The Florida legislature has passed a bill which will strengthen the integrity of the Florida voting system. The bill brings back request only ballots by mail and those ballots being returned will not have party affiliation identifiers. The bill also eliminates the potential for ballot harvesting, leaving it up to voters to turn in their own ballots rather than risk having a third party turn in requested ballots.
The Florida legislature passed by unanimous vote HB 7051 and it is awaiting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ signature to put it into law. The bill requires application for employment or appointment as law enforcement or correctional officer to contain specified… Read More ›
There could be a major shift in those who hold public office in Florida from the 2022 general election. Besides one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats being up for grabs, all the U.S. House of Representative seats will be… Read More ›
Former Florida GOP state senator Frank Artiles has been arrested for his role in a scheme to fund a bogus NPA candidate that helped siphon votes away from the Democrat in a state senate race last year. The contest featured… Read More ›
Governor Ron DeSantis sent a letter to Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson and Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Chris Sprowls outlining how to utilize a portion of federal funds the state is expected to receive via the recently… Read More ›
Lawmakers on the fence about supporting a THC cap on constitutionally protected medical marijuana should listen to voters. In a poll commissioned by the Florida Cannabis Action Network, voters confirm their opposition to proposed THC Caps. In the poll conducted… Read More ›
Florida has many laws on the books that most feel need repealing, and the one gallon limit on the size of wine containers is one of them. Yesterday, the Florida House’s HB 6073 sailed through the Regulatory Reform Committee and… Read More ›
Many Florida businesses complain about Amazon having an unfair advantage as they claim the business does not pay state sales tax, which is inaccurate. Amazon has been paying millions in state sales tax since 2014 in Florida. But that doesn’t… Read More ›
On Tuesday, March 9, 2021, the Professions and Public Health Committee of the Florida House will hear HB 1455, a bill that would cap the amount of THC permitted in medical marijuana. The bill would take prescriptions out of the… Read More ›
Overnight tonight, Floridians will turn their clocks back one hour to comply with the end to daylight saving time. You will remember, in 2018, the Florida legislature passed a bill to end the practice of changing our clocks forward and… Read More ›
