Scott PowersMarch 4, 2019
8min469
'I don't think you want to punish the students,' Fine said.
Tag: Linda Stewart
Scott PowersMarch 4, 2019Scott PowersFebruary 11, 20193min596
Victims under 18 can pursue sexual battery charges at any time, under the bill.
Scott PowersJanuary 28, 2019
9min480
Orange Co. Mayor Jerry Demings urged the delegation to protect housing trust fund dollars.
Scott PowersJanuary 23, 2019
4min783
"We owe it to the victims and families of MSD, of Pulse," Smith said.
Staff ReportsJanuary 22, 2019
6min355
The legislative wheel keeps on spinning.
Ryan NicolJanuary 21, 2019
5min569
The civil rights leader would have turned 90 this year.
Ryan NicolJanuary 7, 2019
3min510
A bill filed by Sen. Lauren Book to create a tax exemption for purchases of diapers and incontinence products cleared its first hurdle Monday. It emerged from the Senate Committee on Commerce and Tourism with unanimous approval. Committee Chair Joe Gruters and Vice Chair Victor Torres were joined by members Linda Stewart, Travis Hutson and Tom Wright […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 2, 20198min595
With a tip of the hat to LobbyTools, here are the latest movements — both on and off — of the legislative merry-go-round. Off: Ellen Fournier is no longer chief legislative analyst for the Senate Committee on Finance and Tax. On: In the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Cindy Kynoch is staff director. Jamie DeLoach and Ross McSwain are deputy staff directors. McSwain worked previously as staff […]
Scott PowersDecember 18, 2018
5min371
Citing Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis‘ environmental platform, Democratic state Sen. Linda Stewartis taking another shot at getting oil and gas hydraulic fracturing, fracking, banned in the state of Florida. Stewart filed SB 146 putting a fracking ban back on the Senate’s plate for the seventh or eighth time this decade, this time anticipating momentum and help […]
Scott PowersDecember 6, 2018
5min860
Citing the chilling national revelations about sexual assault cases involving Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein and a case involving an Orlando woman, state Sen. Linda Stewart filed a bill Thursday to remove the statute of limitations in cases involving alleged rapes of children under 18. “Many young sexual battery victims do not come forward when they are first […]