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...
by Jim Turner - News Service of Florida | May 8, 2023
Florida lawmakers approved billions of dollars to speed up 20 highway projects across the state under the banner of “Moving Florida Forward.” Other plans include an approved $13.6 billion for the Department of Transportation’s five-year work program...
by Ryan Dailey - News Service of Florida | May 2, 2023
The Florida Senate has approved a bill that would limit school-board members’ terms to eight years, which now goes to Governor Ron DeSantis for final approval. The Legislature and DeSantis previously passed a measure last year that set a 12-year term limit for...
