HD 13 (Jacksonville) – Reggie Fullwood (D-Jacksonville) will return to the Florida House after a defeating Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson with 56.78% of the vote. The general election in that race was held on February 17th. HD 64 (Tampa) The Florida House rejected the results of November’s general election in HD 64 because there were conflicting legal Read more about Special Elections[…]
On Tuesday, January 28th voters in Flagler, Putnam ,St. Johns and Volusia Counties went to the polls to pick winners in the Republican primary election for Senate District 6 and House Districts 17 and 24. The unofficial results have been posted and below are the results. District Candidate % of Vote Senate District 6 Travis Hutson 52.22 Read more about Special Primary Election Results[…]
Over the holidays, I traveled to Costa Rica to learn how to surf. Being a Florida girl, you would think this was something I would have already experienced. While I did spend endless hours boogie-boarding, rafting and body surfing in the waters of the Atlantic while growing up, learning to stand on a board and Read more about From the Capitol[…]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA The Florida Department of Health released proposed rules on January 16th regarding the growing, processing and dispensing of medical marijuana. The DOH had originally suggested using a lottery system to designate the nurseries allowed to grow the plant. After an administrative judge threw out that proposal, the DOH released a new proposed rule where Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
UNCLAIMED PROPERTY In December, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced that since 2001, $900 million in unclaimed property has been returned to its rightful owner. The program currently holds unclaimed property accounts valued at more than $1 billion, which includes funds from dormant accounts in financial institutions, insurance and utility companies, securities and trust holdings. Unclaimed Read more about Issues of Interest[…]