Governor Ron DeSantis called for a special session of the Florida Legislature to enact protections for 1) workers against employers’ COVID-19 vaccine mandates; and 2) parents to manage healthcare decisions for their children. This will likely impact businesses and government entities who are requiring employees to be vaccinated or risk being fired. It also takes Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
FELON VOTING RIGHTS A unanimous panel of judges in the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Florida law requiring felons to pay fines, fees and restitution before regaining the right to vote does not intentionally discriminate against low-income Black women, who are less likely to be able to pay. The law was Read more about Legal Updates[…]
DIGITAL DRIVER’S LICENSES Under development since 2014, Florida will soon see digital driver’s licenses and State IDs. The license holder’s phone would scan a QR code from someone, like a law enforcement officer, requesting verification. The user’s device sends the request for data to a server, which then bounces the identification data back to the user Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
Governor DeSantis Appointments: Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees Appointed was Piero Bussani, Boca Raton, chief legal officer and global head of legal and risk at Revantage Corporate Services. Florida Children and Youth Cabinet Appointed were Jessica Costello, Tampa, a county court judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit; Forough Hosseini, Ormond Beach, senior vice president of information Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
Bill Hager Former Republican State Representative Bill Hager died on October 13th in North Dakota at the age of 74. Before living in Florida, Hager served as Insurance Commissioner of Iowa. He moved to Florida in 1990 and served as deputy mayor of the City of Boca Raton from 2004-05. Hager served in the Florida House Read more about In Memoriam[…]