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Bill Cotterell: Gaetz for governor? This wasn’t a good start
A lot of what has endeared Matt Gaetz to the most Trumpified wing of the GOP has also made him a political pariah to everybody else, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Opinion: Florida's seemingly limitless death penalty
Lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis keep expanding who the state can execute, attorney Melanie Kalmanson writes.
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Bill Cotterell: Campaign is just starting, and we’re already tired of it
The message from much of America is, 'wake me when it’s over,' our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Commentary: It's too soon to regulate AI
While restrictions and export controls related to specific compute and hardware platforms are possible, it is virtually impossible to monitor and enforce how these computing platforms are actually used.
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Bill Cotterell: Term limits won’t solve the 'senioritis' in Washington
No matter how long they stay, we keep sending the same kind of people to Congress and the White House, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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'Is this Steve Schale? Hi, this is Lucy Morgan'
A veteran political consultant remembers the late St. Petersburg Times capital bureau chief.
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Your view: Here are some basic guidelines for submitting op-eds, letters to the editor
City & State Florida welcomes proposed opinion articles for publication online.
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Bill Cotterell: Impeachment overkill is catching on in Washington
Lately, the desire to get even has cheapened what should be a grave, historic process reserved for truly evil or incompetent public officers, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Bill Cotterell: Redistricting case matters far beyond Florida
The stakes in Florida’s congressional redistricting litigation couldn’t be higher, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Bill Cotterell: Gov. DeSantis made the best of two bad occasions
People hooted on social media about DeSantis coming back to Florida as Idalia approached the state, as if any governor would try to run the hurricane response from Iowa or South Carolina, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Letter to the editor: Cotterell ignores elephant in room on DeSantis kids, transgender question
It's the governor himself who turned transgender kids into policy issues, Bob Shaw writes.
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Bill Cotterell: Believe it or not, some topics are still private
We’ve grown used to full disclosure – even too much information – from political candidates, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Bill Cotterell: Firing prosecutors is bad policy and bad politics
Ron DeSantis, in his second term as governor, seems especially adept at putting his likes and dislikes into action as he seeks the presidency, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Bill Cotterell: We need to see Trump's day in court on TV
The federal courts ought to allow Trump’s trials to be televised, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Opinion: The math isn’t mathing on Florida abortion amendment
Numbers on the Division of Elections website only tell you part of the petition story, J.J. Whitson writes.
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Opinion: DeSantis, judicial nominating panel slow-walking important vacancy
Neither the governor nor a judicial nominating commission has acted with any urgency in filling the opening created by the death of Judge Kevin Carroll, attorney Adam Richardson writes.
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Bill Cotterell: Biden conference calls should have a paper trail
It should be easy to get a pretty good idea of who’s telling the truth about Hunter Biden peddling his famous last name in his far-flung financial dealings, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Bill Cotterell: Unforced errors continue to hobble DeSantis presidential campaign
It's hard to believe the governor is stumbling on Nazis and slavery but here we are, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Bill Cotterell: Democratic back-benchers eyeing challenge to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott
Florida Democrats are casting about for a well-known challenger to what looks like Scott’s cruise-control coast to a second term in Washington, our Capitol Columnist writes.
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Opinion: Decades after Americans with Disabilities Act, there’s still work to do
We must all take responsibility and support legislation that increases options for individuals with disabilities, Susan Kabot writes.
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