While his chamber still reels from the loss of two of its members due to sexual misconduct, Senate President Joe Negron told lawmakers Tuesday they would be turning over a new leaf and starting a new chapter -- one that doesn’t include sexual harassment in the halls of the Florida Capitol.
Rumors of the affair between Republican Sen. Anitere Flores and Democratic Sen. Oscar Braynon have been drifting around Tallahassee for more than a year. But not until Tuesday, when an anonymous texter sent media outlets surveillance "evidence" of to-ing and fro-ing between apartments at The Tennyson, where they both lived last April, did the rumors become a public reality.
Rick Scott made an appeal to promote pro-business policies and vowed to fight sexual harassment during his final State of State address to the Florida Legislature as state lawmakers returned to Tallahassee to convene the 2018 legislative session on Tuesday.
House Speaker Richard Corcoran said his chamber is a force to be reckoned with, calling the Florida House of Representatives the “storm” in the Florida Legislature while setting up a potential battle with the governor over the state’s annual budget for 2018.
The battle between Florida and Georgia over the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system flooded into the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, where judges heard arguments from both sides in the five-year old case.
Estimated insurance losses from Hurricane Irma have reached $7.2 billion, as more than 877,000 claims have been filed since the September storm, according to information released Monday by the state Office of Insurance Regulation.
The Associated Industries of Florida unveiled its top priorities for Florida businesses during this year’s legislative session on Monday.
Former U.S. Rep. and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham says it’s high time Gov. Rick Scott coughs up public records related to the untimely deaths of 14 seniors in a Hollywood Hills nursing home last September.
With a year in Congress under his belt, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., is now turning his focus to animal rights issues, including serving in the Congressional Action Protection Caucus.
