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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More than 4 million adults will receive postcards directing them to the state’s online voter registration portal. Secretary of State Laurel Lee is overseeing the effort, which relies on data from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
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Florida's statewide primary election is less than three weeks away. More primary voters than ever are voting by mail as a result of a high-profile outreach effort prompted by the outbreak of the coronavirus.
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The August primary ballot is set in scores of races for the Florida Legislature, as Republicans look to hold their majorities in both chambers and Democrats try to gain ground in this unique political season.
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It’s the end of an era in Florida’s Capitol. After parts of four decades, one of the Legislature's most prominent and at times, controversial members, Senator Tom Lee, will call it quits in November.
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It's that time again. Monday kicked off the week-long candidate qualifying period for candidates for the Florida Legislature. Steve Bousquet reports there were more signs that this will be a campaign like no other in Florida history.
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Hundreds of thousands laid-off workers who can’t get their unemployment money from the state of Florida got more bad news Wednesday. A state judge says she had no authority to order the immediate payment of jobless claims.
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Governor Ron DeSantis has called it “a jalopy” and “a clunker,” and says it was “in tatters.” He’s talking, of course, about Florida’s online system for handling claims for unemployment benefits, which cost taxpayers 78 million dollars and still doesn’t work right. Now, that system is going to be placed under a long-awaited microscope.
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The Big news in Florida Monday wasn’t only about the pandemic. It was also about one of the state’s most important news outlets, announcing it would...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is creating unprecedented demands for help on virtually every government service in Florida. At the top of the list is the state...
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Governor Ron DeSantis is trying to strengthen his authority over two big state agencies. He wants the Legislature to give him exclusive control over two...