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Danny McAuliffeFebruary 5, 2018

Hotel advocates are adamantly opposed to a legislative initiative this year that seeks to include public facilities projects in the list of expenditures that can be funded by the tourism development tax, also known as the bed tax. Despite industry woes, the Senate Finance and Tax Appropriations Subcommittee unanimously cleared the proposal on Monday. But […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 5, 2018

State-based activists are breathing new life into a campaign originally organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. The Poor People’s Campaign took to the fourth-floor of Florida’s Capitol on Monday to “serve notice to state and local legislative leaders that their failure to address systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and America’s distorted national morality […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 2, 2018

Andrew Gillum captured a 40-minute long, nearly uninterrupted stump speech syndicated this week throughout the entire country, but it was seemingly overlooked by the echo chamber that defines Tallahassee and statewide politics. The reason? Well, the spot didn’t air on a mainstream political outlet. Instead, the Tallahassee mayor drove his talking points home on The […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 1, 2018

There’s a new collective voice in the Legislature for Florida veterans. Composed of 16 state lawmakers, the Veterans and Military Families Caucus is a sizeable, bipartisan effort looking to secure legislation that would benefit former and current military personnel and their families. On Thursday, the newly formed caucus announced their support for 22 pieces of […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 31, 2018

The Florida House demonstrated on Wednesday its commitment to pro-Israel initiatives. The chamber almost unanimously passed HB 545, a bill that prohibits businesses on the Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel List from doing business with the state. Immediately afterward, the House adopted a resolution (HR 1027) supporting both the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 31, 2018

Bipartisan support for a statewide fracking ban doesn’t seem to carry any weight in the Legislature. Legislation filed by Treasure Coast Republican Rep. Kathleen Peters (HB 237) and Tampa Republican Sen. Dana Young (SB 462) would ban fracking — an oil and gas excavation method that involves stimulating wells with a mixture of water, sand and chemicals. […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 31, 2018

There’s an old saying in journalism: if it bleeds, it leads — meaning readers and viewers generally are pulled to gory stories. On Wednesday, the Florida Chapter of American College of Surgeons used a similar approach to attract an audience. The group had several trauma-treatment stations on display in the third-floor rotunda of the Capitol. […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 31, 2018

On the first day of FEMA’s ending of new supply shipments to Puerto Rico, some legislators highlighted the need for Florida to provide support for the islanders displaced by Hurricane Maria. A large group of Puerto Rican advocates gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday at a press conference hosted by VAMOS4PR, a network that supports […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 25, 2018

A Democratic push to expand affordable health care coverage in Florida has a unique selling point: it could save the state more than $500 million. At a news conference on Thursday, Rep. Lori Berman, a Lantana Democrat, said a resolution she’s sponsoring to expand Medicaid coverage would significantly cut costs from other health spending areas […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 23, 2018

Florida could soon be unified under one time zone. An amendment to a state bill (SB 585) that seeks year-round observance of daylight saving time, or ‘spring forward’ time, would ask Congress to authorize the U.S. Department of Transportation to allow the entire state to observe Eastern Standard Time. In Florida, Central Standard Time observance begins at […]

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Expanded use of bed tax revenues gets heat from hotel industry

Florida revitalizes Poor People’s Campaign

No one’s talking about this Andrew Gillum media grab

Veterans caucus promises legislative tenacity

House clears pro-Israel bill, resolution

Capitol rally calls for statewide fracking ban

Surgeons spotlight emergency trauma treatment at Capitol

Lawmakers stress state’s need to support Puerto Ricans

Medicaid expansion could save state $500M, lawmaker says

Daylight saving time bill could change Panhandle time zone