by Brian Burgess | Jan 21, 2021
Just two months after hiring a third member of our reporting team, The Capitolist is planning yet another expansion to our coverage of news and events at Florida’s nexus of business, policy and politics. Our goal is to help our readers understand the people, the...
by Brian Burgess | Jan 15, 2021
Florida’s top business regulator, Halsey Beshears, is stepping down from his post as the Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) due to “personal health reasons,” according to multiple sources inside and...
by Brian Burgess | Jan 14, 2021
Just hours after Republican State Senator Aaron Bean suggested that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration hasn’t been forthcoming with the public about the vaccine rollout plan, the Governor’s Office pointed out that according to publicly available data,...
by Brian Burgess | Jan 13, 2021
The Florida Bar has announced it will recognize 21 lawyers for their work on behalf of low-income and disadvantaged clients. According to a news release, the awards “are intended to encourage lawyers to volunteer free legal services to the poor by recognizing...
by Brian Burgess | Jan 8, 2021
Business leaders from across Florida issued strongly worded condemnations of the violence that broke out at the nation’s capitol complex this week. Both the Florida Council of 100, and the Florida Chamber of Commerce issued separate releases on the matter....
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