As Governor-elect Ron DeSantis prepares to assume office in January, he has already voiced his concerns about tackling the growing environmental issues that the sunshine state is currently facing. As Democrats gain leadership in Congress, they’re also championing their own efforts to combat global warming, and a Florida lawmaker is assuming an important role as […]
In a new announcement, Governor-elect Ron DeSantis has unveiled that Mike Ertel, Seminole County’s Supervisor of Elections, will be the sunshine state’s new Secretary of State. He had long been rumored to take on the position considering that, among being in charge of other tasks, the Secretary of State will be Florida’s chief elections officer. […]
Scott Maddox, former Tallahassee mayor and Tallahassee commissioner, was suspended by Governor Rick Scott after being arrested on a 44-count federal indictment earlier this month. In an executive order, Governor Scott said that it was “in the best interests of the residents of the city of Tallahassee and the citizens of the state of Florida” […]
President Donald Trump continues to sign bills into law during the holiday season, and the most recent one is the Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act, which is a proposal from Florida representative Gus Bilirakis. It was passed by the House last week, and the Senate also passed its own version of the bill, which was […]
This month, the Senate unanimously approved a bill that classifies lynchings as a federal hate crime, and the bill was sponsored by the Senate’s three African American members: Republican Tim Scott and Democrats Kamala Harris and Cory Booker. The bill was introduced by the three senators, and both Harris and Booker are rumored to be […]
As Adam Putnam steps out as the sunshine state’s Florida Agriculture commissioner, Nikki Fried, the sole Democrat winning her cabinet race in the 2018 midterm elections, is highlighting an important aspect of the farm bill that President Trump recently signed into law. In the bill, hemp is now considered an agricultural commodity and it is […]
Democrats were riding high on the “blue wave” idea heading into the 2018 midterm elections; however, the election came and went with no big effect. While they did gain control of the House, Democrats are still scratching their heads over the lack of mobilization on their part. In turn, members of Florida’s Democratic National Committee […]
The President was busy at work this week signing a number of bills into law, and one of them was a bipartisan proposal from two congressman, Republican Vern Buchanan and Democrat Alcee Hastings. What the “Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act” was introduced to do is ban the slaughter of dogs and cats for […]
Since winning the 2016 Presidential election, President Donald Trump’s “wall” has been at the forefront of conversations. As 2018 comes to a close, the conversations heightened concerning funding for the wall. And, in a highly publicized and televised meeting between President Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, Vice President Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi, an argument erupted […]
The “Spurring Business in Communities Act,” unveiled in October by Republican Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers received cosponsors in Democrat Representative Stephanie Murphy and Senator Marco Rubio, who was backing a similar bill in the Senate. With the legislation, the intent was to boost small businesses in underrepresented stated by offering them more access to loans […]
The Groveland Four were wrongly accused of raping a while woman in 1949, and the race is on to speed up the process to pardon them. At the forefront of this concern are Florida Republican lawmakers. While the Florida legislature had asked for the men to be pardoned, a move has not been made for […]
In a time of unrest in foreign countries, Senator Marco Rubio is joining an effort for Venezuelans fleeing the Maduro regime to have temporary protected status in the United States. As the chairman of the U.S. Senate Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women’s Issues Subcommittee, Senator Marco Rubio is […]
With the announcement that Richard Corcoran would be taking over as Education Commissioner under Governor Ron DeSantis, Democrats have emerged in full force, calling Corcoran a horrible choice for public-education. As Education Commissioner, Corcoran has committed himself to expanding technical and vocational programs, improving curriculums, revising the education standards and ensuring that 80 percent of […]
This week, the highly publicized farm bill was sent to President Trump’s desk after passing both chambers of Congress, and the Florida delegation is championing the bill because it largely helped shape the measure. Democrat Darren Soto, praised the bill, highlighting that it will provide $125 million to fighting citrus greening. He also noted that […]
Florida’s 2018 midterm elections were surrounded in controversy largely due to Brenda Snipes’ involvement. Now, the new Broward County supervisor of elections, Peter Antonacci, has been formally sworn in, and he’s assuring that he’s going to get to the bottom of Broward County’s ballot-counting problems. In a downtown Fort Lauderdale courthouse ceremony, Chief Judge Jack […]
A resolution condemning Iran for Persecuting the Baha’I has just passed without objection in the House, and it was mainly spearheaded by retiring Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democrat Ted Deutch. Slamming the Iranian regime, the resolution introduced in April 2017 condemns “Iran’s human right’s violations, particularly its persecution of its Baha’i minority, and urging […]
As her 30 year service in Congress comes to a close, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s “Nicaraguan Investment and Conditionality Act” (NICA) is being sent to President Donald Trump’s desk for him to sign. The bill, which sanctions the regime leading Nicaragua, will “condition U.S. approval for loans to the Ortega regime from international financial institutions.” Speaking […]
Alcee Hastings, the senior Democrat in the Florida congressional delegation, is coming to U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley’s defense as she condemns Hamas over their continued efforts against Israel. Haley motioned to condemn Hamas, and her move drew a majority of votes at the General Assembly, but it ultimately failed to pass because Kuwait was sponsoring […]
