Jacob OglesDecember 22, 2021
7min1417
Debates between Marco Rubio, Ron DeSantis and their Democratic opponents will be held at Palm Beach State College.
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Jacob OglesDecember 22, 2021
Scott PowersApril 30, 2019
4min375
Coalition says Scott's medicine price control bill would limit innovation.
Danny McAuliffeApril 1, 2019
6min331
Compared to a decade ago, the tone is 'night and day.'
Danny McAuliffeMarch 27, 2019
4min369
The general concept is gaining traction in the Republican-led Legislature.
Phil AmmannMarch 31, 2018
42min559
Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill this week aimed at eradicating invasive species, such as the rightly maligned Burmese python, from wreaking havoc in Sunshine State ecosystems. SB 168 creates a pilot program within the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) allowing them to hire private contractors to capture or kill any of a […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 6, 2018
3min344
FedEx recently announced that employees will be issued wage raises and bonuses due to its predicted increase in revenue from the President’s new tax law. FedEx joins companies like BancorpSouth Bank, Spellex Corporation and RGF Environmental Group in Florida who have also made similar announcements. The new tax law, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, reduces the corporate tax rate from 35 percent […]
Guest AuthorMay 2, 2017
7min380
Facing yet another drug overdose epidemic, the Florida Legislature has an opportunity to move the needle in the right policy direction — finally. As members of the Florida House and Senate are poised to pass new criminal violations, this time for trafficking in fentanyl and synthetic drugs, the heat is on to include policies that […]
Staff ReportsFebruary 21, 2017
2min694
Francisco Gonzalez, formerly Vice President of Advancement for The James Madison Institute, has left the organization after nine years. He’s been named the Director of Philanthropy for the National Review Institute, the parent organization of National Review magazine, founded by William F. Buckley, Jr. Gonzalez, who will continue to reside in Orlando, starts Feb. 27, He’ll further NRI’s mission […]
Staff ReportsDecember 29, 2016
2min222
Logan Elizabeth Pike, formerly State Government Relations Manager at The Heartland Institute, is now Director of Public Affairs at The James Madison Institute. Pike, a former JMI intern, is “responsible for building and maintaining the Institute’s relationships with government officials and civic leaders on the federal, state and local levels,” according to a post on JMI’s […]
Phil AmmannFebruary 9, 2016
6min215
Second of three parts. Civil forfeiture began as something relatively innocuous. Throughout most of U.S. history, civil forfeiture was primarily used to enforce duties and excise taxes. But this all changed during the 1980s, as law enforcement agencies around the nation began to realize that they could supplement their resources by pursuing civil forfeiture instead […]