by Caden DeLisa | Feb 11, 2025
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Monday appointed former state representative Frank White to the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Governors. From 2016 to 2018, White represented parts of Northwest Florida in the state House, where he...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 11, 2025
After a special session late last month spiraled into a clash between Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers will meet in another special session this week to pass a package of bills targeting illegal immigration — with DeSantis’...
by Caden DeLisa | Feb 10, 2025
A pair of Republican lawmakers introduced bills in the House and Senate that would grant Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) the authority to invest up to 10 percent of certain public funds in Bitcoin. The pieces of legislation, filed by Rep. Webster Barnaby and...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 10, 2025
An appeals court Monday dismissed an attempt by the Florida House and Senate to shield current and former lawmakers from testifying in lawsuits in a dispute stemming from a 2022 congressional redistricting plan. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal...
by The Center Square | Feb 10, 2025
According to a recent report, a fund designed to invest public pension funds into Florida-based technology and high-growth businesses has distributed $1.1 billion to the Florida Retirement System Pension Fund since 2008. The pension fund received $133.5 million from...
by Caden DeLisa | Feb 10, 2025
Florida ranked last in the nation for first-time pass rates on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) in 2024, according to a report from the Florida Center for Nursing published on Monday. Despite slight improvements over the previous year, the state...
