by Jordan Kirkland | Jul 22, 2021
The Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) Task Force announced the results of Operation Breaking Chains on Thursday, aimed at putting an end to human trafficking A strategic initiative, conducted across 16 Florida counties, focuses on reducing human trafficking...
by News Service of Florida | Jul 19, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court has put on hold a ruling that backed Florida in a battle about restrictions on the cruise-ship industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Siding with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a panel of the 11th...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 16, 2021
Five years after launching one of Florida’s fastest-growing digital media outlets focused on the Sunshine’s State’s business, policy and political news cycles, The Capitolist marked the anniversary by adding a new feature to the home page: an...
by Karen Murphy | Jul 15, 2021
As local businessman and political “influencer” J.T. Burnette stands trial for federal extortion and racketeering, a spotlight is being shined on the unseemly and allegedly corrupt and illegal way politics has been conducted in Florida’s Capital City for decades. On...
by News Service of Florida | Jul 15, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — Customers of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are getting a bigger rate hike than was initially proposed, due to a change in a state law that was partially blocked by a federal judge this week. Citizens officials expressed disappointment in...
by Karen Murphy | Jul 12, 2021
Last week the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) announced it was opening its first field offices ever in Tampa and San Francisco, California because of “potential threats from those states.” Just a few days later protestors gathered in Tallahassee to call for the...
