Tag: Senate Appropriations Committee
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A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2018
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When Gov. Rick Scott traveled Florida months back selling his final budget, one with “historic funding” for the environment and education, critics noted the election-year budget was a vast departure from his first in 2011. Scott defended the budget, essentially asserting that prudent fiscal management ensured that spending could be boosted when times were good. And […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2018
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For the second straight year, Northeast Florida Republican Rob Bradley will chair the Senate Appropriations Committee. With Rep. Travis Cummings chairing the House’s budget panel, that means Clay County has two lawmakers overseeing statewide spending decisions for the 2019 Legislative Session. Bradley replaced Jack Latvala ahead of the 2018 Legislative Session, when the Clearwater Republican quit the Senate amid sexual misconduct […]

Jacob OglesAugust 25, 2018
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The U.S. Senate’s new minibus budget package will include several measures advanced by Sen. Marco Rubio, including $1 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address algal blooms affecting Florida’s waters right now. The bill also includes $10 million in grant funding to increase mental health professional connections between universities and low-income […]

Jim RosicaNovember 21, 2017
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A top senator is leaving open the possibility that a proposed ban on ‘fracking’ in Florida will be considered in the 2018 Legislative Session. Rob Bradley, the Fleming Island Republican who recently was named chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, also leads the chamber’s Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee. That’s the first committee of reference […]

Scott PowersAugust 2, 2017
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Thanks Jack Latvala, from Winter Park, signed Clear Channel Outdoor. A billboard has appeared on Winter Park’s busiest boulevard praising and thanking state Sen. Jack Latvala, the Clearwater Republican who chairs the appropriations committee. The ad thanks him, and credits him for saving Florida jobs, supporting Florida tourism, and supporting Florida businesses. The billboard’s disclaimer […]

Michael MolineApril 16, 2017
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Representative Scott Plakon may have succeeded where a devotee of Southern Heritage failed in blocking the replacement of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith as one of Florida’s two representatives in the National Statuary Hall collection. Seber Newsome III of Save Southern Heritage appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee last week to oppose sending Smith packing. It was a lost […]


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