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The higher educations appropriations subcommittee in the Florida House convened to listen to testimony for four bills this past week. One of those bills being, HB 1279.
Republicans are often their own worst enemy and a perfect example can be seen in how they are mishandling Governor Ron DeSantis’s signature piece of legislation known as “The Big Tech Bill”, HB 7013.
Florida Democrats like Fried are championing the plan, suggesting Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is “thankless” and calling the plan a step forward in the right direction.
the Florida lawmaker is criticizing Governor Cuomo’s decision to direct. $15,000 to undocumented workers, calling it “a shameful misuse of American taxpayer dollars.”
The state budget was at a $2 billion deficit, but now it appears as if the amount lawmakers need to fill in that gaping shortfall will only be $826 million. That’s it. What’s a measly $800 million?
For the past week, it’s been rumored that President Joe Biden (D) would be enacting an executive order on gun control, and this morning the president formally made the announcement had he looked to curb "gun violence" with a stroke of his pen. President declared that the Department of Justice would begin the process of requiring buyers of “ghost guns”...
MIAMI- Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who has been the strongest advocate of completely reopening the state of Florida due to its closure because of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced that he and Attorney General Ashley Moody have filed suit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Biden Administration for keeping cruise liners shut down.
The Floridian covered the press conference, but Twitter has deemed the coverage “sensitive content.”
Florida Democrats are hiding in their respective holes after touting the 60 Minutes “Fake News” segment about Gov. Ron DeSantis that has been summarily debunked and smacked down.
With SB 2512 having passed in the Florida Senate with a newly adopted amendment, and its companion bill HB 5401 going to a third reading in the House chamber, interested parties still have funding concerns over these two measures.
By State Representative Spencer Roach In 2016, Florida voters overwhelmingly expressed their desire for a safe and accessible medical marijuana program, and I am fighting to preserve the medical nature of the program that voters demanded. What we have now is a recreational drug program masquerading as a medical marijuana program, and the long-term societal […]
During a press conference in the state capitol to address this debunked 60 Minutes segment accusing him of “pay-to-play” with Publix Supermarkets, Governor Ron DeSantis, with his PowerPoint remote control in hand, pounced on CBS for airing what he called the “big lie.”
Usually, Florida leads the state in ambitious reforms of all kinds, except alimony laws. Yes, unlike 44 other states in the union, Florida has not ruled out perpetual alimony. However, Rep. Anthony Rodriguez (R-118) hopes to change that by sponsoring HB 1599.
Florida Rep. Anna V. Eskamani (D), who’s rumored to be eyeing a gubernatorial run in the upcoming midterm election, is joining forces with Democratic colleagues in order to “fully restore arts/culture grants to 730 non-profits.”
Mucarsel-Powell has joined Giffords Courage, an organization dedicated to saving lives “in the grip of a gun violence epidemic.”
Florida’s red-hot real estate market and the spike in the volume of real estate transactions over the past year have directly led to an increase in funds available to finance affordable housing construction
Since the early 1990s, the state of Florida has raised funds for its Affordable Housing Construction Program by gradually increasing the real estate documentary stamp taxes that are paid at closing by buyers on all real estate transactions throughout the state.
The money was dispersed and renters and property owners received the help, but just as the Trump economy continues to boom and Floridians have gotten back to work and able to pay their rent, it's not enough for progressive activists who want to "cancel rent" altogether.
