Tag: Florida government

Danny McAuliffeOctober 22, 2018
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3min470
The two candidates competing to become Florida’s next Governor are shaping up for a photo finish on Nov. 6. That’s according to the results of the latest survey from St. Pete Polls, which has consecutively put Democrat Andrew Gillum with an inside-the-margin-of-error lead over Republican Ron DeSantis. The poll, conducted over the weekend but wrapped […]

Michael MolineAugust 25, 2016
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4min235
The state could have saved $218,000 in policing costs alone in a single year by sending low-level juvenile offenders into civil diversion programs instead of arresting them, a government watchdog group said Thursday. Florida TaxWatch said juvenile misdemeanor pre-arrest diversion programs — JPADS in Tallahassee parlance — “are crucial to keeping juveniles from deeper involvement […]


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