January 28, 2013 - 6:00pm
Weatherford, Gaetz Release 5-Point Reform Agenda for 2013
Submitted by Anonymous on January 30, 2013 - 10:22am
Appearing together at the Associated Presss annual pre-legislative session gathering, Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, and House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, released a joint agenda that includes the revamping of how money is spent in campaigns and giving the state Commission on Ethics greater power to enforce and collect fines.
The agenda that the two expect both chambers to support focuses on ethics reform, campaign finance reform, higher education reform, pension reform and a review of the states election rules.
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Rick Scott to Push for $1.2 Billion Increase in K-12 Education
Submitted by Anonymous on January 30, 2013 - 9:18am
Gov. Rick Scott will propose a $1.2 billion increase to K-12 education when he releases his agenda for the 2013 legislative session on Thursday.
The funding request, which includes his pay hike of $2,500 per student, would boost per-student funding about $400, to around $6,800.
Scott, appearing before the media at the Capitol on Wednesday, credited budget and regulation cuts legislators have made in the past two years for the improved economy that should allow his request.
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FDOT Announcing Panhandle Road Projects on Thursday
Submitted by Anonymous on January 29, 2013 - 10:27pm
Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, will take part in a trio of Florida Department of Transportation announcements coming Thursday on the Panhandle.
A release from the presidents office states the announcements will address a number of important roadway changes impacting each city.
Panama City
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RPOF: Brian Burgess Was Not Fired
Submitted by Nancy Smith on January 29, 2013 - 8:31pm
"Fired" implies just what it says -- marching orders, employer to employee.
Brian Burgess apparently was not fired.
When asked specifically, the highest ranking director of the Republican Party of Florida told Sunshine State News the RPOF did not fire his communications director.
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Full-Time Legislature? Please, God, No!
January 29, 2013 - 6:00pm
Sen. Jeff Clemens is a smart guy, but with this "full-time Legislature" constitutional amendment he proposed Tuesday, he's going the wrong way down a one-way street.
Could We Have a Full-Time Legislature?
January 29, 2013 - 6:00pm
Dave Kerner: Tone Down Sunshine Law, Raise Judges’ Retirement Age, Strip Rapists of Parental Rights
January 28, 2013 - 6:00pm
From I Don't to I Do
January 29, 2013 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- More than perhaps anyone else in America, David Blankenhorn personifies the struggle so many have experienced over same-sex marriage.
Brookings Cheers Florida’s ‘Smart’ Port Investments
January 28, 2013 - 6:00pm
Floridas effort to build its port-to-rail freight infrastructure in anticipation of increased global trade is receiving high marks from one of the oldest Washington, D.C., think tanks.
A report from the Brookings Institute, a nonpartisan outfit that has a reputation of leaning to the left, listed as smart the states freight game plan as directed last year through the creation of the Office of Freight Logistics and Passenger Operations.
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