Next week, Florida lawmakers will be putting their noses to the grindstone for the fourth time this year. As the legislature prepares to revise Florida’s state senate districts, Nick Evans reports state and federal lawmakers traded barbs about how borders are drawn.
The race to succeed Florida’s U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is getting crowded, and not everyone is making the cut. But as Lynn Hatter reports some of those vying for Rubio’s chair are starting to make their case for the job.
In recent months, multiple correctional officers have been arrested for crimes ranging from assaulting inmates to smuggling contraband into correctional facilities. As Sascha Cordner reports, all of the reports of misconduct within the state’s prison system hail from the North Florida region.
Lawmakers in Florida are holding up a California law, pushed by that state’s LGBT community, as evidence their Florida Pastor Protection Act is friendly. But Regan McCarthy reports West Coast officials are pointing out subtle differences.
With Halloween approaching, the specter of fracking looms over the legislative horizon. As we hear from Jim Ash, Governor Rick Scott hinted this week that the controversial oil and gas drilling technique will haunt environmentalists next session.