by Brian Burgess | Aug 27, 2024
With controversy swirling over a school bus camera contract and the county set to start issuing traffic citations in September, Polk County Public Schools spokesman Kyle Kennedy refused to provide updated contract language and instead directed interested parties to...
by Brian Burgess | Aug 14, 2024
A Polk County bus camera monitoring contract with Verra Mobility calls for $49 payments for each traffic violation that meets specific criteria, but such payments are banned under state law. With students already back at Polk County Public Schools this week, district...
by Brian Burgess | Aug 2, 2024
At a revenue estimating conference last week, AHCA and state economists acknowledged that the legal quagmire surrounding the Medicaid Managed Care program has caused problems with overall budget forecasting. State economists were wringing their hands last week at a...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 1, 2024
Despite her claims on Twitter, Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Moody vs. Netchoice did not deliver the populist outcome she was hoping for. In a tweet earlier today, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody trumpeted her own intentionally misleading spin...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 10, 2024
Capital Soup is one of Florida’s most widely-read unfiltered public policy digital news sites. The platform is now available to site sponsors and advertisers as a core component of The Capitolist’s advertising, influence and content delivery options. In a...
by Brian Burgess | May 24, 2024
Multiple healthcare providers lodged protests with a common theme: inconsistency, bias, and lack of transparency, among many complaints as AHCA prepares to defend its provider evaluation process. A flurry of protests have emerged following Florida’s Agency for...
