by Brian Burgess | Feb 25, 2020
Florida lawmakers are seriously considering a university merger that would fold a pair of smaller, specialized state schools into the much larger University of Florida. But nobody knows why. Contrary to what the Florida House is trying to do this year, Florida...
by Brian Burgess | Feb 24, 2020
Real* emails from real readers… “Thanks for naming me The Capitolist’s Champ of the Week. But you should have included Erin Grall in the honor, too.” –Kelli Stargel “Just because you named me Chump of the Week doesn’t mean my...
by Brian Burgess | Feb 21, 2020
At the end of every week, we praise a political playmaker, “swipe left” on the week’s biggest political loser, and explain what it all means for Florida’s political arena. 👍🏆 CHAMP: Florida State Senator Kelli Stargel For more than a...
by Brian Burgess | Feb 20, 2020
With the Florida House of Representatives poised to pass a parental notification law that would require abortion providers like Planned Parenthood to notify a minor patient’s parents and get consent before they could perform an abortion, Democrat lawmakers and...
by Brian Burgess | Feb 13, 2020
Less than three months after Miami Herald capital bureau chief Mary Ellen Klas gleefully announced that she and her colleagues had voted overwhelmingly to form a union, called One Herald Guild, their parent company, McClatchy, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New...