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Floridas Sunshine Law is vital to providing important information to public New exemptions threaten access to some records During Scripps News Literacy Week we are looking at Florida’s Sunshine Law, which allows access to government meetings and records. and last updated 2021-01-28 17:49:54-05 TAMPA, Fla. — During Scripps News Literacy Week we are looking at Florida’s Sunshine Law, which allows access to government meetings and records. Easy access to public records is vitally im...

Jeff Vasilinda becomes the Vasilinda Family’s first published author! January 26th, 2021 by Mike Vasilinda The names of everyone applying to be a university or state college President in Florida will no longer be public under legislation approved along party lines Tuesday morning in the State Capitol. This is the sixth year the legislation has been filed. Only the names of finalists would become public, which records advocates say doesn’t tell the public enough. State lawmakers want to kee...

Game Honored: Orlando Magic vs. Sacramento Kings (1/27/2021) Background: Dick J. Batchelor is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives with more than 35 years of political experience. He has been named one of “The 50 Most Powerful People” by Orlando Magazine (2004 to 2011), the 2002 “Central Floridian of the Year” (The Orlando Sentinel), the 2002 “Businessman of the Year” (Orlando Business Journal, November 2002) and the 2008 and 2009 “Best Corporate Citizen” (Or...

Every year Florida has moved farther away from a guiding principle, and constitutional right, of open government. Lawmakers much make 2021 a rebirth of that idea.

Social media posts not protected under First Amendment Free speech doesnt include social media posts Under the First Amendment, social media can suspend users for what they say. and last updated 2021-01-12 17:54:06-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Following the violent protest at the Nations Capitol Wednesday, social media platforms are removing messages inciting violence. Websites like Twitter and Facebook have even banned President Donald Trump. Under the First Amendment, social media can...

Scott starts NRSC job with a big problem — Penalosa leaves Florida Democratic Party — Moody-linked group urged people to go to Capitol Presented by Floridians for Affordable Rx Good Tuesday morning. The daily rundown — Between Sunday and Monday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 11,576 (nearly 0.8 percent), to 1,488,586; active hospitalizations went up by 152 (2 percent), to 7,649; deaths rose by 159 (nearly 0.7 percent), to 23,071. Seen your video — Sen. Rick Scott d...

A private investigator who spent years probing disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is suing Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown, claiming she stiffed him out of money from lucrative book and TV deals stemming from her award-winning series, Perversion of Justice. Michael Fisten filed a claim in arbitration court, his lawyer said recently, arguing that Brown violated a “collaboration agreement” they had struck to share proceeds from a book she was writing. They had signed an agreement ...

Pasco PTA: Use of school data to flag potential criminals ‘unacceptable’ Parents and teachers demanded reviews into the Sheriff’s Office program. Some called for it to be canceled.     Pasco Schools superintendent Kurt Browning with Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco at a 2015 press conference. [ Times (2015) ] Updated Dec. 11, 2020 Pasco County parents and teachers are calling for changes to a secretive Sheriff’s Office program that uses student data to profile schoolchildren...