Florida senators will undergo their first round of ethics training on Tuesday and Wednesday as pushed by Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville.
During the training sessions in the Senate Office Building, a review of ethics guidelines will be given, with topics ranging from conflicts of interest, disclosure obligations, to lobbying and gift ban laws.
Florida’s Sunshine Law related to public records rules and open meeting requirements will be discussed.
The state Board of Governors has extended its deadline for applicants for board of trustee positions at Florida A&M University, Florida International University, University of Central Florida and University of South Florida.
The deadline is now March 4.
The USF vacancy is for a term ending Jan. 6, 2016. The vacancies at FAMU, FIU and UCF are each for a term ending Jan. 6, 2018.
For information, visit http://www.flbog.edu. The "Trustee Vacancies" button is in the lower left of the page.
Backers of manufactured homes are behind a bill filed in both chambers -- Senate Bill 378 by Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, and House Bill 573, by Rep. Ed Hooper, R-Clearwater -- that would require coverage from Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
Florida supervisors need more flexibility in the days and locations they can set up elections, highlights the message from Secretary of State Ken Detzner on a vast number of changes needed to improve voting in Florida.
Certain unnamed supervisors failed -- Detzner charged in his review of the 2012 contest -- to “prepare effectively and it reflected poorly on the entire state.”
With U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Miami, part of a bipartisan group pushing for immigration reform that provides some counter to the proposal offered by President Obama, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, is conducting a poll on his website regarding immigration.
As Congress begins debate on immigration reform, do you support or oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants?
A deal is in the works among longshoremen and their employers that could avert a potentially crippling, multibillion-dollar hit on the Florida economy.
The Senate and House committees reviewing the federal health care law will hold a joint meeting Monday on Florida’s options on health care exchanges.
“The choice to remain in the default federal exchange, build a state exchange, or pursue a partnership exchange is one of the most important policy options facing the state of Florida as the federal government implements PPACA,” Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, stated in a release.
