The Senate’s 34-4 vote in favor of the measure (SB 182) came two days after the start of the 2019 legislative session, and the House is expected to take up the measure Wednesday.
The measure is geared at resolving issues that arose during last year’s elections, when problems with statewide recounts once again made Florida the brunt of late-night jokes.
Having spent three terms in a different legislature, a prison known as the US House of Representatives, it is quite a privilege to be able to work with a legislative body that has demonstrated the ability to get things done and to lead. I’ve already seen it firsthand.
Environmentalists raised concerns about part of the bill, saying it would leave open the possibility of a drilling technique that uses many of the same chemicals as fracking.
The House also has been moving forward with a bill (HB 7015), though it includes some differences with the Senate version
After a two-hour meeting, the group's first of the year, one thing was clear: A lot remains to be done to eradicate human trafficking in Florida.
Brightline rail service largely drew praise from businesses, transportation officials and communities where stops are planned, during its request Friday to issue another $950 million in tax-exempt bonds.
The allegations against Israel, whose suspension was one of DeSantis’ first actions after the Republican governor took office in January,
Tuesday. Peterson has drawn widespread scrutiny and criticism for not entering the school Feb. 14, 2018, as a gunman killed 17 students and faculty members. Peterson retired after the mass shooting.
Even a new governor --- and with him, an administration that’s no longer hostile to the concept of cannabis as a cure --- might not change that, at least during the legislative session that begins March 5.
he percentages of closed claims also varied by county as of Friday.
Money from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill will help governments in four storm-battered Northwest Florida counties with anticipated property-tax losses caused by Hurricane Michael
Massad, a former physician who gave up his medical license in 1992, was charged Thursday with practicing medicine without a license and attempted murder.
The House and Senate moved closer to agreement on the issue, after the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday eliminated a proposal that would have restricted medical marijuana dispensaries to selling pre-rolled cannabis cigarettes with filters.
The series of proposals are aligned with what Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed, including a pitch for a new voucher-type program funded directly with public money rather than through a system that involves corporate tax credits.
In such a circumstance, the bill would require each health insurer in Florida to offer at least one major-medical insurance policy that could not limit or deny coverage based on patients’ preexisting conditions.
While the annual legislative session will not start until March 5, the proposal has easily cleared two House subcommittees. Sponsor Anthony Sabatini, R-Howey-in-the-Hills, said term limits could bring “new voices” onto school boards.
Friday’s 2-1 opinion came more than three months after the November election in which former Republican Gov. Rick Scott narrowly edged out Nelson in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate campaigns.
