Tallahassee, Fl- Florida Representative Jervonte “Tae” Edmonds has introduced a bill that would provide mortgage and insurance relief for Florida residents. HB 41 is Representative Edmonds’ second bill filed in less than a week regarding public aid for housing-related matters Edmonds’ latest bill would create a program within the Department of Commerce granting one-time payments […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Hillsborough County Representative Traci Koster (R) has introduced a bill that would limit participation in compensation benefits for relatives of wrongfully incarcerated people. HB 37 would prevent relatives of a deceased wrongfully incarcerated person from filing a petition for compensation on their behalf. Florida statutes mandate a minimum compensation amount of $50,000 per […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida Representative Neal Dunn (Florida-02) has filed a bill to bestow the Congressional Gold Medal unto legendary Florida State University (FSU) Coach Robert (Bobby) Bowden. Coach Bobby Bowden led FSU’s football team from 1976 to 2009 in what is widely considered to be FSU football's “golden era”. Coach Bowden has been recognized at […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida Representative Ralph E. Massullo has filed a bill that would compel the Florida Legislature to decide over the disbursement of a $2.2 million settlement. Representative Massullo’s bill responds to a ruling of the circuit court for the Eighth Judicial Circuit awarding Mark LaGatta over $2.32 million for damages suffered during an incident […]
Florida Representative Jervonte Edmonds (D) is seeking to impose rent control measures through a bill he filed in the Florida House of Representatives this week. HB 31 would cap rent raises to 30 percent of the current amount charged and limit inferior raises to once a year. In other words, landlords would be prohibited from […]
Washington, D.C.- Florida Representative Maria-Elvira Salazar (R) has reintroduced the Crucial Communism Teaching Act (CCT). H.B. 5349 would create high-school curricula covering the impact of political ideologies such as communism and totalitarianism. The act builds off of similar state-led initiatives to educate students on the horrors perpetrated by communist and totalitarian states throughout history. “Communism […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Miami Gardens Representative Christopher Benjamin (D-107) has filed a bill that would largely prohibit Florida residents from executing citizen’s arrests. A citizen’s arrest occurs when a non-law enforcement individual, or an off-duty law enforcement officer, effectively apprehends another individual for committing a crime and holds him hostage until law enforcement arrives. In Florida, […]
Washington, D.C.- Florida Representative Gregory Steube (R) has cosponsored a bill that would prohibit offshore abortions. Introduced by Texas Representative Randy Weber (TX-14), the Ban Offshore Abortion Tourism (BOAT) Act seeks to halt operations circumventing state abortion restrictions. Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson re-delegated state governments with the authority to freely […]
Florida House of Representatives member Michelle Salzman (R) has introduced a bill proposing to limit county commissioners’ tenures. County commissioners are currently enabled by Florida law to compete for re-election indefinitely. If passed, Representative Salzman’s joint resolution 19 would bar commissioners who have, or will by the end of their term have, served eight years […]
Washington, D.C.- A bipartisan group of Florida Congressmen and woman have co-sponsored the passage of the bipartisan Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act. Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, and Carlos Gimenez all expressed support for the bill, with Balart being the latest to do so earlier this week. The act aims to provide firefighters and other […]
Gulf Coast, Florida- Florida Senator Rick Scott has visited Sarasota, Hernando, and other counties to monitor and support preparations for Hurricane Idalia. Counties across Florida’s Gulf coast could potentially face torrential downpours and earth-shattering winds from Hurricane Idalia. Idalia is expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast on Wednesday morning. Hence, Senator Scott traveled […]
Tallahassee, FL- Florida Representative Jervonte Edmonds (D) has filed a bill in the Florida House of Representatives that would expand eligibility for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship. HB 25 would broaden the requirements needed to qualify for both the Academic Scholars and the Medallion Scholars Awards- Bright Future’s first and second tier scholarships. Both scholarships […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida State Senator Gayle Harrell (R) is attempting, for the fifth time, to install state-wide animal cremation standards. Senator Harrell, who is running for re-election, re-introduced S.B. 22, or “Sevilla’s Law” earlier this week. The bill responds to a pet owner’s denunciation of a crematorium’s failure to fulfill the promises they had made […]
Florida Senator Rick Scott continues targeting President Joe Biden’s administration as he warns hurricane preparedness will be insufficient if action is not taken. President Biden’s latest communiqué on extreme weather phenomena referenced climate change as a cause for the increase in frequency and severity of natural disasters. Biden also stated his administration had dispatched FEMA […]
Havana, Cuba- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has announced his plans to visit the United States for the upcoming United Nations General Assembly Meeting in New York. President Canel has been widely accused of human rights violations during his leadership of the country. Among these are unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings, by the government; […]
Washington, D.C.- Florida Representative Maria-Elvira Salazar is accusing the Biden administration of facilitating the violation of American sanctions on Cuba. Representative Salazar took to social media to denounce President Biden’s “flirtatious” behavior with Cuban Communist business interests. “The Biden administration flirts with the Castro regime when it permits corrupt businessmen from Miami to deal with […]
Representative Aaron Bean has filed the bi-partisan Missing Children’s Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023. Co-sponsored by Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT), the proposed bill renews the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (MCAA) and increases support for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The MCAA designated the NCMEC as the national resource center for assisting […]
Washington, D.C.- A bevy of Florida legislators have released a flurry of criticism towards Nicaraguan Regime Leader Daniel Ortega for confiscating a Catholic church, forcing the extraction of sacred imagery. The Ortega regime has been in office for four consecutive terms, rising to power via elections considered illegitimate by the United States and allies. The […]
