Wire ServicesMarch 16, 2021
2min1210
SB 72 is of 14 bills headed to the Senate floor on Thursday.
Tag: HB 7005
Wire ServicesMarch 16, 2021
Renzo DowneyMarch 4, 2021
9min976
Gov. Ron DeSantis is backing liability legislation as one of several priorities.
Wire ServicesFebruary 26, 2021
10min1380
Shielding the state’s long-term care industry is proving thorny.
Joe HendersonMarch 13, 2017
5min276
Rick Scott went to Tallahassee in 2011 as an outsider. He often has operated like one as well, and not always in a good way. In a private company, stubborn employees can get fired for standing up to the boss. In politics, though, defiance can be considered a virtue. Eventually, people who vow to run […]
Les NeuhausMarch 10, 2017
6min306
When the Florida House of Representatives voted Friday to do away with the much-embattled Florida Enterprise – the program Gov. Rick Scott loyally supported and, oppositely, Speaker Richard Corcoran virulently chided – special interest groups who had worked tirelessly for its eradication jumped for joy. None celebrated more than the Florida branch of Americans for […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2017
2min315
Florida Gov. Rick Scott sounded the alarm Thursday evening — again — on a bill that is the bane of his existence this session: HB 7005. “Tomorrow, members of the Florida House of Representatives will vote on HB 7005, a bill which eliminates a large majority of Florida’s economic development and jobs programs. The State of Florida […]
Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2017
3min214
Sarasota Republican Rep. Joe Gruters voiced his support for state economic development arms Enterprise Florida and VISIT Florida in an op-ed published Tuesday. Gruters said the two organizations are “effective tools helping us to compete with other states to bring jobs and investments home to benefit our communities,” and that he “cannot support a proposal […]
Ryan RayNovember 18, 2015
4min290
A House budget panel on agriculture and the environment passed an expansive water policy bill by Rep. Matt Caldwell Wednesday afternoon. The House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Committee approved HB 7005 by a vote of 11 to 1, with Democratic Rep. José Javier Rodríguez opposing. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection has signaled its approval for the bill, as did a number […]