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Jim RosicaFebruary 20, 2018

A bill that would create a financing program to bring TV and film production back to the Sunshine State cleared a Senate panel Tuesday. But with less than three weeks left in the 2018 Legislative Session, the effort could be for naught: A House companion measure has not yet been heard. The Commerce and Tourism […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 19, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Monday evening. The shootings in Parkland continue to drive the political narrative in the Sunshine State, and a veteran congressman is calling it quits. The Legislature was off for Presidents Day, but Sixty Days was at its desk. Here’s your […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 16, 2018

A leading gun-rights activist on Friday said his group didn’t draft controversial language on concealed weapon licenses (CWLs) in a bill backed by Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. It would have allowed the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services‘ Division of Licensing to issue concealed-carry permits without complete criminal background information. Putnam’s department grants permission for concealed carry in the state. Jacksonville attorney Eric Friday, […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. Adam Putnam is backing off for now on a request to make getting a concealed-carry permit easier, and help is on the way for opioid abuse. For the record, the hardest thing in the Sixty Days medicine cabinet […]

Michael MolineFebruary 14, 2018

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A bill OK’d Wednesday would clear the way for a likeness of Florida educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune to replace one of a Confederate general representing Florida in the U.S. Capitol. The House Appropriations Committee unanimously cleared the measure (HB 139), making it available for the floor. The Senate version (SB 472) also cleared the floor […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 13, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. There’s a wee spot of trouble brewing over a proposed ban on minors getting married, and payday loan legislation keeps moving. Sixty Days will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Here’s your evening rundown. Wedding wait: […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 13, 2018

A measure to change the state’s payday-lending system before new federal government regulations kick in easily cleared a House panel Tuesday. The bill (HB 857) was approved by the Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee. The only ‘no’ votes were from Tracie Davis, a Jacksonville Democrat, and Rene Plasencia, an Orlando Republican. Davis earlier had said […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 12, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Monday evening. The Senate moved another version of a gambling bill, and Florida is No. 1 … in immigration-related arrests. Sixty Days pines for a day when our immigration problems are behind us. Till then, here’s your evening rundown. Gambling […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 12, 2018

“Concerned, apprehensive, and confused.” That’s the mood on the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus over the proposed consolidation of the USF System, USF St. Pete student government leaders say. In a letter to GOP lawmakers who are pushing consolidation legislation, student body officials set out their concerns over the proposal to phase out the separate […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 12, 2018

The Senate made some big moves Friday in the annual legislative dance that is the negotiation for an omnibus gambling bill. The biggest move: The chamber now includes a renewed 20-year deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida for $3 billion in revenue over seven years in return for exclusive rights to blackjack and slot […]

Tag: 2018 Legislative Session
Rodney Guttman, image via University of West Florida.

Cut, print: Film financing proposal moves in Senate, stalled in House

Sixty Days for 2.19.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Florida Carry says it’s not behind Adam Putnam’s concealed carry language

Sixty Days for 2.15.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Mary McLeod Bethune statue proposal heading to House floor

Sixty Days for 2.13.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Payday loans bill clears latest House committee

Sixty Days for 2.12.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

USFSP students ‘apprehensive and confused’ over consolidation

Ante up: Senate files new 90-page gambling bill