Jesse SchecknerApril 28, 2022
13min0
Many of the events call for a “Tenant Bill of Rights.”
Tag: Florida Legal Services
Jesse SchecknerApril 28, 2022
Wire ServicesFebruary 9, 2021
6min695
Inmates said correctional officers threatened or intimidated them for participating in the case.
Jim RosicaJanuary 30, 2018
4min333
Penalties for welfare recipients who don’t “get with the program” would increase under a bill that cleared a House panel Tuesday. The measure (HB 751), filed by Cape Coral Republican Dane Eagle, was approved by the Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee on a 12-1 vote, with only Rep. Shevrin Jones opposed. This is the third year the […]
Mitch PerryMarch 6, 2017
6min327
There are numerous criminal justice reform bills already moving in committees in the Florida House and Senate this year, and on Monday a nonpartisan coalition called The Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform announced its formation on the eve of the 2017 Legislative Session kicking off on Tuesday. The Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform includes the Southern […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 25, 2016
5min353
Hillsborough County health care providers could see gains if Florida lawmakers were to expand health care under the Affordable Care Act. A new report by Florida Legal Services found Hillsborough County health care providers would see revenue gains if the Legislature accepted federal funding to expand coverage to uninsured, low-income adults. The report, released Monday, […]
Mitch PerryMay 9, 2016
5min585
Six different advocacy groups are pushing back on the Marion County School Board, two weeks after the group passed a measure that would restrict students’ access to school bathrooms based on their birth sex, not gender identity. “The Marion County School Board’s hasty passage of a discriminatory policy prohibiting schools from treating transgender students equally is […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 18, 2015
3min227
A Senate committee on Wednesday voted to restore funding for affordable housing, as a way to offset the loss of revenue because of Amendment 1. Approved overwhelmingly by voters in November, Amendment 1 assigns 33% of documentary stamp tax revenue to water and land conservation. SB 586 seeks to redistribute the remaining $1.3 billion in documentary […]
Christine Jordan SextonNovember 17, 20145min219
Florida’s sweeping experiment to overhaul its Medicaid program is fast approaching its next big step. And that’s trying to explain to those seeking health care coverage how well managed care plans are performing on a number of health care indicators. Agency for Health Care Administration officials on Friday unveiled the first glimpse of a report card […]