Scott PowersMarch 25, 2020
10min890
Laundromats? Essential. Lawyers? Sure. Media? Yep. Landscaping? That too.
Tag: child care
Scott PowersMarch 25, 2020Scott PowersOctober 29, 20194min1410
Renner spoke on conservative values to raise people from $9 an hour wages
Scott PowersAugust 2, 2019
5min619
'We had four deaths this summer,' Stewart said.
Scott PowersApril 25, 2019
3min544
The bill aims to prevent children from being forgotten in vans.
Scott PowersMarch 5, 20192min336
A bill aiming to stop horrible deaths of children tragically left behind and forgotten in child care center transportation vans was approved Tuesday by the Florida Senate Committee on Infrastructure and Security. Senate Bill 94, co-introduced by two Orlando Democrats, state Sens. Linda Stewart and Victor Torres, would require child care centers and similar places […]
Drew WilsonMay 3, 2018
4min432
Education, particularly early education, is a key avenue in the fight against intergenerational poverty, says Children’s Movement of Florida founder Dave Lawrence. Lawrence gave the elevator speech version of his organization’s mission during the Florida Chamber of Commerce Summit on Prosperity & Economic Opportunity. “We are, believe it or not, the most unequal of all […]
Scott PowersOctober 16, 2017
4min448
State Sen. Linda Stewart and state Rep. Bruce Antone announced Monday they are pushing legislation that would require day care centers to install sensor alarms on their transport vans and other vehicles that would alert workers if a child was left inside. Joined by other Democratic members of the Orange County Legislative Caucus, many of […]
Jim RosicaMarch 30, 2017
4min783
Good news for opponents of this year’s alimony overhaul, and bad news for its supporters: The bills are dead for the year. Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, the Naples Republican who’s carrying the Senate version (SB 412), on Wednesday said the chair of its first committee of reference has refused to hear the bill. Rene Garcia chairs the Committee on […]
Jim RosicaMarch 5, 2017
7min647
Get ready for a rumble: Lawmakers will again tackle the sticky issue of alimony in the 2017 Legislative Session. Companion bills filed in the House and Senate aim to overhaul state alimony law to toughen the standards by which alimony is granted and changed. That’s despite unsuccessful tries in the last few years. Neither bill […]
Larry GriffinJanuary 23, 2017
2min310
Representative Frank White filed a new ‘Safe Families bill’ Monday morning, which would set up provisions for what to do with children in need of a place to go, but who do not necessarily need the foster care system. The bill, HB 363, will authorize qualified nonprofit organizations to establish programs for temporary respite for children […]