Associated PressMarch 24, 2022
6min0
'When we begin to ramp up for next winter, we know all these things'
Tag: pilot programMayo Clinic in Jacksonville is developing a 'mini-brain' for those suffering from Lewy body dementia (LBD).
Associated PressMarch 24, 2022
Scott PowersJanuary 6, 2020
8min535
Installation of an ignition interlock device, treatment, and community service, then no DUI conviction
Scott PowersMay 14, 2018
4min313
Struck with reports that a glaring glitch is preventing mental health records from quickly entering the state’s firearms purchases background system, Gov. Rick Scott today asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to seek a federal grant to hire people to overcome the glitch. The money would be spent through a federal pilot program to hire […]
Scott PowersDecember 7, 2017
3min286
State Sen. Kathleen Passidomo has launched a powerful and alarming promotion of her bill to create a new Florida-based project to take care of babies born to opioid-addicted mothers. Passidomo, a Republican from Naples, posted social-media advertising featuring a video produced with Golisano Children’s Hospital of Fort Myers, talking about babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, […]
Staff ReportsOctober 16, 2017
4min337
State Rep. Danny Burgess on Monday announced he filed a trio of veterans bills for the 2018 Legislative Session to address mental health and licensing issues. “I believe our most solemn responsibility as a state is to serve those who have served us,” said Burgess, a Zephyrhills Republican, in a statement. “Veterans are Florida’s VIPs, and these […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 2, 2016
4min154
Addressing a Jacksonville City Council committee Tuesday, Sheriff Mike Williams signaled his department’s commitment to a pilot program for body cameras “sooner than later,” even as major questions remain about hardware costs, capabilities of cameras, and time frame of deployment. Williams expects to have the program begun “no later than the spring,” he told the […]