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The Republican-controlled House Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee, in an 11-6 party-line vote, approved a measure (HJR 1461) that would place a proposed constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot about whether to continue paying school board members.
“Florida’s system of compensating school board members with salaries and benefits, to the extent that we do, is a national outlier,” said Rep. Sam Garrison.
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.10.21 Good Wednesday morning: Donald Trump over Joe Biden by a couple of points on Election Day, and not much has changed in the four months since, according to new polling from Mason-Dixon. The pollster didnât put the former President head-to-head with his successor, but it did find that Bidenâs job approval rating is underwater, with 47% of voters approving and 49% disapproving. The balance is undecided. Floridians still prefer Donald Trump to Joe Biden, a new survey finds. Biden does hold a dominant ...
Mar 05, 2021 By Gary Blankenship Senior Editor Top Stories Rep. Juan Fernandez-Barquin The second Florida House committee meeting on a proposed bill to toughen criminal penalties for rioting went about as the first. Dozens of people showed up to speak against it and were given a minute or less each to testify because of time constraints on the meeting. Backers called the bill necessary, while Democrat...
Florida House speaker endorses legislative proposals aimed at exposing public-school students to “victims of other nations' governing philosophies.”