336 E. College Avenue
Suite 105
Tallahassee, FL
32301
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Aaron Deslatte
Tallahassee Bureau Chief
My Role
I am responsible for the Orlando Sentinel/Sun Sentinel Tallahassee Bureau, coverage of statewide politics, the Florida Legislature, Office of the Governor, state agencies, courts and industry groups that work in the capital city.
My Biography
A native Missourian, I've worked for newspapers of varying sizes and slants since high school. I have covered politics and government for more than a decade, and been in Tallahassee since the 2004 hurricanes. I am a (sometimes) dues-paying member of Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc., and the American Political Science Association. I am also a Ph. D. student in the FSU Reubin O'D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy. So I don't get to schmooze as much as I'd like.
My Interests
Football Saturdays, Jazz Age writers, injuring myself regularly via tennis, St. Louis Cardinals baseball (sometimes), traveling on the cheap (always), and enjoying the scenery in one fascinating state.
My Recent Articles
What's 'intentional' in redistricting is still being defined
5/24/2013
TALLAHASSEE – Florida's redistricting fight may be years away from a conclusion, but there are important rules of the road that are being established.
In politics, facts and figures are material for the spin cycle 5/17/2013
TALLAHASSEE — With Gov. Rick Scott bound for Chile to tout Florida's business climate, one report he probably won't take with him came courtesy of Anderson Economic Group — a Michigan-based organization that ranked the state's business-tax burdens among the worst in the nation.
Donor 'transparency' doesn't apply to state political parties 5/10/2013
TALLAHASSEE — With the 60-day lawmaking session complete, Florida legislators are wasting no time getting back to what they do the other 10 months of the year: raising copious amounts of cash from wealthy donors and companies.
Tax-cut vote shows might trumps right 5/3/2013
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida House of Representatives embarrassed itself this week by ramming through a tax-cut that turns one of Gov. Rick Scott's top legislative priorities into potential litigation fodder.
Scott, lawmakers at odds going into session's last week 4/27/2013
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott should be at the high tide of his influence, dropping the hammer on fellow Republican legislators thwarting his agenda.
TALLAHASSEE – Florida's redistricting fight may be years away from a conclusion, but there are important rules of the road that are being established.
In politics, facts and figures are material for the spin cycle 5/17/2013
TALLAHASSEE — With Gov. Rick Scott bound for Chile to tout Florida's business climate, one report he probably won't take with him came courtesy of Anderson Economic Group — a Michigan-based organization that ranked the state's business-tax burdens among the worst in the nation.
Donor 'transparency' doesn't apply to state political parties 5/10/2013
TALLAHASSEE — With the 60-day lawmaking session complete, Florida legislators are wasting no time getting back to what they do the other 10 months of the year: raising copious amounts of cash from wealthy donors and companies.
Tax-cut vote shows might trumps right 5/3/2013
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida House of Representatives embarrassed itself this week by ramming through a tax-cut that turns one of Gov. Rick Scott's top legislative priorities into potential litigation fodder.
Scott, lawmakers at odds going into session's last week 4/27/2013
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott should be at the high tide of his influence, dropping the hammer on fellow Republican legislators thwarting his agenda.
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