by Brian Burgess | Apr 15, 2021
Last week, the Florida Senate passed SB 2512, which, if signed into law in its current form, will carve out nearly a quarter of a billion dollars from Florida’s affordable housing trust fund this year alone, and in future years, will cut similar amounts from the...
by Brian Burgess | Apr 14, 2021
As we near the start of our sixth year, The Capitolist is planning yet another expansion to our coverage of news and events at the nexus of Florida’s business, policy and political worlds. Our goal is to help our readers understand the people, the...
by Brian Burgess | Apr 12, 2021
One of Florida’s largest wireless carriers, AT&T, appears to be working overtime on the expansion of rural broadband internet service, but not in a way residents in Florida’s smaller towns might want. The work has little to do with helping rural residents...
by Brian Burgess | Apr 11, 2021
Every weekend, we take a look at the news stories shaping the conversations in Florida’s business, policy and political worlds. Here’s this weekend’s Capitolist wrap-up, which we call “The Wrap.” Data privacy bill improved last week, but it’s still...
by Brian Burgess | Apr 9, 2021
The law enforcement task force responsible for oversight of Florida’s Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) is sounding alarm bells with state lawmakers as the legislature works toward the first pass at a state budget for 2021. In identical letters sent...
