Tag: 2019 legislative session

Ryan NicolDecember 18, 2018
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Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie lobbied Broward County legislators Tuesday to set up a victims’ compensation fund to pay out money to those affected by February’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Runcie and other school board members were confronted by some of those families at another delegation meeting earlier this month. Mitch Dworet, Debbie […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 17, 2018
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Rep. Jackie Toledo filed legislation Monday that would make “distracted driving” a primary offense. The bill (HB 107) would apply to texting while driving and to talking on a cell phone without a hands-free device while driving. Current law bans using a cell phone while driving as a secondary offense, which means law enforcement officers can […]

Ryan NicolDecember 15, 2018
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State Rep. Holly Raschein of House District 120 was named Vice Chair of the Agriculture and Resources Subcommittee in committee announcements made Friday evening. And Chuck Clemons of HD 21, a Newberry Republican, will chair that committee when the 2019 Legislative Session begins. Raschein was previously tapped to chair the Appropriations Subcommittee for Agriculture and Resources earlier Friday. […]

Drew WilsonDecember 14, 2018
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House Speaker Jose Oliva has selected Republican state Reps. Cord Byrd, Byron Donalds and Ralph Massulo to chair the House education policy subcommittees, according to a list of assignments first obtained by Florida Politics. Byrd, a second-term Republican representing Nassau and Duval counties, will chair the House Higher Education & Career Readiness Subcommittee. Massulo, a second-term lawmaker representing Citrus and […]

Scott PowersDecember 11, 2018
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Republican state Rep. Thad Altman filed a bill Tuesday to require employers to check the citizenship and immigration status of potential employees through E-Verify before hiring them, with the prospect that the state could then investigate complaints. Altman introduced HB 89, the Verification of Employment Eligibility Bill, saying it is intended to prevent the hiring of […]


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