Tag: Legislative Session
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Staff ReportsMarch 9, 2018
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2min209
Billion-dollar budgets … education … gambling. These are but three of the dozens of earth-shattering critical issues debated during the 2018 Legislative Session. Who cares? Session is also about the tangential and the trivial, but it’s tangential and trivial which drives the Florida Capitol. That’s why Florida Politics is excited to announce the return of TallyMadness — an online voting competition […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 13, 2017
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1min242
The Legislative Committee of the Constitutional Revision Commission approved a proposal Wednesday to fix Legislative Session dates going forward. Sessions would start in January in even-numbered years. They would start in March in odd-numbered years. Rep. Jeannette Nunez, House Speaker Pro Tempore, noted that the proposal would give “consistency” going forward and would accord with current […]

Guest AuthorJune 30, 2017
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4min184
This Legislative Session was a tumultuous one, with several lawmakers holding to their convictions, refusing to negotiate, but in the end, compromise prevailed. Thankfully, in the final hours of the Special Session, legislative leaders realized the unparalleled value of tourism to our state’s overall economy. By allocating $76 million of funding for VISIT FLORIDA, Florida […]

Blake DowlingMay 6, 2017
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8min166
Legislative Session is winding down – gaming, dope, infrastructure, assistive tech. It has been an exciting journey, with losers and winners, fights, name calling at the Capitol and at the Governors Club. Hopefully, when the dust settles, those in the trenches can regain some commonality and remember we are all on the same team as […]

Scott PowersNovember 21, 2016
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8min217
As they prepare for the 2017 Legislative Session, Central Florida lawmakers are looking out for help for the emerging Advanced Manufacturing Research Center in Osceola County, the demise of the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in Lake Nona, and I-4 throughout the region. Those are things almost everyone in Central Florida’s delegation is examining. […]

Larry GriffinNovember 21, 2016
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3min316
Linda Stewart is headed to the state Senate this week representing District 13, and her agenda going forward is mostly focused on liberal issues like the environment — but she also wants to do something to curb gun violence, even if only by tackling the mental health aspect. Talking to FloridaPolitics.com Sunday, Stewart said some of her […]


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