by Brian Burgess | May 17, 2023
Democrat Donna Deegan achieves a stunning upset in the Jacksonville mayoral race, becoming the city’s first female mayor, boosting morale for Florida Democrats after their disappointing 2022 midterm performance. Deegan’s grassroots campaign and message of...
by Brian Burgess | May 16, 2023
Some snack-sized news nuggets to start your morning: DeSantis OK’s port projects (via News Service of Florida) Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said the state will provide $3.9 million for work at the Port of Pensacola to help it become a training base for American...
by Brian Burgess | May 14, 2023
Now that the sun has set on the 2023 session, many watchful eyes have turned to the desk of Governor Ron DeSantis, where his ominous veto pen is on a direct collision course with a record-setting state budget bloated with special projects that are ripe for the...
by Jim Turner and Ryan Dailey - News Service of Florida | May 12, 2023
Governor Ron DeSantis signed 37 bills, one of which prevents the release of travel records of state leaders, citing security concerns and threats he receives. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill providing a public-records exemption for travel records,...
by Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida | May 11, 2023
Three unions representing city workers in South Florida have filed the second lawsuit challenging a new law that imposes restrictions on public-employee unions. The state’s largest teacher and faculty unions also filed a separate lawsuit on Wednesday against the...
by Brian Burgess | May 11, 2023
A group of teacher and faculty unions, including the state’s largest, have banded together to file a lawsuit challenging a recently passed paycheck protection law targeting teacher unions. Among the arguments against the law is the fact that lawmakers have...
