Here is a sampling of some legislation that has been filed for this Session. LAWMAKER SPENDING REQUESTS Under House rules, members are required to submit funding requests in the form of an appropriations bill. To date, more than $3.6 billion in requests have been made. EDUCATION Education issues, as usual, are receiving lots of attention. Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
LEGISLATIVE SESSION START The 2019 Florida Legislative Session will begin tomorrow, March 5th, with a scheduled end date of May 3rd. With a new Governor, Lieutenant Governor, new legislative leaders, and new priorities, we can look forward to an interesting and fast-moving Session. Governor Ron DeSantis, and Lieutenant Governor, former State Representative Jeanette Núñez, have launched Read more about From The Capitol[…]
Agency for Health Care Administration Resigning is Justin Senior, who has served as Secretary of the agency since October 2016. He will become CEO of Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida. Enterprise Florida Selected as interim president and CEO was Mike Grissom. Grissom previously served as interim leader of the organization in 2017 after Chris Hart resigned Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity distributed three million dollars through the Rural Community Development Revolving Loan Fund Program. The funds provide local governments with access to financial assistance to promote the economic viability of rural Florida communities to help create and retain jobs. For more information about Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
When people think of crazy Florida elections, most will think of the Bush/Gore debacle of 2000. However, that was nothing compared to the 1876 election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. After the votes were counted, Florida election officials refused to give the vote count as it seems that there were Read more about Election Facts[…]