Author: News Service of Florida
Breaking: Lawmakers want to give sheriffs blank check
This amendment would allow sheriffs to move around their budgets however they want. The budget becomes meaningless, only the total dollar amount matters – See…
Daily newspapers may lose revenue source
From the News Service of Florida: The Florida Senate on Wednesday could take up a proposal that would change laws about publishing local-government legal notices,…
Jayer in middle of budget negotiations
By Jim Turner and Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — House and Senate negotiators Tuesday began narrowing budget differences, with agreement on…
Broadband expansion proposal modified
By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Lawmakers awaiting federal money scaled back a proposal Tuesday that would help broadband providers expand service…
FP&L parent gets new CEO
From the News Service of Florida: NextEra Energy, the parent company of Florida Power & Light, named John Ketchum on Tuesday as its president and…
State of the State address
From The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday gave his State of the State address to formally launch the 2022 legislative session….
State sending COVID-19 tests to senior facilities
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday the state is shipping about 1 million at-home coronavirus tests…
DeSantis racing feds on at-home COVID tests
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Saying that the “federal government is not going to come through†on a plan to…
By the numbers: Covid cases surge
From The News Service of Florida The Florida Department of Health released a report Friday that reflected a surge in COVID-19 cases this month. Here…
DeSantis pitches more pay raises for FHP, FDLE, FWC
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Promoting Florida as “greener pastures†for law-enforcement officers, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday teased a…
Judge rejects Florida sports betting deal
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Calling it a “fiction,†a Washington, D.C.-based judge late Monday ruled that a deal giving…
Elections Supervisors say Democracy ‘Under Threat’
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As Republicans throughout the nation continue to refuse to acknowledge former President Donald Trump’s re-election…
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