While Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature were busy crafting a $500 million school safety plan for Florida, the family of an injured student was preparing what could be the first of several lawsuits in connection with the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Remember the challenge filed by Rick Boylan, regarding how Florida’s Democratic National Committee members are elected?
Rep. Katie Edwards-Walpole -- widely admired around the state, a lawmaker Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz told me Monday "is among the top five most effective legislators in either party I've ever worked with" -- has announced she won't run for reelection in November.
In the aftermath of last month’s mass shooting at a high school in Parkland which left 17 dead, freshman U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., unveiled his proposal to limit mass shootings.
Last week, U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., showcased the “Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act.”
More sweeping changes are headed toward Florida’s public schools, including the use of sales-tax credits to help students attend private schools.
The Democratic leadership in Florida continues to line up behind former state Sen. Jeremy Ring who is running to be the Sunshine State’s CFO.
A proposal that will ask voters to make it tougher for future state lawmakers to raise taxes narrowly cleared the Senate on Monday, with three Democrats joining Republicans in putting the measure on the November ballot.
The two South Florida representatives in charge of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee—chairwoman U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., and ranking Democrat U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla.---are looking to ensure the U.S. and Israel remain close allies.
