Jeff Brandes Former Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) has launched a new endeavor called the Florida Policy Project. The non-partisan research institute will focus on criminal justice reform, property insurance, transportation and housing issues. Brandes served in the Florida Senate from 2012-2022. Tasha Carter Appointed chief recovery director by Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
CANUCK IN SPACE The Canadian Space Agency and NASA will be sending a team of four astronauts to embark on a 10-day flight around the moon. Scheduled for November, 2024, the Artemis II crew will include three Americans and one Canadian. HURRICANE NAMES The World Meteorological Organization will no longer use Fiona and Ian in Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
Nancy Detert Former State Senator Nancy Detert (R-Venice) died on April 5th at the age of 78. Detert, a Sarasota County Commissioner since 2016, was elected to the Florida House in 1998 and to the Senate in 2008, serving for 8 years. Notably, while in the Senate she helped pass a bill, the Nancy Detert Read more about In Memoriam[…]
GREENHOUSE GASES Florida joined with other states to file a lawsuit against the federal government regarding the calculations of the social costs of greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Fifth Circuit of Appeals rejected the claim that the states are suffering under the Biden administration’s calculations of the social cost. The court panel found the states could only Read more about Legal Updates[…]
Thursday, April 13th was the 280th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Or was it? Jefferson’s personally designed tombstone states he was born April 2, 1743 O.S. Just what does that mean? Our third President was born before the United States began using the Gregorian calendar (first introduced in 1582), when we were still using the Julian calendar Read more about Time[…]