Ryan NicolAugust 28, 2019
4min351
"Rep. Caruso’s 'no' vote isn’t just cowardly — it’s dangerous."
Tag: special sessionLake Mary’s team celebrates in the eighth inning of the Little League World Series Championship game against Taiwan. Florida won in eight innings 2-1. Image via AP.
Ryan NicolAugust 28, 2019
Scott PowersAugust 26, 2019
4min1091
Democrats express frustration but support for petition drive
Janelle Irwin TaylorAugust 24, 2019
5min722
It was unlikely there were ever going to be enough votes.
Staff ReportsAugust 21, 2019
7min537
"Floridians want to see common-sense reforms to our state’s gun laws."
Danny McAuliffeAugust 10, 2018
7min278
A Democratic push to reconvene state legislators for a special session on the state’s controversial ‘Stand Your Ground’ law is dead. Although doomed Thursday night, when it became clear that the three-fifths support threshold could not be met, lawmakers had until noon Friday to go on record with their support or opposition to the special […]
Staff ReportsAugust 8, 20183min256
Florida lawmakers have until noon Friday to respond to a proposal by Democrats to call a special session to revisit the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law. As of Wednesday evening, responses have largely fallen along party lines. House Republicans, expected to reject the idea of holding a session, made up 43 of the 44 […]
Danny McAuliffeMay 15, 2018
7min899
Two South Florida state lawmakers plan to ask the Legislature to increase the public education budget, which they say was insufficiently funded during the 2018 Legislative Session and anticipate a budget shortfall exacerbated by mandates passed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. The Legislature officially adjourned in March, but on Monday […]
Jim RosicaApril 24, 2018
5min468
Lawmakers have moved from informal talks to exchanging offers toward a Special Session on gambling, sources said late Monday. That’s despite an agreement announced last week between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida guaranteeing that the Tribe will keep sharing gaming revenue from its casinos at least till May 2019. The impetus behind the Special Session effort is a […]
Danny McAuliffeApril 19, 2018
3min378
Gaming session or not, Florida teachers want legislators to reconvene to iron out school funding concerns. On Thursday the Florida Education Association renewed its push for the Legislature to reconsider funding stipulations in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, which was rushed through the lawmaking process in the wake of the Parkland […]
Jim RosicaApril 18, 2018
7min698
It’s another happy day at Hard Rock. Gov. Rick Scott Wednesday announced an agreement between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida that “extends the Tribe’s current commitment to make (gambling) revenue sharing payments to the state through May 2019.” The tribe operates Hard Rock-branded and other casinos in Florida, including the flagship Hard […]