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Senate panel advances bill to partially obscure university presidential searches Proponents say the measure would attract a wider pool of candidates. Critics say it would hide key information from the public.     Members of the University of South Florida presidential search committee listen to candidate Jeffrey Vitter in 2019, part of a process that led to the selection of Steve Currall. A proposal making its way through the Florida Legislature would obscure the early stages of university presidential searches from public view. Updated 5 hours ago The early phases of presidential searc...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.20.21 Good Tuesday morning. Breaking overnight — “ Gov. DeSantis signs online sales tax plan” via Renzo Downey of Florida Politics — DeSantis has signed the online sales tax bill into law, answering the question of whether he would act on the bill or let it roll into law without his John Hancock. An estimated $1 billion in revenue would come from the new enforcement of sales taxes technically already owed on purchases Floridians make from out-of-state sellers, but which few Floridians pay. DeSa...

Apr 16, 2021 7:19 AM Tallahassee, FL - The Florida House could consider a proposed constitutional amendment that would impose eight-year term limits on county school board members. The House Education & Employment Committee voted 13-7 to approve the proposal (HJR 1461), positioning it to go to the full House. Under the measure, a person “may not appear on the ballot for re-election to the office of school board member if, by the end of his or her current term of office, the person will have served, or but for resignation would have served, in that office for eight consecutiv...

Capitol Watch: April 15, 2021 (Source: News Service of Florida) By News Service of Florida | April 15, 2021 at 6:42 AM EDT - Updated April 15 at 6:42 AM TALLAHASSEE (News Service of Florida) - Here’s what’s on tap in the Capitol today. UNEMPLOYMENT CHANGES EYED: The Senate Appropriations Committee will take up a wide range of bills, including a measure (SB 1948), filed by Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, that would require upgrading the state unemployment compensation system. The proposal comes after massive problems last year with the CONNECT online unemployment system at...

Sam Garrison takes command of reformed, quiet race to be House Speaker With three weeks left to Session, a handful of members are holding themselves out as possible alternatives. Had the race for Florida’s House Speaker been decided immediately after the 2016 elections, it’s entirely likely that Hillsborough Republican Jamie Grant, who is no longer even in the Legislature, would be in line to lead the chamber next year. After all, while he was technically a freshman in that class, he served previously and was a known quantity to many of the other members. If it wasn’t Grant, the role m...