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Capitol Watch for Thursday, March 11 Florida lawmakers began a 60-day session March 2. (Source: News Service of Florida) By ABC7 Staff | March 11, 2021 at 9:29 AM EST - Updated March 11 at 10:21 AM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida Senate and House committees will be taking up the following bills on Thursday, March 11: LIABILITY PROTECTIONS AT ISSUE: The Senate Rules Committee will consider two bills (SB 72 and SB 74), filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, that would help shield businesses and health-care providers from lawsuits related to COVID-19. (8:15 a.m., 412 Knott Build...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.2.21 The Legislative Session is here, and Florida Influencers believe that come April 30, Gov. Ron DeSantis will be the big winner. Florida Politics asked the state’s top consultants, lobbyists and political minds who stands to have the best Legislative Session and 43% picked the Governor. His believers include more than half of Republican Influencers, with just 27% of Democrats saying he’s their early favorite. For the minority party, that honor goes to Senate President Wilton Simpson, albeit by a nar...

A bill that would allow nursing-home workers with only eight hours of training, considered a temporary fix during the pandemic, to remain on board permanently is a recipe for peril, a guest columnist writes.

Cornelius Jones of Orange Park entered the race Monday.

Records exemption sought for higher ed searches Ryan Dailey TALLAHASSEE — A proposal that would provide a public-records exemption for “personal identifying information” about people applying to become state college and university presidents is advancing in the Florida Senate. Sen. Jeff Brandes, a St. Petersburg Republican who is sponsoring the measure (SB 220), said it is aimed at attracting “the broadest pool of applicants” for the jobs. The Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee approved the proposal Wednesday in a 4-2, party-line vote. Brandes said the propo...