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网页6 天之前 · BY: Christine Sexton - September 20, 2024. One of Florida’s top Medicaid officials has resigned. Deputy Secretary for Data and Finance Tom Wallace stepped down Thursday afternoon, Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Jason Weida announced in an email Friday morning. Weida advised agency staff to work with Matt Cooper, now acting ...
With FL's immigration law set to start July 1, critics say it will ...
网页2023年6月28日 · Florida’s sweeping anti-immigration bill is set to go into effect this Saturday, and critics of the law warned Wednesday that it will impact far more than the undocumented immigrant population. “Floridians will see higher costs for our groceries due to worker shortages, longer waits at restaurants, struggles to keep employees, less housing options as construction […]
13 Florida candidates file to run for U.S. Senate nomination
网页2024年4月26日 · There are 13 Floridians vying to win the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Republican incumbent Rick Scott. That’s after the qualifying period for all federal candidates, which ended Friday at noon. Leading the pack is Scott, who narrowly won the seat six years ago against then 18-year Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson.
FL’s process of compensating people for years of wrongful …
网页2021年10月1日 · Barney Brown, a Miami-Dade man wrongfully imprisoned for 38 years on rape and robbery convictions, has received no compensation from the state since his release in 2008, despite filing numerous claims. Scotty Bartek of Ocala was imprisoned for 23 years, allegedly for sexually battering a child who years later said the crime never happened. Bartek […]
Epic debate ends in foregone conclusion: 15-week abortion ban …
网页2022年2月17日 · Culture & Society Health Politics & Law Epic debate ends in foregone conclusion: 15-week abortion ban passes FL House ‘I don’t need to kill my child to be equal to a man’
DeSantis enacts law reforming FL elections; opponents sue, and …
网页2021年5月6日 · In a sweeping voting reform law enacted Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Floridians will see far less access to vote-by-mail drop boxes, fewer people able to help voters return their mail-in ballots, and restrictions at the polls on giving food or even water to a voter, unless an election worker provides the sustenance. Those are […]
Florida legislators get away with their Amendment 1 heist - Florida …
网页2022年1月13日 · Commentary Florida legislators get away with their Amendment 1 heist — for now Judge rules land-buying money’s gone, so there’s no way to hold lawmakers to account for breaking law
Bill phasing out retirement pensions for state and local workers …
网页2021年4月8日 · Senate President Wilton Simpson was behind the legislation (SB 84), which would require all workers joining state government’s workforce after July 1, 2022, to forgo the traditional “defined benefit” pension plan in favor of an investment vehicle like 401 (k)s that don’t guarantee retirement income. There’s no companion bill in the ...
Waiving rules for moving Florida gopher tortoises helps only …
网页2021年12月9日 · In an executive order issued on Nov. 18 with no warning, the commission’s executive director, Eric Sutton, waived several longstanding rules for moving gopher tortoises out of the way of new development. One rule he waived says you can’t move a tortoise more than 100 miles away from its home. The commission is supposed to get a …