Peter SchorschMarch 31, 2023
6min0
Is the controversial lobbyist complying with state disclosure requirements?
Tag: Barney Bishop
Peter SchorschMarch 31, 2023
Associated PressMarch 26, 2023
9min0
'There’s been such controversy and such upheaval.'
Jesse SchecknerMarch 9, 2023
5min0
The plan is to deplatform students — while they’re in class.
Jesse SchecknerFebruary 23, 2023
10min0
Event disrupters could receive a year in jail and $2,500 in fines. Those paying them to do it would face even steeper penalties.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 2, 2022
5min0
One manufacturer says it doesn't allow for Big Brother, but law enforcement could take advantage of the plates.
Jason DelgadoFebruary 19, 2021
6min1554
'If the KKK comes on FAMU’s campus, all hell is going to break loose.'
Drew WilsonNovember 10, 2020
16min733
To paraphrase the Bard, the state’s small influence firms may be but little, but they’re still fierce.
Staff ReportsApril 12, 2018
4min411
The Florida Smart Justice Alliance on Tuesday endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a crime victims’ bill of rights, according to a press release. The proposal (P6001), also known as “Marsy’s Law for Florida,” is one of 12 amendments that will be considered by the Florida Constitution Revision Commission when it reconvenes next Monday […]
Ana CeballosJanuary 30, 2018
5min348
A proposal that would give judges discretion over drug trafficking mandatory minimum sentences advanced Tuesday after receiving strong pushback from a veteran Tallahassee lobbyist. “I don’t ever want to help a trafficker, no sir, and I don’t want to give a judge not one iota of an opportunity to go less on a trafficking sentence,” […]
Mitch PerryMarch 13, 2017
5min411
A raft of bills that would reform Florida’s criminal justice system sponsored by St. Petersburg Republican Jeff Brandes were approved by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee Monday. That included legislation that would create a criminal justice task force (SB 458) consisting of 27 members that would take a “holistic” review of the state’s criminal justice system, including (but […]