The JEJ Team recently went on a hike near St. Marks as part of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition. The Florida Wildlife Corridor is a conservation advocacy organization focused on connecting, protecting and restoring corridors of conserved lands and waters essential for the survival of Florida’s diverse wildlife. Though the hike was a little chilly Read more about Florida Wildlife Corridor[…]
Below is a sampling of some of the 1,210 bills that have been filed as of Tuesday, February 26th. WATER Florida voters overwhelming approved Amendment 1 last fall requiring the State to set aside a portion of funds collected from real estate sales to protect Florida’s natural resources. The Legislature is now tasked with how best Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
The 2015 legislative session begins today, March 3rd. Members of the House and Senate spent the three weeks in February attending meetings in Tallahassee preparing for the session. Today, legislators will return to Tallahassee to conduct the state’s business under the leadership of Central Floridians – Senate President Andy Gardiner (R- Orlando) and House Speaker Read more about From the Capitol[…]
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[…]