by John Lucas | Aug 2, 2019
Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed the person who will be responsible for preparing Florida for the environmental, physical and economic impacts of sea level rise. Thursday, DeSantis announced the appointment of Dr. Julia Nesheiwat as Florida’s first Chief Resilience...
by John Lucas | Aug 1, 2019
A hearing has been set for next Tuesday in the federal public corruption case against suspended Tallahassee city commissioner Scott Maddox who will now plead guilty to at least some of the charges against him. As first reported by the Tallahassee Democrat a “change of...
by John Lucas | Jul 31, 2019
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has directed her office to remove itself from a notice of appeal seeking to overturn the state’s loss in Weston v. DeSantis, in which courts ruled that Florida’s gun preemption law’s punitive provisions are...
by John Lucas | Jul 29, 2019
Florida shoppers will flock to stores later this week as they look to take advantage of the state’s annual sales tax holiday on back to school supplies Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Friday and running through 11:59 p.m. next Tuesday, shoppers will be able to buy clothes and...
by John Lucas | Jul 26, 2019
Florida will continue to grow by leaps and bounds through the next five years with 900 people coming here each day and more than 300,000 people coming to Sunshine State each year. That’s the equivalent to a city the size of Orlando being created every year in...