Scott PowersAugust 5, 2019
6min760
Bracy's SB 8 sets aside $10 million to compensate descendents of the Ocoee massacre
Tag: compensationCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Scott PowersAugust 5, 2019
Staff ReportsNovember 26, 2018
7min660
Senate President Bill Galvano is dubious about the greyhound industry’s chances for compensation now that its livelihood has been taken away by voters. A constitutional amendment aimed at ending live dog racing in Florida won at the ballot box earlier this month with 69 percent of the vote. Amendments need no less than 60 percent approval […]
Jim RosicaJuly 13, 2017
5min299
The Florida Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a challenge of Gov. Rick Scott‘s veto of reimbursements to homeowners whose healthy citrus trees were torn down by the state. The homeowners had asked the court to undo Scott’s veto of more than $37 million by filing a petition for writ of mandamus, an order to an elected official to perform a certain […]
Staff ReportsFebruary 1, 2017
3min157
Following a 2005 state law, legislative staff will once again randomly pick legislative and executive branch lobbying firms for audits of their compensation reports. The selection will take place 4 p.m., Feb. 22 in Room G-01 of the Claude Pepper Building, 111 W. Madison St. in Tallahassee, LobbyTools reported Tuesday. The last round of audits, released in September […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 8, 20167min441
Small firms stayed busy during the second quarter of 2016, despite each reporting earnings of less than $100,000 in the three-month period. Stuart K. Brown’s SKB Consulting reported earning between $50,000 and $99,999 during the second quarter. The firm reported similar earnings in the first quarter of the year. Brown’s clients include the Consortium of […]