Amid proposals to replace a likeness of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith with a statue of civil-rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune, a state House committee next week is scheduled to discuss the process of replacing statues at the National Statuary Hall in Washington.
President Donald Trump‘s decision to do away with his predecessor’s policy that benefited hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” has put Florida Republicans in a bind.
A political committee linked to newly appointed state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis raised $135,000 in late August, as Patronis weighs running in 2018 for a four-year term in the Cabinet post. The committee, known as Treasure Florida, formed in August and posted initial fund-raising numbers on its website. The $135,000 included $50,000 from Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., of Panama City, and $50,000 from the Florida Prosperity Fund, a PAC with ties to the business group Associated Industries of Florida.
Seven state lawmakers were among more than 600 state and local officials and employees testing a two-month grace period to file personal financial disclosure forms. Fines of $25 a day start to be imposed Saturday for those who don’t file or get their annual reports in the mail and postmarked Friday. Officials faced an initial July 3 deadline but were given until Sept. 1 to comply.
A Miami-Dade County Republican will again try to pass legislation that would prohibit sports franchises from being able to build or renovate stadiums on publicly owned land.
After pleading guilty in April to a charge of failing to file a tax return, former Republican state Rep. Erik Fresen of Miami is slated to go before a federal judge this month for sentencing, according to court documents.
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday tapped Col. Chad Chronister to take over as the next Hillsborough County Sheriff.
