With concerns raised about a proposed annual registration fee on electric vehicles amounting to a “double tax,” House members want a study about impacts of the increased number of electric vehicles on Florida roads.
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Brian Newman, chief judge of the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, was approved Wednesday to become general counsel of the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Newman has served as an administrative law judge since 2019 and became acting chief judge in 2022. Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet in January approved his appointment as chief judge.
A little more than a year after calling on the National Guard to assist the state Department of Corrections, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is proposing to assign another 100 guard members to Florida prisons and buy dozens of now-leased trailers to house them and family members.
A lawyer for Worrell told justices the suspension did not meet a high bar set in the Florida Constitution, warning that allowing it to remain in place would have a “chilling” effect on prosecutors statewide and undermine the will of voters who overwhelmingly elected Worrell in 2020.
The Legislature’s Office of Economic and Demographic Research released a report this week that showed the state’s estimated population in April was 22,634,867, an increase of nearly 359,000 people, or 1.61 percent, from a year earlier.
Florida A&M University (FAMU) has selected Carlotta Mitchell to serve as the director of its Center for Academic Advising. Mitchell brings more than 25 years of experience in higher education to the position, effective Dec. 1.
One of the three Palestinian students involved in the tragic shooting incident in Vermont has been left paralyzed. This young individual, whose life was forever altered by this senseless act of violence, faces the harrowing reality of navigating life with paralysis.
– Republican Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler indicated Saturday he does not plan to step aside from his leadership post amid an investigation into an alleged sexual battery in October in Sarasota.
This past week Black State Legislators from around the nation converged on Nashville Tennessee for the 47th annual Legislative Conference of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
Airman Samuel Munroe, a native of Plantation, Florida, serves at Aviation Rescue Swimmer School. Munroe graduated from South Plantation High School in 2016.