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During the week after New Year’s, Florida lawmakers are slated to come back into Tallahassee for the start of committee weeks. And, on their first day…
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Pension reform is slated to come up during the 2015 legislative session. So, could this be the year local pension reform actually comes to pass? What…
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A bipartisan local pension reform bill has been filed for the third year in a row. The measure died earlier this year after it was tied to a controversial…
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Bringing stability and consistency to the troubled Florida Department of Corrections is at the forefront of several lawmakers’ and prison reform…
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After the issue died during the 2014 session, should Florida lawmakers revisit a push to make changes to municipal pensions largely affecting police and…
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Florida’s counties say the state owes them money. They claim they’ve been overcharged for helping pay the cost of juveniles in detention centers. The two…
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A pension reform proposal is now heading to the House floor, while its Senate companion just cleared its first official committee. While both now…
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State Attorneys say they’re against Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. At least one of those prosecutors says he’s also dead set against the so-called…
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Based on two separate Supreme Court decisions, state lawmakers are now tasked with reforming Florida’s juvenile sentencing laws. But, the Senate’s latest…
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Under Orange Park Republican Senator Rob Bradley’s bill, state and local government offices currently flying U.S. flags made in other counties would have…