Steve Bousquet
Steve Bousquet has covered state government and politics for three decades at the Sun Sentinel, Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald. He was the Times' Tallahassee bureau chief from 2005 to 2018 and has also covered city and county politics in Broward County. He has a master's degree in U.S. history from Florida State.
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Three major Democrats are seeking their party's nomination for governor and a chance to take on Republican Ron DeSantis in November. Now, they're arguing over how often to debate each other. -
Florida's new chief elections officer met for the first time this week with his most important constituency: the state's 67 elections supervisors.
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Supreme Court Justice Alan Lawson is retiring effective August 1 after only six years on the state's highest and most prestigious court. He was an appointee of former Gov. Rick Scott. Lawson leaves a fourth seat for DeSantis to fill on the seven-member court as he seeks reelection.
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One of the largest gatherings of election officials in Florida history recently took outside Orlando. It happened right as voting experts got the surprising news that a federal judge had struck down major portions of an election law approved a year ago.
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Roofing claims, property insurance, and Russian disinvestment: On Tuesday, for the first time in more than six months, the Florida Cabinet actually met in Tallahassee to tackle business on a variety of fronts.
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Florida Realtors have launched a major political campaign to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot next year. It’s designed to prevent future legislatures from raiding a state housing trust fund for other expenses.
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The regular legislative session ended two months ago. Even though it was not especially productive in terms of the number of bills passed, Gov. Ron DeSantis has not yet acted on more than a third of all 275 bills passed.
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Grass-roots advocacy has gone virtual in Tallahassee because of the pandemic. An effort is underway by one of Florida's largest counties to connect with the Florida Capitol under these challenging conditions.
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House Democrats are pushing what they call meaningful COVID relief and a solid plan for the next pandemic. Their 69-page proposal is largely the work of a young freshman, Representative Andrew Learned, a military officer and father of twins who runs a tutoring center near Tampa.
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The Florida legislative session began Tuesday in a largely-deserted state Capitol amid unprecedented restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dozens of election law changes will be on the table when the Florida legislative session opens in a few weeks.
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Since the day Gov. Ron DeSantis took office more than two years ago, Shane Strum has been in charge of day to day operations in the Governor's Office as his chief of staff. Now Strum is a finalist for a lucrative job in South Florida.
