Ana CeballosMarch 14, 2019
6min549
“My only concern is keeping the original intent of helping low-income children."
Ana CeballosAlyssa Gay. Image via AG Creative.
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5min318
“I think it is important to level equity and to create fairness."
Ana CeballosMarch 2, 2019
7min177
The council will meet at least four more times this year across the state.
Ana CeballosFebruary 27, 2019
8min317
“It’s starting to look more and more like a systematic problem."
Ana CeballosFebruary 1, 2019
5min367
"Threats for the school in Dade is different than Washington, Hamilton. That’s just the way it is,”
Ana CeballosMarch 14, 2018
7min921
After years of being a persistent—sometimes annoying—presence in committee rooms across the Capitol, only one thing was able to make Tallahassee’s best-known gadfly hang up his corduroy jacket: a snowball of scandals. “Latvala, Clemens, Artiles—all this happened in one year. In one year! No, that is not acceptable and it was too much. It was […]
Ana CeballosMarch 13, 2018
4min304
In the midst of an emotional last week of Session, a tearful state Rep. Larry Lee Jr. told his colleagues in the Florida House in a 40-minute speech that he would not seek re-election. Six days later, he is reconsidering that decision. He is rethinking things because he says his phone has not stopped ringing. […]
Ana CeballosMarch 12, 2018
4min388
The superintendent for Pinellas County public schools is slamming the proposed state budget that lawmakers are poised to pass Sunday because he says it will leave his school district with a nearly $3 million funding deficit. “It’s clear that the additional safe schools and mental health funding has come on the backs of teachers and […]
Ana CeballosMarch 11, 2018
3min509
The lobbying powerhouse Ballard Partners swayed lawmakers to add a new section to the state’s labor law that mirrors the exact business model of one of its online-based clients. Handy Technologies, Inc., which hired Ballard Partners, will directly benefit from a last-minute add on to the tax cut package championed by Senate Budget Chair Rob […]
Ana CeballosMarch 11, 2018
5min362
The Florida Legislature during a rare Sunday session passed an $88.7 billion state budget — the largest one in the state’s history. “This balanced budget includes unprecedented K-12 per student funding, targeted pay raises for state law enforcement, state firefighters, and Department of Juvenile Justice probation and detention officers, and $100 million for Florida Forever, while […]