Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 14, 2022
8min0
The Legislature is advancing bills that lower amount of 'nursing' care long term residents are required to get.
Tag: Barbara DeVaneCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 14, 2022
Renzo DowneyFebruary 8, 2022
5min0
Discussion around the bill was heated at times as the committee approved the bill along party lines.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 18, 2021
10min1252
After nearly two hours of discussion, four Democrats voted with Republicans.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 15, 2021
6min1588
Before the pandemic, nearly half of Florida's households struggled to make ends meet.
Peter SchorschJuly 17, 2020
9min825
If this is what the new progressivism looks like, it's a losing formula.
Ryan NicolJanuary 22, 2020
6min807
Polo joins several activists, elected officials and businesswomen backing the Warren campaign.
Ana CeballosNovember 1, 2017
4min381
A proposed amendment to the state constitution tweaking the right to privacy sparked a debate over abortion when pro-choice advocates argued the new language would weaken access to the procedure. The issue came up Wednesday during a committee meeting of the Constitution Revision Commission, which is reviewing and considering changes to the state’s governing document. The […]
Jim RosicaApril 12, 2017
5min411
For as many people who asked the Constitution Revision Commission to do something, there were others who wanted the panel to do nothing at all. And that’s not counting the fringe speakers Wednesday night who told the commission they were “imposters” and “impersonating delegates of the people.” The 37-member panel, which convenes every 20 years […]
Mitch PerryOctober 4, 2016
8min387
AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka was in Tampa Tuesday, where he participated in a rally outside the Westshore district offices of Marco Rubio, calling on the Florida senator to sign a pledge to protect Social Security. “Look, Marco isn’t upstairs in his office today because he doesn’t show up very often,” Trumka began his remarks while standing before a […]
Jim RosicaApril 12, 2016
8min761
As more than 100 of them crammed the waiting room and hallway of Gov. Rick Scott‘s office on Tuesday, advocates and opponents of this year’s alimony overhaul bill had a hollering battle over the contentious legislation. The opponents, led by Florida National Organization for Women lobbyist Barbara DeVane, scheduled a meeting with Scott’s staff at 11 a.m. to […]