Associated PressMarch 5, 2021
4min766
War authorization acts of 1991, 2002 on table.
Tag: repeal
Associated PressMarch 5, 2021
Scott PowersJanuary 27, 2021
3min1904
Universal obtained a tax break meant to bring jobs to blighted neighborhoods.
Jim RosicaMarch 7, 2019
5min931
The bill now goes to the House.
Scott PowersJanuary 23, 2019
5min402
"The red light program has failed to create public safety in our state," Sabatini said.
Ryan NicolSeptember 4, 2018
7min508
A new series of ads from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee knock U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo on his vote last year to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The 30-second ads depict two fictional letters addressed to Curbelo. The first spot, titled “Open Letter,” imagines a health care executive thanking Curbelo for increasing his company’s profits at […]
Scott PowersMay 7, 2018
5min753
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs may be heading toward a change of heart on background-check waiting periods for the purchase of guns in her county, and on Tuesday the rest of the Orange County Commission will consider a new ordinance to require such checks. Jacobs has called for a public hearing on what will essentially […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 15, 2018
5min207
A bill to repeal the state’s tobacco bond cap is moving in the Florida House. Whether it’s fair is another story. The measure (HB 6017), carried by GOP Rep. Cord Byrd of Neptune Beach, cleared its first committee last week by a unanimous 14-0 vote and moves to Appropriations. A companion bill (SB 124) is in the Senate. The […]
Jim RosicaOctober 18, 2017
5min594
Tobacco companies are hoping next year’s try at a bond cap repeal doesn’t go up in smoke. Legislation that would do away with the limit on the amount of money tobacco companies have to put up as appellate bonds has again been filed, this time for the 2018 Legislative Session. The one-line bill (SB 124) simply repeals the section […]
Jim RosicaAugust 23, 2017
4min265
House Speaker and presumptive Republican candidate for governor Richard Corcoran, who declared war on “corporate welfare” last Legislative Session, now wants to end “welfare for politicians.” On Wednesday, he asked the Constitution Revision Commission—of which he appointed nine of its 37 members—to consider an proposal to repeal a section of the state Constitution that provides […]
Jim RosicaJuly 3, 2017
5min272
It’s almost Independence Day, which in Florida means: Time to scare some birds. Although you can buy fireworks in the state, they’re not actually legal here. Indeed, The Tampa Tribune in 2014 called fireworks sales in Florida an “institutionalized charade,” leading one lawmaker to call for “more freedom (and) less fraud.” Retail sales are allowed only […]