Jacob OglesMay 24, 2023
4min0
'We strongly stand with Governor DeSantis.'
Tag: Legislative Black Caucus
Jacob OglesMay 24, 2023
Jesse SchecknerApril 25, 2022
13min0
‘We have real problems happening in our state, and we’ve had 25 years of no one really paying attention to the people.’
Tristan WoodApril 19, 2022
10min0
'I'm no longer calling it a culture war, it’s racist tactics in which the Governor is doing right now.'
Florida PhoenixNovember 3, 2021
11min1018
'When those in power can impose their beliefs on the rest of us, no one is truly free.'
Renzo DowneyApril 15, 2021
10min1200
Rep. Fentrice Driskell was a key player in negotiations on behalf of the Legislative Black Caucus.
Staff ReportsFebruary 28, 2018
2min276
The Florida Legislative Black Caucus announced Wednesday evening it will “hold a press conference to announce (its) opposition to legislation moving through the Florida House and Senate that would provide incentives to arm schoolteachers in Florida.” The news conference is 11:30 a.m. Thursday, on the 4th floor rotunda of the Capitol. In a statement, Democratic […]
Jim RosicaMarch 23, 2017
4min380
The leader of Florida’s black lawmakers Thursday said Gov. Rick Scott would not have stripped Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala of the Markeith Loyd murder case had she been a white Republican. “Absolutely not,” Sen. Perry Thurston, a Fort Lauderdale Democrat, told reporters at a news conference in the Capitol. Ayala, a Democrat, is black. Members of […]
Drew WilsonJuly 11, 2016
3min262
Democratic Rep. Ed Narain announced Monday that Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Lesley “Les” Miller has endorsed his bid for the District 19 seat in the Florida Senate. “I’ve known Ed Narain since he was a student leader at the University of South Florida and now as state representative,” said Miller, who himself served 14 years […]
Staff ReportsJune 23, 2015
3min190
In a blistering press release, state Sen. Geraldine Thompson said Gov. Rick Scott vetoed eight projects she supported in the state budget because she doesn’t “think like him.” “I championed eight projects for appropriations that would benefit low-income and minority communities, all eight were vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott,” she said in a prepared statement. […]
Ryan RayApril 22, 20153min219
The House passed a bill to implement new procedures relating to suspects and other members of the public with diabetes Wednesday afternoon. The new law would require the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to create online continuing-education courses to teach officers about indicators of and appropriate precautions to take when dealing with a diabetic suspect. […]