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Top stories: Florida joins national voter registration database. Judge hearing case on felons’ voting rights asks: is Amendment 4 even constitutional? Governor names state’s […]
News for Florida Voters – July/August 2019 Read More »
Legislators fulfilled their sole constitutional responsibility — passing a balanced budget — last Saturday, May 4, one day later than scheduled. It came in
Recapping Florida’s 2019 Legislative Session Read More »
Florida Capitol The 2017–18 Legislative Session ended on Sunday with the passage of a record $88.7 billion budget. I wanted to share some of
2017-18 Legislative Session Summary Read More »
In Part 1 of this series of recap posts, I took a high-level look at the roughly $82 billion FY 2018 state budget passed
Recapping Florida’s 2017 Legislative Session – Part 3 Read More »
As promised in my last post, here’s a look at the major education policies contained in bills awaiting the Governor signature. Testing
Recapping Florida’s 2017 Legislative Session – Part 2 Read More »
The Old Capitol Building Tallahassee, FL The 2017 Legislative Session ended Monday, 3 days late, because the House and Senate could not get their
Recapping Florida’s 2017 Legislative Session – Part 1 Read More »
In Session March 7 – May 5, 2017 In the four weeks that the 2017 Legislative Session has been underway, I’ve struggled to find
Education bills before the Florida Legislature Read More »
In SessionMarch 7 – May 5, 2017 My last post, titled “Whose priorities ARE they?,” described my attempt to compare the bills filed for
What our state legislators are up to Read More »
Florida’s 2017 Legislative Session doesn’t officially begin until March 7, but members of the State Senate and House are already settled into their offices
Settled in in Tallahassee Read More »
The Florida Citizens’ Alliance did me a favor last month when it announced “a major victory in the effort to reverse course on the
Bad bill stopped, but I learned a lot Read More »