With about a week to go until oral arguments before the Florida Supreme Court over the state’s plan for legislative redistricting, justices are already fighting about how far the court can go in reviewing the new maps, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. In what could amount to a victory for opponents [...]
Supporters and opponents of the state’s new legislative districts took their battle to court Friday, filing a series of briefs with the Florida Supreme Court spelling out the cases for and against the House and Senate maps, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. In all, seven briefs totaling more than 300 pages [...]
In 2010, Florida joined the national movement of nearly 30 states by enacting the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act, Florida’s red light safety camera program. Now, two years later, on the heels of proven, life saving success, Floridian support of the safety cameras laws is at 72%, reflecting unprecedented confidence in its road and community [...]
A controversial bill to allow mega-resort casinos in Florida appears dead this year, after the House sponsor scrapped a vote Friday by a subcommittee that likely would have rejected the idea, reports Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida. Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, announced he was pulling back the bill (HB 487) as the [...]
David Royse of the News Service of Florida reports: The Legislature’s push to shed more than two dozen South Florida prisons and turn them over to the private sector slowed on Tuesday in the Senate and cracks in Republican support that may endanger the idea began to show. While GOP leadership in the Senate is [...]
Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam at the Florida State Fair
Mike Fasano’s 2011 Farm Share feeds 500 families
Bob Graham, Alex Sink campaigning for Keith Fitzgerald
The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi asking Rep. Darryl Rouson to ‘pee in a cup’
Jeff Brandes fundraiser at BayCities in Tampa
Rep. Dana Young receives ‘Defender of Liberty’ award from ACU’s Al Cardenas
