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A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2017

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Countless young Floridian men were brutalized at the Dozier School in Marianna. Two Florida Democrats, Rep. Tracie Davis and Sen. Darryl Rouson, believe that it is time for the state to answer for the abuse conducted over a staggering 111 years. HR 1335/SR 1440 were filed, asserts a press release from the legislators, “to strongly condemn and apologize for […]

Guest AuthorAugust 11, 2016

Emotion drenched the first meeting last week in Marianna of the state task force charged with deciding how Florida memorializes dead boys who possibly endured unspeakable depravity at the shuttered state-run Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. For two years, University of South Florida researchers scoured the nearly 1,400-acre grounds. Their sleuthing unearthed 51 sets […]

Gary FineoutAugust 5, 2016

No one will be charged in connection with allegations of sexual abuse and murder at a now-shuttered reform school for boys in Florida, with prosecutors saying the passage of time has erased crucial evidence and left many potential witnesses dead. State Attorney Glenn Hess, the lead prosecutor for six north Florida counties, told state investigators […]

Jim RosicaJuly 27, 2016

A new task force on the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys will meet in August. The panel will meet on Aug. 3 and Aug. 19, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of State’s Division of Historical Resources. (A membership list is here.) Under legislation (SB 708) passed this year, the panel was […]

Mitch PerryMarch 31, 2016

You hear a lot in the news these days about how conservatives are poised to work with liberals on criminal justice. It actually happened a few times during this past Legislative Session in Tallahassee. At Wednesday’s Suncoast Tiger Bay meeting in St. Petersburg, the assembled lawmakers were asked to cite what they thought was the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 30, 2016

The state’s elections chiefs will have a little more cash in their pockets thanks to a bill just signed into law. It was among 14 bills Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed on Wednesday. The measure (SB 514) gives the state’s 67 supervisors of elections a pay raise. The bill was sponsored by Republicans Sen. Garrett […]

Mitch PerryMarch 16, 2016

Like may people in the Tampa Heights community that he represents, House District 61 Democrat Ed Narain was holding his breath when news broke on Tuesday that Gov. Rick Scott had vetoed $256 million in projects from the just concluded legislative session. The good news is that Narain’s request for $1.2 million to move what has become a […]

Jim RosicaMarch 7, 2016

House members on Monday began looking at a bill to provide money for a “proper burial” for those who died at a shuttered, but still notorious, boys’ reform school in the Florida Panhandle. The bill (SB 708) also authorizes the Department of State to “preserve historical resources, records, archives, and artifacts” related to the Arthur G. Dozier […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 26, 2016

Efforts to expand telehealth options in Florida are moving through the state Legislature, and the state Senate on Tuesday approved a measure (SB 1686) aimed at improving access. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Aaron Bean, defines telehealth, creates a telehealth task force, and authorizes healthcare practitioners in Florida to participate in telehealth. The measure passed […]

Gary FineoutJanuary 21, 2016

After a multiyear investigation, Florida is now struggling to figure out what should happen next to a now-closed reform school that was the site of horrific acts and a supposed “rape dungeon.” Researchers from the University of South Florida presented their final report Thursday to Gov. Rick Scott and other elected officials on the closed […]

Tag: Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys

Democrats Tracie Davis, Darryl Rouson file Dozier School apology bill

Darryl E. Owens: Proposals for offsite reform school memorial insults memory of dead Dozier boys

No charges related to abuse allegations at Florida school

Dozier School task force schedules meetings

Mitch Perry Report for 3.31.16 – Pinellas lawmakers reflect on bills likely positive for entire body politic

Rick Scott signs supervisor of elections pay raise; Dozier School for Boys bills into law

Ed Narain proud of accomplishments in House, ready for Senate

Dozier School bill moves to House

Capitol Reax: Telehealth, Dozier School for Boys, dental plans, economic incentives

State struggles to decide next steps for notorious school