Rick Scott to Promote Transit Proposals in Jacksonville
Gov. Rick Scott will head to Jacksonville on Tuesday to highlight portions of his transportation budget proposal.Scott, who on Friday went to the SWIFT Sunguide Center in Naples to promote $140 million...
View ArticleSenate Elections Committee Plans Field Trip to Elections Center
The Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections will take a trip from the Capitol to the Leon County supervisor of elections' operations center in Tallahassee on Tuesday morning.Committee Chairman...
View ArticleLWVF: $10,000 Contributions Silence Main Street Voices
The League of Women Voters of Florida, which has offered its own election reform other than what is now before legislators, has come out with its own ideas for repairing the state’s “broken and badly...
View ArticleFlorida Council of 100 to Co-Host Education Summit at SeaWorld
The Florida Council of 100, the Florida Chamber Foundation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Chamber Foundation, and AT&T are set to co-host a summit on the new Common Core State Standards...
View ArticleCarlos Trujillo Files House Companion for ‘Parent Trigger’
Rep. Carlos Trujillo, R-Miami, has filed the House version of the “Parent Empowerment in Education,” better known as the “parent trigger,” that was narrowly defeated in the Senate last year.read more
View ArticleHouse Democrats to Oppose $10,000 Contribution Cap
The Florida House Democratic Caucus will propose a series of revisions to the Republican-backed sweeping election reform effort, House Bill, 569, that is to go before the House Appropriations Committee...
View ArticleGOP House Leadership Names Four New Deputy Whips
Florida House Majority Leader Steve Precourt, R-Orlando, and Majority Whip Dana Young, R-Tampa, have named four new deputy whips in advance of the start of the 60-day regular session.The new House...
View ArticleBryan Nelson: Legislators Be Alert For Last-Minute STOLI Changes
Rep. Bryan Nelson, R-Apopka, is working with a seniors coalition to ward off what they expect will be “predatory” legislation that will be pushed before legislators as the 60-day regular session draws...
View ArticleDavid Thomas Named to UF Board of Trustees
David Thomas, the retired CEO and chairman of IMS Health Inc., was named by the Florida Board of Governors to the University of Florida board of trustees.“We are fortunate to have boards of trustees...
View ArticleJohn Legg to Hold Pre-Session District Listening Tour
Sen. John Legg, R-Lutz, will hold a four-meeting pre-session listening tour in his district next week.Pasco CountyFeb. 2610 a.m. -- 11 a.m.Copperstone Executive Suites3632 Land O’Lakes Blvd., Suite...
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