Stalemate

Published: March 4, 2020, 9 a.m.

A budget stalemate between the House and Senate is forcing the 2020 Legislative Session into overtime. Gov. Ron DeSantis says it’s no big thing.

Also, on today’s Sunrise:

— And then there were three. A new case of coronavirus has emerged in Florida — the sister of a woman who recently returned from northern Italy; now she is hospitalized for the illness.

— The Senate votes to right an old wrong by compensating a Jacksonville man who spent 43 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.

— Opponents of two bills gutting the citizen’s initiative process claim Republican lawmakers are trying to protect their own power and silence opponents by making it just about impossible for average folk to put a constitutional amendment on the Florida ballot.

Steve Vancore and Peter Schorsch try to make sense out of the hectic Super Tuesday presidential primaries.

— Checking in with Florida Man, including a guy who mooned an entire restaurant and another who runs a ministry called “Hot Dogs for Hope.” Now, he faces weenie-related charges.