When Amazon expands, like it wants to in Florida, state and local governments practically line up to offer to pay the company to move.

John Sides highlights how little the perception of the two major parties has changed over time:

Forbes attempts to calculate the value of a Tweet:

Editor’s note: This post marks the third in an occasional series in which Florida’s lawmakers discuss how they are spending their time away from Tallahassee, or if you will, their Summer “vacation.” Featured today is Representative Dane Eagle.

State Rep. Dane Eagle managed to pass nine bills during the 2013 legislative session, but is quick to share credit with his House and Senate colleagues and his staff.

Recently, a hearing officer recommended that fired state trooper Charles Swindle be reinstated because Swindle simply obeyed an unwritten rule by going easy on a Jacksonville legislator stopped for speeding.

Here's a new one -- an infographic touting a dinner. This one is about the Florida Democratic Party's annual Jefferson Jackson dinner, held Saturday at the Westin Diplomat in Broward.

Democratic strategist Steve Schale offered his take on the most recent Quinnipiac poll which showed Crist ahead of Scott by a diminished 10 points, if the gubernatorial election were held today — and breaks down the results to suggest that the Democratic lead is actually much larger than reflected in the overall spread.

St. Petersburg voters are increasingly unimpressed with the job performance of Mayor Bill Foster and the City Council, according to the latest survey from St. Pete Polls.

When Jim Kennedy filed for re-election in February, I warned that the likable, but almost apolitical lawyer if “the ‘Stop the Lens’ crowd puts together a slate of candidates able to use the debate over the new Pier as a springboard to election.

Little did I know how right I was.

@Mdixon55

Florida retailers are calling out U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., for opposing legislation that would require online retailers to pay state sales tax.

DeSantis, whose district includes St. Johns County, was at a news conference Tuesday organized by Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform. The group strongly opposes the bill, which is dubbed the “Marketplace Fairness Act.”

Republican supporters of Rick Scott may indeed sound like the Bluths when touting how their candidate is “only” down ten to Crist or Nelson — as my editor and friend Peter Schorsch aptly wrote;  but if “Arrested Development” is the metaphor de jour, let’s take a look at how Charlie’s political

Marco Rubio’s communications team woke to a full plate of press clips to contend with this morning, the best of which headlined “The benefit of the doubt and Marco Rubio” and the most foreboding: “Rubio doubles down into disaster.”

The Florida Legislature outlawed internet cafes in the wake of a scandal, and a court ruling outlawed “barrel racing” — yet within weeks of both, state regulators quietly approved a new round of gambling events at Grenta Racing in North Florida — a confusing turn of events considering the judge’s scathing 85-page rebuke of Gretna activities that targeted barrel-racing and other contrived activities.

The Florida Retail Federation today responded to a Washington D.C. press conference featuring Rep. Ron DeSantis and Grover Norquist, who oppose a bill that would put Florida retailers on a level playing field with out-of-state competitors. FRF President and CEO Rick McAllister said he hoped Rep. DeSantis would reconsider his opposition to the Marketplace Fairness Act. 

Former Republican state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland says it was "kind of silly" and "dumb" that the Republican Party of Florida mounted a campaign urging that Democratic candidate for governor Nan Rich be given speaking time at last weekend's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Hollywood.

Dockery said that by promoting Nan Rich, Republicans showed their true colors.