Staff ReportsAugust 19, 2019
4min523
"Neither Floridians nor OFR's employees should expect to wait" any longer, she said.
Tag: Cabinet meeting
Staff ReportsAugust 19, 2019
Jim RosicaAugust 16, 2019
5min1063
Ron DeSantis also racked up $549,000 for protection and travel as Governor-elect.
Drew WilsonMay 28, 2019
4min389
A complaint says the Cabinet meeting violates the Sunshine Law.
Staff ReportsJanuary 29, 2019
5min347
Zingale also was House Appropriations staff director under a Democratic majority.
Jim RosicaJune 27, 2018
7min266
Despite interviewing five “quality candidates” on Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet held off on appointing a new head of the state’s Office of Financial Regulation (OFR). Instead, they decided to keep the application period open through mid-July. Thirty-four people already had applied. Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, and […]
Ana CeballosNovember 1, 2017
3min268
The state will again consider whether it should pursue action against Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a drug company accused of running a scheme that shielded it from competition and artificially boosted drug prices and sales. The matter was discussed Wednesday at a Cabinet aides meeting before Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet meet next Tuesday. According […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 24, 2017
4min338
Gov. Rick Scott suggested he wasn’t bothered by one of his agency heads overseeing the flow of millions of dollars to a law firm that he’s now going to work for. Scott spoke to reporters after Tuesday’s Florida Cabinet meeting. “We have people that come to work for the state and they work hard,” Scott […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 19, 2016
2min269
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement plans to ask legislators next year for new laws “to criminalize certain terrorism-related activities at the state level.” They include statutes banning “active membership in a foreign terrorist organization” and “creat(ing) penalties for agroterrorism.” A summary of the agency’s 2017 “legislative proposal” was included in agenda material for Tuesday’s meeting […]