STATE OF EMERGENCY Following the shooting in Orlando on June 12th, Governor Rick Scott issued a state of emergency for Orange County and requested an Emergency Declaration under the Stafford Act from President Barack Obama. Two GoFundMe accounts have brought in over $4 million and several other community groups, including the Orlando Magic, have donated Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
PYTHON HUNT The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida sponsored a month-long Python Challenge. The Challenge ran January 16th through February 14th and yielded 106 pythons. During the February 27th awards ceremony, prizes were awarded for the longest python (fifteen feet) and the most captured (thirty-three). Only Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
RAPE KIT BACKLOG The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says there are over 13,435 sexual assault kits that were collected but never submitted for testing. FDLE estimates it could cost between $9 – $32 million and take between three and nine years for the lab work to be completed. Congress has authorized federal grants to Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
REDISTRICTING UPDATE Congressional U.S. Representative Corrine Brown continues her efforts to maintain her current district. Brown re-filed a federal lawsuit seeking relief from the changes made to District 5. Rather than a north-south configuration, the new court-approved district runs east-west. Brown contends the new district violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Florida Senate Circuit Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS There are currently thirty potential citizen-initiated constitutional amendments for the 2016 ballot. Few, however, have been collecting the required 683,149 signatures to meet the February 1, 2016 statutory deadline. Outlined below are some of the amendments which have a chance to appear on the ballot. Floridians for Solar Choice This amendment would allow Read more about Items of Interest[…]