by Sarah Rumpf | Aug 4, 2016
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has directed the Florida Department of Health (DOH) to offer free screening for the Zika virus to pregnant women through county health departments across the state, the Governor’s office announced in a press release on Wednesday. DOH has...
by Guest Contributor | Aug 3, 2016
The following op-ed was submitted to The Capitolist by Dominic Calabro, the President and CEO of Florida TaxWatch. Sales tax holidays have become Florida tradition and boon to taxpayers, businesses Few legislative decisions have been as wildly popular as Florida’s...
by Sarah Rumpf | Aug 3, 2016
Netflix announced that its drama series Bloodline will be renewed for a third season, and will continue to film in the Florida Keys, despite the loss of the state’s film tax credit incentive program. The history of the program through the past few years is an...
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 2, 2016
For decades, Florida’s prison population has far outpaced the state’s population growth. But that appears to be changing. Office of Economic and Demographic Research officials meeting at the state Capitol last week predicted an increase of about 1,000 inmates over the...
by Sarah Rumpf | Aug 1, 2016
Sally Bradshaw, a longtime adviser and confidante of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has changed her voter registration from Republican to Independent over frustration with the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Bradshaw served as Bush’s...
