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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 5.11.21 Good Tuesday morning. Jared Rosenstein has joined its team of government affairs consultants. Rosenstein comes to the firm from the Florida Division of Emergency Management, where he served as legislative affairs director. “Jared fits our firm culture of hard work, a deep knowledge of issues, and attention to detail very well. He will undoubtedly provide top-notch government affairs services at the state ...

Winners and losers emerging from the 2021 Legislative Session They all cant be winners. Here is the definitive list of whos up and who took a fall. The ending of a Session is never a surprise. It’s like harvest season. What you get at the end is the result of months, maybe even years of tilling, planting, watering, tending, and shepherding. Against the odds and despite many challenges, the 2021 Legislative Session ended on time. The House Speaker and the Senate President were together for the...

I’ve never been in a financial position where I could buy lots of expensive wine but I splurge now and then. The thought that there is a great wine out there that I haven’t tasted is nagging—an irritant, of course, that I will never be able to mitigate let alone ease. But increasingly I wonder if tasting great wines is the real aesthetic apotheosis of wine appreciation. Don’t get me wrong—drinking great wines is enjoyable and worth doing occasionally. But what great wines seldom give ...

DAN BERGER If you parsed the world’s wine grapes into three categories based on widely acknowledged quality, a tiny percentage would be called “great,” a few would be very good, and the rest, in the many thousands, would be ordinary just or drinkable. The Hollywood connection Working for merchant Dennis Overstreet, Randall was exposed to common-grape greatness. And it was there that he drew connections to paradigmic enological history that only wine lovers of many dec...

Schenectady Greenmarket goes outdoors a month early to big Sunday crowd | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0   A procession of customers ambled through the Schenectady Greenmarket’s first day of outdoor activity for spring and summer on Sunday. The strong turnout outside City Hall was indicative of the public’s growing comfort with outdoor crowds during the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers, vendors and customers seemed to agree. As the market bustled, a full complement of outdoor diners were ...

Print Institutional fund manager IFM Investors-owned companies Buckeye Partners and Nala Renewables have together acquired a majority ownership in clean energy development investment platform Swift Current Energy. The acquisition, an announcement by Buckeye and Nala said, would allow the firms to invest in a renewable energy platform that aligned with their priorities and further participate in energy transition. Buckeye president and chief executive, Clark Smith, said: “This strategic partne...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.8.21 Good Thursday morning. Tweet, tweet: Multiple sources close to @HalseyBeshears, fmr Secy of @FloridaDBPR under @GovRonDeSantis , tell @Fla_Pol that he is third Florida Republican embroiled in the @MattGaetz & Joel Greenberg scandal. Sources say he recently received a "target letter" from federal investigators. pic.twitter.com/IFpyHTJhFC As the vaccine rollout continues and state case numbers hover near pandemi...

Easter and Passover, as brought to you by these lobbyists and political associations However you celebrate this springtime, take a moment to enjoy the long weekend. Last year, people were optimistic the pandemic would be over by Easter 2020. Here we are in Easter 2021 and it’s still going. But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. For the fifth year running, the holiday sneaked into April — barely.  That’ll be the case for another couple years thanks to For the dedicated few in The...

Easter is brought to you by … Last year, people were optimistic the pandemic would be over by Easter 2020. Here we are in Easter 2021 and it’s still going. But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. For the fifth year running, the holiday sneaked into April — barely. That’ll be the case for another couple of years, thanks to For the dedicated few in The Process, this weekend — and the Legislature’s lax Friday and Monday schedule — will serve as a much-ne...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.15.21 Heres your AM rundown of people, politics and policy in the Sunshine State. Imagine you’re in the Super Bowl, and you break free after recovering a fumble for an easy touchdown run. You’re inches from the goal line and start celebrating a bit too early when a speedy wide receiver slaps the ball from your hand, causing another fumble and denying what should have been an easy score. You know, like Don...