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Staff ReportsNovember 29, 2018

Baseball terminology may be out of season, but no matter: this week’s developments show that all the work Northeast Florida lawmakers have done in recent months has paid off. For the second straight year, Fleming Island Republican Rob Bradley will helm Senate Appropriations. This year, a close ally is also handling the House budget. Gov. […]

Staff ReportsNovember 28, 2018

Cracking down on unscrupulous lawyers is the key to reining in auto and property insurance rates, the James Madison Institute concludes in a policy report released Wednesday. Specifically, the white paper targets Florida’s bad-faith law, which it claims has greased litigation against insurers alleged to have treated policyholders unfairly; and its one-way attorney fees law, which […]

Staff ReportsNovember 28, 2018

A West Palm Beach lawmaker has again filed a bill to increase the threshold by which voters must approve changes to the state’s governing document. Republican state Rep. Rick Roth filed the measure (HJR 57) on Wednesday. It would boost to two-thirds — or 66.66 percent — the margin by which a constitutional amendment must be […]

Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

While we were away, news keeps coming A few things have happened since the last publication of The Delegation. Tops among those was Thanksgiving, and the management and staff of Extensive Enterprises hope everyone enjoyed the opportunity to eat too much with family and friends. In world and national news, the CIA has determined that […]

Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

House Rules Chair Chris Sprowls released guidance in advance of the 2019 Legislative Session on the “schedule for submission, filing and publication” of bills. The Tuesday memo reveals deadlines to the House Bill Drafting Office and for this year’s budget requests.

Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam on Tuesday said federal authorities have cleared Florida-grown romaine lettuce. An ongoing investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) into the multi-state E. coli outbreak determined that the implicated romaine comes from California, he said. “Americans deserve a safe, nutritious and abundant food […]

Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

Senate President Bill Galvano said if incoming Gov. Ron DeSantis can flex his connection to President Donald Trump to land Florida a Medicaid block grant, the state could expand health insurance for the working poor. As reported by Alexandra Glorioso of POLITICO Florida, Galvano isn’t aiming for a repeat of 2015, when the state Senate […]

Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

Ashley Moody, the state’s Republican Attorney General-elect, named Sen. Wilton Simpson, Rep. Chris Sprowls and lobbyist Michael Corcoran to serve as co-chairs of her Inaugural Committee, she announced Tuesday. “The Inaugural Committee will be responsible for planning and executing the events surrounding the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 8,” she said in a press release. Simpson, a Trilby […]

Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, whose department oversees charities in Florida, is offering tips for “Giving Tuesday,” observed the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services “helps Floridians maximize their donations by providing detailed information on charities registered in Florida,” a press release said. Putnam shared the following advice: — Use the […]

Staff ReportsNovember 26, 2018

Longtime lobbyist Louis Betz has devoted his time and energy to many well-known clients over the years, but now he’s aiming to tackle an issue of immense personal importance — with a little help from his friends, of course. In 2013, Betz was diagnosed with a terminal lung disease and his only chance at survival […]

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Jacksonville Bold for 11.29.18 — Payoff pitch

James Madison Institute offers fixes for rising insurance rates

Bill again filed to make it harder to amend Constitution

Delegation for 11.27.18 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

House issues bill drafting guidance

Have a Caesar salad: Florida-grown romaine lettuce in the clear

Bill Galvano says Florida could insure working poor with Medicaid block grant

Big names tapped to head Ashley Moody’s inaugural committee

For Giving Tuesday, ‘Check-A-Charity’ before donating

Post-transplant, ‘Louis Betz 2.0’ to push for organ procurement changes