Associated PressAugust 23, 2023
14min0
His policies have faced wide criticism from civil rights leaders and educators, among others, but they also have paid off politically.
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Associated PressAugust 23, 2023
Jim RosicaJanuary 31, 2017
5min340
The upcoming Constitution Revision Commission will likely take on the state’s judicial branch, and “the focus will not be on strengthening it,” the former president of the American Bar Association said Tuesday. Rather, retired Florida lawyer Martha Barnett, who was a Holland & Knight senior partner, said she expects an effort to “restrict, narrow and […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 29, 2016
3min378
He’s been a state representative, an American Bar Association president, the Florida State University law school dean and later its president, and can claim credit for getting cameras in Florida’s courtrooms. And as of Friday, Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte is a cartoon. A singing and dancing one at that. D’Alemberte is a character in a nearly […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 27, 2015
4min316
Every 20 years, a group convenes to review the Florida Constitution and recommend changes to go before voters for approval. The LeRoy Collins Institute is launching an education and outreach effort aimed at getting ready for that process. The 2017-2018 Constitution Revision Commission will consist of 37 appointees. In all, 18 groups from across the […]
Ryan RayFebruary 24, 2015
4min152
The LeRoy Collins Institute continued to take on the notoriously sticky wicket of local government pensions on Tuesday with the release of the seventh installment of the think tank’s Tough Choices series of policy papers, titled “Beyond Pensions: Florida Local Governments and Retiree Health Benefits.” In the new study and an accompanying webinar held Tuesday morning, the […]
Ryan RayFebruary 24, 20154min128
The LeRoy Collins Institute continued to take on the notoriously sticky wicket of local government pensions on Tuesday with the release of the seventh installment of the think tank’s Tough Choices series of policy papers, titled “Beyond Pensions: Florida Local Governments and Retiree Health Benefits.” In the new study and an accompanying webinar held Tuesday morning, the […]