The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) ordered a review of state regulations that allow foreign nationals to purchase handguns if they have a state hunting license.
Marijuana legalization will spur black market crime, make roads more dangerous, induce “psychotic episodes” in emergency rooms and create workplace upheaval.
The Senate Criminal & Civil Justice Subcommittee on Wednesday unanimously approved a proposed 2020 bill that seeks to reduce some mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related crimes.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried projected in October that the state’s nascent hemp program would receive federal approval in December and farmers would have seeds in the ground by January.
DeSantis judicial appointments, Legislature’s actions drop Florida from ‘judicial hellhole’ rankings
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed three justices to the Florida Supreme Court in early 2019, replacing a trio of retiring judicial activists with judges with track records of judicial restraint and “fidelity to the Constitution.”
As advocates decry proposed Trump administration work-requirement rules for able-bodied food-assistance recipients without children, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis is highlighting the state’s efforts in combating fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program …
Historically low interest rates, better bonding practices and a debt-reduction program during former Gov. Rick Scott’s eight-year administration helped Florida’s state government reduce its debt by $400 million last year and 27 percent since 2010.
Most state and local governments brag that they received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). Their website indicates, “The GFOA established the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Rep…
The Senate Education Committee Monday unanimously approved a proposed repeal of the state’s ’Best and Brightest” teacher bonus program that Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to replace with a $600 million starting teacher salary hike.
Some Pensacola city phone lines and computer systems remained off-line Monday evening as authorities investigated if the Saturday cyberattack on its electronic infrastructure is related to Friday’s shooting by a Saudi Arabian Air Force officer that left four dead on nearby Naval Air Station …
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) ordered a review of state regulations that allow foreign nationals to purchase handguns if they have a state hunting license.
Marijuana legalization will spur black market crime, make roads more dangerous, induce “psychotic episodes” in emergency rooms and create workplace upheaval.
The Senate Criminal & Civil Justice Subcommittee on Wednesday unanimously approved a proposed 2020 bill that seeks to reduce some mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related crimes.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried projected in October that the state’s nascent hemp program would receive federal approval in December and farmers would have seeds in the ground by January.
DeSantis judicial appointments, Legislature’s actions drop Florida from ‘judicial hellhole’ rankings
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed three justices to the Florida Supreme Court in early 2019, replacing a trio of retiring judicial activists with judges with track records of judicial restraint and “fidelity to the Constitution.”
As advocates decry proposed Trump administration work-requirement rules for able-bodied food-assistance recipients without children, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis is highlighting the state’s efforts in combating fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program …
Historically low interest rates, better bonding practices and a debt-reduction program during former Gov. Rick Scott’s eight-year administration helped Florida’s state government reduce its debt by $400 million last year and 27 percent since 2010.
Most state and local governments brag that they received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). Their website indicates, “The GFOA established the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Rep…
The Senate Education Committee Monday unanimously approved a proposed repeal of the state’s ’Best and Brightest” teacher bonus program that Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to replace with a $600 million starting teacher salary hike.
Some Pensacola city phone lines and computer systems remained off-line Monday evening as authorities investigated if the Saturday cyberattack on its electronic infrastructure is related to Friday’s shooting by a Saudi Arabian Air Force officer that left four dead on nearby Naval Air Station …
Florida’s Congressional delegation remains in near-unanimous opposition to lifting the federal moratorium on off-shore oil drilling, but Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is warning supporters the state is “about to allow oil-drilling in the Everglades and Apalachicola basin.”
