Florida has five of the nation’s 12 largest public school districts in terms of student enrollment. Likewise, superintendents of the Sunshine State’s biggest districts are among the country’s highest paid.
A government-spending watchdog’s investigation claims “unnecessary travel” and “lobbying activities” by Broward County School District Superintendent Robert Runcie wasted taxpayers’ money but achieved little for students.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican legislative leaders have made it a priority to whittle back occupational license requirements imposed on nearly 30 percent of Florida’s workforce – the highest percentage of state-regulated workers in the South and fourth-highest in the nation.
Federal judge in felon voting rights cases recuses himself, hints at ‘deeply troubling’ skullduggery
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker on Wednesday recused himself from presiding over federal lawsuits contesting the constitutionality of a new state law that requires felons pay all fines, fees and restitution before voting rights are restored.
An out-of-state development agency is lobbying Illinois businesses to move to the Miami area, using Illinois' proposed progressive income tax structure as a conversation piece.
Since taking office in January, Gov. Ron DeSantis has made it a stated priority to expedite the distribution of funds from a $340 million federal grant allocated to assist Florida’s citrus industry in its recovery from $760 million in crop damages caused by Hurricane Irma.
The Florida House wants to defend the law it adopted to implement the state’s medical marijuana program that an appellate panel last week declared to be partially unconstitutional.
A proposed 2020 bill would ban discrimination against gay and transgender students at Florida private schools that accept tuition vouchers from the state.
Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity [DEO] has distributed more than $2.9 million in grants for infrastructure and economic development programs to support communities reliant on the 21 military installations across the Sunshine State.
It’s been more than 22 months since Hurricane Irma clobbered Florida, making landfall in the Keys as a Category 4 storm and slowly plowing up the peninsula before crossing into Georgia as a tropical storm, leaving destruction across a large swath of the state.
Florida has five of the nation’s 12 largest public school districts in terms of student enrollment. Likewise, superintendents of the Sunshine State’s biggest districts are among the country’s highest paid.
A government-spending watchdog’s investigation claims “unnecessary travel” and “lobbying activities” by Broward County School District Superintendent Robert Runcie wasted taxpayers’ money but achieved little for students.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican legislative leaders have made it a priority to whittle back occupational license requirements imposed on nearly 30 percent of Florida’s workforce – the highest percentage of state-regulated workers in the South and fourth-highest in the nation.
Federal judge in felon voting rights cases recuses himself, hints at ‘deeply troubling’ skullduggery
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker on Wednesday recused himself from presiding over federal lawsuits contesting the constitutionality of a new state law that requires felons pay all fines, fees and restitution before voting rights are restored.
An out-of-state development agency is lobbying Illinois businesses to move to the Miami area, using Illinois' proposed progressive income tax structure as a conversation piece.
Since taking office in January, Gov. Ron DeSantis has made it a stated priority to expedite the distribution of funds from a $340 million federal grant allocated to assist Florida’s citrus industry in its recovery from $760 million in crop damages caused by Hurricane Irma.
The Florida House wants to defend the law it adopted to implement the state’s medical marijuana program that an appellate panel last week declared to be partially unconstitutional.
A proposed 2020 bill would ban discrimination against gay and transgender students at Florida private schools that accept tuition vouchers from the state.
Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity [DEO] has distributed more than $2.9 million in grants for infrastructure and economic development programs to support communities reliant on the 21 military installations across the Sunshine State.
It’s been more than 22 months since Hurricane Irma clobbered Florida, making landfall in the Keys as a Category 4 storm and slowly plowing up the peninsula before crossing into Georgia as a tropical storm, leaving destruction across a large swath of the state.
Florida’s Office of Public Counsel (OPC), which represents consumers in utility-related issues before the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC), in June signed off on a deal accepting Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) contention it incurred $1.375 billion in expenses in restoring electrici…
