Florida Senate rebuffed by Fair Districts
Yesterday, the Florida Senate got to work redrawing its district lines to comply with new constitutional standards. The system works!
More privatized prisons on the horizon?
A new bill wants to privatize 26 more of Florida's prisons, similar to the GEO Group's controversial Blackwater River prison in Milton.
Stadiums as homeless shelters?
A bill would force Florida's professional stadiums to serve as homeless shelters or pay back state funding. Could it apply to Pensacola?
State “right to speak” bill has local origins
The Florida legislature is considering a law that will ensure the citizens' right to speak at public meetings, the impetus of which originated with a local lawsuit.
Governor examining state’s special districts
Describing Governor Rick Scott's agenda for the 2012 legislative session, aide Jon Costello told lawmakers the governor intends to "shine a light" on the state's more than 1,600 special districts, which command over $15 billion in tax revenue, but that he is "not looking to take an ax" to them.
Three local funding requests vetoed by Scott
Governor Scott's budget does not include funding requests for local public broadcasting stations, nor a proposed $417k roundabout at Bayfront and Ninth that would reopen Government Street to the east.
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