Jacksonville isn’t known as a hot spot for staged car crashes, but Sheriff John Rutherford’s backing of insurance fraud legislation brought Gov. Rick Scott to Jacksonville Friday for a bill-signing ceremony.
Two weeks after signing a budget that includes $5.6 million for the St. Johns River, Gov. Rick Scott is coming to look at the state’s investment.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles along with the Ladies Auxiliary and Eagle Riders are joining forces to host a fundraiser for brother Bill Kelly who is battling cancer. A yard sale begins at 8 a.m. Saturday. In the aerie entertainment: 50/50 raffles, food and auction begin at 3 p.m. Donations of new or gently used items are most appreciated and can be dropped at the aerie at 13 S. Dixie Highway daily after noon.
After a two-year funding fight, Gov. Rick Scott included $5.6 million to help restore the St. Johns River as part of a roughly $70 billion state budget he signed Tuesday at Cunningham Creek Elementary School in St. Johns County.
Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill on Friday focused on cutting back workers’ compensation fraud.
A tweak agreed to by budget negotiators late Sunday night will save Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine up to $3.4 million next year.
Politics, controversial legislative maneuvering and big-money special interests were on full display during a Senate hearing Thursday. What brought them together? Florida’s “eyeball wars.”
As she spoke to the modest gathering of reporters and onlookers, Candi Fisher turned to her left and gave a public thank you to the man in the dark suit standing behind her.
Lawmakers on Thursday sent a message to opponents of Internet sweepstakes cafés — don’t bet on a ban yet.
This session, there will be many issues discussed by the Florida Legislature, and while reapportionment and the budget will undoubtedly be the two most significant challenges before us, the question of whether Florida should expand gambling seems to be leading the headlines.