Attorneys representing nine county school district boards made last-pitch arguments Thursday to persuade the Florida Supreme Court to hear their challenge of a 2017 state law that, among other actions, required districts to share revenues, including property taxes, with charter schools.
Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday unveiled a proposed 2020 legislative package to implement a series of water quality improvements, including initiatives to allow the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to inspect wastewater/sewer and stormwater systems, and to assume responsibili…
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced Wednesday her office will launch the “most comprehensive vaping investigation to date” to determine if e-cigarette manufacturers are purposely – and illegally – marketing their products to teens.
If Florida Republicans don’t give Democrat-sponsored “gain time” bills any time for discussion and debate during the upcoming legislative session, they’ll have to explain to voters in November 2020 why they left $1 billion “on the table.”
The Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee Tuesday unanimously approved a proposed “e-fairness” bill that would require online sellers to collect sales tax from Floridians and remit it to the state.
The pre-filing period before any legislative session is a good time to float trial balloons in the form of proposed legislation unlikely to get adopted during the session, but likely to draw some attention as a statement at introduction.
The fastest growing cities in the country are in the South and West, according to new data released by the Census Bureau. Cities in the South and West held 14 of the 15 cities with the largest population gains in 2018.
The next Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) is not set to convene until early 2038, but a pre-filed bill that seeks to ask voters to abolish the commission in November 2020 is working its way quickly through preliminary committee hearings.
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast joined Gov. Ron DeSantis in announcing he had received, but will return, campaign contributions from two Soviet-born South Florida businessmen arrested last week on federal campaign finance charges.
A new voucher program approved during the 2019 legislative session that dramatically expanded Florida’s school choice program but is being challenged in court has reached its first-year enrollment cap of 18,000 students, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday.
Attorneys representing nine county school district boards made last-pitch arguments Thursday to persuade the Florida Supreme Court to hear their challenge of a 2017 state law that, among other actions, required districts to share revenues, including property taxes, with charter schools.
Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday unveiled a proposed 2020 legislative package to implement a series of water quality improvements, including initiatives to allow the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to inspect wastewater/sewer and stormwater systems, and to assume responsibili…
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced Wednesday her office will launch the “most comprehensive vaping investigation to date” to determine if e-cigarette manufacturers are purposely – and illegally – marketing their products to teens.
If Florida Republicans don’t give Democrat-sponsored “gain time” bills any time for discussion and debate during the upcoming legislative session, they’ll have to explain to voters in November 2020 why they left $1 billion “on the table.”
The Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee Tuesday unanimously approved a proposed “e-fairness” bill that would require online sellers to collect sales tax from Floridians and remit it to the state.
The pre-filing period before any legislative session is a good time to float trial balloons in the form of proposed legislation unlikely to get adopted during the session, but likely to draw some attention as a statement at introduction.
The fastest growing cities in the country are in the South and West, according to new data released by the Census Bureau. Cities in the South and West held 14 of the 15 cities with the largest population gains in 2018.
The next Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) is not set to convene until early 2038, but a pre-filed bill that seeks to ask voters to abolish the commission in November 2020 is working its way quickly through preliminary committee hearings.
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast joined Gov. Ron DeSantis in announcing he had received, but will return, campaign contributions from two Soviet-born South Florida businessmen arrested last week on federal campaign finance charges.
A new voucher program approved during the 2019 legislative session that dramatically expanded Florida’s school choice program but is being challenged in court has reached its first-year enrollment cap of 18,000 students, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects Florida’s 2019 orange production to increase by 3.4 percent over 2018 harvests, as one of the state’s signature industries continues its slow recovery from 2017’s Hurricane Irma and continues to battle greening disease.
