The Florida Legislature has already been in Tallahassee for two weeks of interim committee meetings in preparation for the 2017 Session, which is scheduled to start on March 7th. They will meet again during the weeks of February 6th, 13th and 20th. BUDGET FORECAST State economists have slightly revised their estimates of Florida’s general revenues, predicting Read more about From the Capitol[…]
Now that all 160 members have been sworn into office during the Organizational Session on November 22nd, the Florida Legislature is ready to conduct business. Both Senate President Joe Negron (R-Palm City) and House Speaker Richard Corcoran (R-Lutz) have announced their leadership teams. They include the following: SENATE Anitere Flores(R-Miami), President Pro Tempore Wilton Simpson Read more about From the Capitol[…]
The General Election is just a week away. To date, over three million Floridians have requested a vote-by-mail (formerly absentee) ballot and over 1.9 of those ballots have been returned. Approximately 12.7 million people are eligible to vote for this election, with 100,000 being registered during the period when the registration deadline was extended by a Read more about From the Capitol[…]
The campaign season is in full swing with the largest field of local, state and federal candidates on the ballot in many years. Some of the increase is attributable to the effects of the Fair Districts amendment, which redrew the congressional and Senate districts leading to all seats being open. Judicial, state attorney and public Read more about From the Capitol[…]
Hurricane season officially began on June 1st. Tropical storm Colin, the third-named storm of the season, made landfall on June 6th making most of the central part of the state a soggy mess. Mild to moderate flooding occurred along the west coast but fortunately, the winds were light. It was a clear reminder that hurricane Read more about Hurricane Season[…]