Ryan NicolMarch 9, 2021
5min1368
The legislators say the bill is necessary to plug loopholes in state law.
Tag: Disclosure
Ryan NicolMarch 9, 2021Ryan NicolMay 30, 2019
5min469
Sen. Perry Thurston and Rep. Anna Eskamani filed formal complaints Thursday.
Ryan NicolMarch 28, 2019
3min275
Former Gov. Rick Scott received heavy criticism over his own blind trust.
Scott PowersOctober 2, 2018
2min253
The congressional campaign of Republican state Rep. Mike Miller has revised the disclaimer at the end of a television commercial after a complaint was sent to the Federal Election Commission Tuesday. The complaint made allegations of incomplete campaign disclosures within two ads from Miller’s campaign. Miller’s campaign responded Tuesday by changing one of the ads […]
Danny McAuliffeJune 13, 2018
3min422
Lobbyists representing clients before the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will soon have to disclose their efforts publicly. Citizens President and CEO Barry Gilway told Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis at a Wednesday Cabinet meeting that a new lobbying disclosure system will be operating August 1 and those who wish to lobby the state’s insurer […]
Scott PowersApril 17, 2018
5min418
Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist and Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo have joined 16 other members of Congress to sponsor a bipartisan bill that would seek to stymie foreign political online advertising like that alleged in the 2016 campaign by Russia. The bill, House Resolution 4077, dubbed the “Honest Ads Act,” seeks to improve disclosure […]
Scott PowersOctober 16, 2017
7min1234
A Brightline train derailed in February and opponents of the planned, east-coast, high-speed passenger rail service expressed frustration Monday that they only recently learned about the accident and criticized the company for not mentioning it during Florida Legislature testimony about rail safety. Citizens Against Rail Expansion in Florida and the counties of Indian River and […]
Scott PowersOctober 4, 2017
3min216
Citing the recently disclosed mammoth hack of the Equifax credit ratings company that had occurred last spring, Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio sent a letter to the Security and Exchange Commission Wednesday urging it to require companies to make prompt disclosures of hacks that could affect consumers. Rubio said in his letter to SEC […]
Scott PowersFebruary 4, 20162min413
The U.S. Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson blasted his opponent U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy for crossing the aisle to vote in favor of a bill that would ease reporting restrictions on securities sales. Murphy was one of 24 Democrats (along with U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Tallahassee) to vote yea on H.B. 1675, which […]
Phil AmmannNovember 6, 2015
4min223
Federal law permits a significant lag time for political action committees in reporting specific candidate donations, often with waits as long as weeks or even months to say exactly who they gave cash. According to reporting by the Center for Public Integrity, Twitter’s emerging PAC, which is just beginning to make federal contributions, wants to […]