Drew WilsonMarch 11, 2019
5min1435
The bills are quickly gaining steam.
Tag: Lori BermanNoah Widmann. Image via campaign
Drew WilsonMarch 11, 2019
Jacob OglesMarch 3, 2019
5min390
If trust gets raided, lawmakers want money accounted for and reimbursed.
Ryan NicolFebruary 12, 2019
5min2013
The legislation was approved 5-3 on a party-line vote.
Ryan NicolFebruary 7, 2019
6min386
The measures would expand authority under last year's Public Safety Act.
Jim RosicaFebruary 4, 2019
10min907
Some lawmakers were visibly uncomfortable with the idea of expressly allowing marijuana smoking.
Staff ReportsDecember 18, 2018
10min490
With a tip of the hat to LobbyTools, here are the latest movements – both on and off – of the legislative merry-go-round. 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 director of Regulated Industries. Off and on: Elizabeth Ryon became deputy staff director for the […]
Ryan NicolNovember 26, 2018
6min433
Democratic state Sen. Lauren Book and GOP state Sen. Manny Diaz are among the newly-named legislative committee chairs hailing from South Florida. Book, who represents Senate District 32, was one of only two Democrats (Tallahassee’s Bill Montford is the other) named to head a committee; she will lead the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder […]
Scott PowersNovember 2, 2018
2min291
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum will take his rolling tour through at least three stops in South Florida Friday, campaigning with Democratic Florida Agriculture Commissioner candidate Nikki Fried and Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, among others. His campaign schedule has his bus tour hiting Coconut Creek in the morning, Boynton Beach in the afternoon and […]
Jacob OglesSeptember 2, 2018
5min474
Politicians across the state Saturday condemned robocalls put out by racist groups against Andrew Gillum, the first black major party nominee for Governor. “The vile and racist robocalls attacking Andrew Gillum represent an attack on every Floridian and have no place in our politics,” said state Sen. Linda Stewart, an Orlando Democrat. “This disgusting attempt […]
Danny McAuliffeJuly 27, 2018
6min348
Several state Democrats have come together via joint statements to remind Floridians of Gov. Rick Scott‘s intervention in a 2017 push to repeal and replace Obamacare, which ultimately never materialized. The unified effort — featuring state lawmakers Reps. Amy Mercado and Shevrin Jones, along with Sens. Lori Berman and José Javier Rodríguez — comes as Scott vies to […]