Welcome (back) to the Florida House: Session 2015 A begins

Speaker Steve Crisafulli set a brisk, all-business tone as the “people’s chamber” kicked off the first Special Session since a challenge to the body’s 2011 redistricting efforts brought the House back to Tallahassee in the summer for a quick cosmetic fix to a small number of seats. But this session is something else altogether. With billions of dollars separating the chambers and major legislative priorities on all sides left very much unresolved, Crisafulli is preparing for by far the greatest test…