Category: State & National News
10 Big Issues in the 2024 Session
©2024 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The 2024 legislative session ended Friday with an annual hanky-drop ceremony in the rotunda between the House…
Daily Outtakes: Bye, Nikki
Nikki Haley will announce today that she is suspending her presidential bid, according to several media sources. Why it matters: Haley’s results on Super Tuesday…
Salzman fought for Dozier survivors
The White House Boys — men who were raped, beaten and tortured as children at the state-run Dozier School for Boys in Marianna – will…
DeSantis sends troops to control spring breakers
At a press conference in Miami Beach, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he would deploy 140 state troopers and 24 Quick Response FHP Troopers to popular…
Daily Outtakes: Federal appeal panel boots “Stop Woke” restrictions
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Stop Woke Act” restrictions that prohibited employers from training employees…
‘Other end of the tunnel’ for Dozier victims
By Dara Kam, the News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Wiping away tears, men in their 60s, 70s and 80s watched Monday as the Florida…
Breaking: Florida Senate passes Dozier bill
Florida Senate this morning passed a bill that would provide $20 million to compensate victims of abuse at the shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for…
Elites say we are the threat
Political science professor Tom Schaller and opinion writer Paul Waldman have figured out the threat to democracy. It’s us—rural white Americans. In their new book,…
House unanimously passes Dozier bill
The Florida House on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would provide $20 million to compensate victims of abuse at the shuttered Arthur G. Dozier…
House bills dying in the Senate
“Kathleen Passidomo says legislation barring trans identity from licenses won’t be heard in Senate” via Jacob Ogles of Florida Politics — The measure also would…
Senators back compensating Dozier victims
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Decades later, survivors known as “The White House Boys” still struggle when recalling the mental,…
State seeks judge’s exit from elections fight
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Saying he “appears to have a closed mind,” the state has asked a federal judge…
Real News 2/22/24
The House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee have approved HB 21 and SB 24, which would create a compensation…
Getting Gen Z engaged and voting
A new Axios-Generation Lab poll found that 58% of voters between Gen Z and younger millennials aren’t sure if they’ll vote in November. Jayden D’Onofrio,…
Dozier bills passed by Senate, House committees
House and Senate committees on Tuesday approved bills that would create a compensation program for victims of abuse at the state’s now-closed Dozier School for…
Daily Outtakes: Pensacola teens allegedly linked to neo-Nazis
The Washington Post reported that neo-Nazis visited the home Raw Story reporter Jordan Green after his reporting found Pensacola teens involved in a brick attack…
The New Yorker profiles Matt Gaetz
Yesterday, The New Yorker published a profile on Congressman Matt Gaetz by Dexter Wilkins – “Matt Gaetz’s Chaos Agenda.” The subtitle is “The Florida Republican…
House passes new, special teaching certificate
Last week, the Florida House passed HB 1285, which included allowing a “classical education teaching certificate.” The certificates will be awarded solely on the request…
Backroom Briefing: A Farmer Eats Across Florida
Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Food across Florida is being highlighted…
Legislative update
Tampa Bay Times reported House Speaker Paul Renner is backing HB 1645, which would enact wide-ranging changes to Florida’s energy policy. The bill also would…
