Tag: Florida Legislature

The St. Pete Times has found 18 other current and former lawmakers that are employed by state colleges…none of them are from our three districts….

By IN reporter Sean Boone According to Florida State Rep. Greg Evers, the Republican state lawmakers that met in Destin two weeks ago for a…

Nobel Prize winner Sir Harold Kroto – also a Florida State University – talks about how the Florida legislature would be making a big mistake…

According to WEAR’s Dan Thomas, Clay Ford has suggested to putting county commissioner pay on equal footing with state legislators. In Escambia County that would…

Florida is No. 1 in greyhound racetracks. According to the Miami Herald, state regulators want more inspection power and penalties for animal abusers. The industry…

The Miami Herald reports that Florida’s sagging economy is giving lawmakers $2.9 billion less than they expected. State economists said Tuesday that all state revenues…

Miami Herald: Taxes cut; more may come Legislators ended a special session by approving a huge property-tax cut — and giving voters the opportunity next…

With all the finger pointing by the state lawmakers over how local governments are growing and just keep absorbing property tax increases, the NY Times…

The word we’re getting at the paper is that Escambia County Commissioner Mike Whitehead truly believes that his confrontations with State Rep. Dave Murzin and…

Rubio and Pruitt have sent this letter to their fellow lawmakers about the upcoming special session on property taxes Read: Presiding Officers letter

Dave Murzin emailed over the pdf of Gov. Crist’s line-item vetoes. Read:  2007 veto list

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: The Florida Legislature ended its annual session without achieving its No. 1 goal: reducing property taxes. Legislators did, however, vote to increase…

Our local legislative delegation has been bragging about how well Escambia and Santa Rosa counties did in the past session. Well, what we got from…

The Legislature has sent a $72 billion budget to the governor. Crist has line-item veto power to delete any items that he believes are pork….

Miami Herald has put together a list of important legislation that’s still on the table for the state House and Senate to resolve on the…

There is actually a Democrat in the state House who dares to question the 2007-08 budget because of all the “turkeys” hidden in the bill….

This Florida Legislature loves gambling – in one form or another. It has sent Gov. Crist a bill that legalizes instant bingo. What’s instant bingo?…

On Gov. Crist’s desk awaiting his signature is a new Cable franchise bill that gives telephone companies easier access to the cable TV market. Also…