager examinations “impeded.” Five tied up in litigation. Nearly $500,000 in unpaid regulatory invoices. That’s the snapshot from a now-month-old report from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s first-ever examinations of the...
by Brian Burgess | Nov 22, 2025
Hoo-boy. In more than a decade of covering Florida’s political scene, never have I ever opened a story with those two words. But here we are, all because Matthew Taylor, the almost-famous, almost-welder, almost-comedian, almost-county-commissioner, almost-governor,...
by Brian Burgess | Nov 5, 2025
His Instagram videos move fast – jump cuts, punchy monologues, biting accusations, and populist flavor. He even has a catchy moniker: “Matt the Welder.” With his face or body wedged somewhere into the limited screen space for just an extra dose of...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 2, 2025
KPMG LLP, one of the nation’s Big Four accounting and consulting firms, announced a major expansion of its Florida-based government services practice this week, including the addition of a former top DeSantis administration official and several key internal...
