The latest St Pete Polls survey for the Democratic Primary for Governor gives Congressman Charlie Crist a commanding lead in the race for the party’s nomination. Crist, a former Republican Governor has been hit by leading opponent Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried for his GOP past, however in recent weeks more revelations about Fried’s recent ties […]
In this week’s Florida History Podcast we discuss the key battles that took place in modern-day Duval and Nassau counties. This is episode 12 of our Albion Florida series. Episode 1- Introduction, El Camino Real and why Florida was different Episode 2- Building the Castillo de San Marcos Episode 3- Queen Anne’s War Part 1- […]
As a member of the Florida Legislature culminating in his time as Speaker of the House (2006-2008), Marco Rubio viciously opposed reproductive freedom and supported multiple efforts to chip away at those rights in Florida. Since becoming a US Senator, Rubio’s rhetoric has become more acidic on these issues. Senator Rubio has called Roe v. Wade a […]
The probable overturning of Roe v Wade should be a seminal moment in the modern history of the United States. No excuse remains to sit on the fence about the threat posed by the GOP on the national level. We can have our disputes about the transactional nature of local Democrats and other matters, but […]
For those trying to understand how Governor DeSantis could talk about stamping out woke education, defend gutting the voting rights act in the state, and keeping Florida “free” during Covid, yet side with solar rooftop owners versus one of the nation’s largest utility companies within one 48 hour-period, it’s because Governor DeSantis is something new […]
We’re doing a Twitter Space on Monday at 5:15 pm ET in reaction to this week’s outstanding Miami Herald piece on why national donors are hesitating to put more money into Florida after several cycles of striking out.
Florida is now per some data, the most expensive place to live in the US. One thing many non-Floridians don’t realize is the number of toll roads in the state, which has the most miles of toll roads in the nation, with many more in the construction or planning stages. The proposed toll roads threaten […]
Spirit Airlines is cutting all service to Pensacola outright this summer Other Spirit summer cuts Fort Lauderdale-Indianapolis/Louisville/Managua/Pensacola Miami-Raleigh-Durham/Tegucigalpa Orlando-Minneapolis-St Paul/Montego Bay/Raleigh-Durham/Rochester/ Tampa-Houston-Bush/Philadelphia JetBlue dropping Miami-Hartford, West Palm Beach – Frontier Orlando cuts : cutting nonstops this summer to Harlingen/Wilmington, DE/Little Rock/Pensacola this summer Southwest is dropping Denver-Fort Lauderdale/Miami this summer. Both flights return in October. […]
It appears that despite some recent reinstatement’s, per reports the recent textbook purge means only one publisher will be providing the bulk of math books available for Florida students from Kindergarten to the 5th Grade. Multiple reports have indicated that the only publisher that had been approved to offer the majority of K-5 math books in […]
The Florida Squeeze 