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“Why in the heck are we still changing our clocks?” Rep. Kat Cammack asked during floor debate on the bill. “Floridians — we are the sunshine state. We value sunshine.”

House votes to make daylight saving time permanent politico.com/live-updates/2… via @politico

A sitting state lawmaker is facing a string of sexual harassment and defamation allegations in a civil trial in Tallahassee, a rare public airing of allegations of bad behavior by powerbrokers that have long ailed the Capitol complex. floridatrib.org/2026/07/14/tal…

FWIW ... More than $31.6 million in ads in the governor's race have been purchased so far. The majority of that - $21.2 million - have been spent on positive/pro @ByronDonalds ads. $7.5m has gone to ads supportive of @JayCollinsFL

This ad purchase comes on top of the ads touting Donalds and noting he's been endorsed by Trump that were paid by a pro AI group. That group spent $2.2 million on ads according to AdImpact

The ad is running in Orlando, Tampa and Miami markets per tracking firm AdImpact and its running on news programs & on broadcasts of Marlins and Rays games. ...

A DC group that bills itself as advocating for AI safeguards is spending $2.4 million in Florida on an ad that asks people to call @ByronDonalds & thank him for supporting state regulations on AI. ....

Florida Playbook today: - I interview Democratic @RepDotieJoseph about her campaign for governor - @fineout on how a top Florida elections official is leaving ahead of this year's primaries - @ArekSarkissian on Uthmeier's push to ban a flour additive politico.com/newsletters/fl…

Fla @GovRonDeSantis is at tonight's Major League Baseball Home Run Derby in Philadelphia. His schedule - released a few minutes ago - also shows he met with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred right before the derby started.

"To say she will be missed would be an understatement of epic proportions,” said Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley. Corley said Matthews "treated Florida’s supervisors with respect" & was a "consummate professional."

Maria Matthews served as a crucial connection between the state and Florida’s 67 election supervisors, who often bristled under directives that have come down from the GOP-controlled Legislature and the governor

Top Florida elections official leaving ahead of this year's primaries subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0… via @POLITICOPro

Byron Donalds campaign spokesperson Gates McGavick noted the connections between Jolly and Govoni and then said "the fact he’s cutting videos about this scandal says it all — he’s nervous, and where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”

In preemptive move, Florida Democratic candidate Jolly tries to explain ties to alleged fraudster subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0… via @POLITICOPro

Scenes this evening from Miami

From earlier today. A little throwback

The ad buy is relatively small per Fla standards. AdImpact shows that so far $312k has been placed on the buy with most of that in the Tampa Bay market. The story says the group behind the ad plans to spend $400k

From Axios' @MarcACaputo - Ted Cruz-aligned group blasts Florida's Fishback in ad targeting antisemitism axios.com/2026/07/11/ted…

Donors connected to two hyperscale data center projects in Florida just gave a combined $135K to Byron Donalds, the top Republican candidate for governor. The donors: Palm Beach Aggregates & Enrique Tomeu ("Project Tango" in Palm Beach County) and Fort Meade LLC (Polk County).

From story: "According to four people granted anonymity to describe internal party strategy, GOP leaders are moving ahead with a vote on the so-called Sunshine Protection Act because the bill is a major priority for Florida Republicans" including @realannapaulina

The reason House GOP leaders are holding a vote to stop the changing of the clocks politico.com/live-updates/2… via @politico