Advertisement
florida politics

The Buzz

64 °F, Cloudy64 °F, Cloudy
Advertisement
Ladarine Williams, an inmate at Avon Park Correctional Institution. The tire facility teaches inmates a vocational skill and helps instill work ethic and responsibility in the inmates. (Times file photo) [Highlands Today]
Why a cyber attack on a Florida prison contractor will delay toll road bills
The Florida Department of Transportation outsources a key part of toll-by-plate to a contractor who uses prison labor.
Yesterday• The Buzz
Wildlife commissioners seek to end loophole that allowed Pensacola gunman to buy weapon
An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Seaman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, of St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. A Saudi gunman killed three people including Haitham in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) [CLIFF OWEN | AP]
Foreign citizens are allowed to buy guns if they first get a hunting license
Yesterday• The Buzz
Florida’s elections overhaul delayed, supervisors say
Marie Oneal sets up voting booths ahead of Election Day at the First United Methodist Church in Seffner on Aug. 27. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times] [JONES, OCTAVIO | Tampa Bay Times]
Delays in implementing key changes are facing insurmountable hurdles before the Nov. 3 general election.
Yesterday• The Buzz
DeSantis fights Tampa company’s medical pot ‘stunt’
Tampa strip club owner Joe Redner is challenging the state on its rules governing medical pot. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
The Florida Department of Health is challenging a ruling that found a state law requiring medical marijuana operators to grow, process and sell cannabis and derivative products runs afoul of a...
Yesterday• The Buzz

LATEST

  1. Wildlife commissioners vote for no bear hunt in 2020
    Yesterday• Environment
    Richard Sajko of Valrico talks about how he killed one of the two bears on the back of his pickup truck in 2015 during the first Florida Black Bear hunt in 21 years at the Rock Springs Run Wildlife Management Area near Lake Mary. The hunt was so controversial that state officials have not held a second one. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
    But commissioners leave the door open for future hunts in next decade
  2. Wildlife commissioners seek to end loophole that allowed Pensacola gunman to buy weapon
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Seaman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, of St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. A Saudi gunman killed three people including Haitham in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) [CLIFF OWEN | AP]
    Foreign citizens are allowed to buy guns if they first get a hunting license
  3. Florida’s elections overhaul delayed, supervisors say
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Marie Oneal sets up voting booths ahead of Election Day at the First United Methodist Church in Seffner on Aug. 27. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times] [JONES, OCTAVIO | Tampa Bay Times]
    Delays in implementing key changes are facing insurmountable hurdles before the Nov. 3 general election.
  4. Why a cyber attack on a Florida prison contractor will delay toll road bills
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Ladarine Williams, an inmate at Avon Park Correctional Institution. The tire facility teaches inmates a vocational skill and helps instill work ethic and responsibility in the inmates. (Times file photo) [Highlands Today]
    The Florida Department of Transportation outsources a key part of toll-by-plate to a contractor who uses prison labor.
  5. Some big time Florida Democrats are taking opposing sides in a critical congressional race
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Former television journalist Alan Cohn (left) and State Rep. Adam Hattersley are Democratic candidates in Florida's 15th Congressional District. (Photos courtesy of Alan Cohn and Adam Hattersley.)
    Republican Ross Spano is vulnerable, but dueling endorsements Wednesday show there will be a tough primary before anyone takes him on.
  6. DeSantis fights Tampa company’s medical pot ‘stunt’
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Tampa strip club owner Joe Redner is challenging the state on its rules governing medical pot. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
    The Florida Department of Health is challenging a ruling that found a state law requiring medical marijuana operators to grow, process and sell cannabis and derivative products runs afoul of a...
  7. Climate change: Will Florida lawmakers finally address it?
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Sen. Tom Lee, R-Thonotosassa. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon) [STEVE CANNON | AP]
    “I think it’s really important to note that we are behind the curve on this,” said Rep. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa.
  8. Florida’s citrus industry dying on the vine
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    A Honeybell orange hangs from a tree affected by citrus greening in Cee Bee's Citrus' orchard in Odessa, in 2018. [GABRIELLA ANGOTTI-JONES | Times]
    “I don’t know how many plagues were going to fight, but we’re getting very close to biblical proportions,” a top Florida citrus official told state senators.
  9. PolitiFact: The historical context of the impeachment articles against Trump
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Copy of the Articles of Impeachment, Tuesday in Washington. House Democrats announced they are pushing ahead with two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump - abuse of power and obstruction of Congress - charging he corrupted the U.S. election process and endangered national security in his dealings with Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) [PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS | AP]
    The new articles of impeachment carry historical echoes in some ways.
  10. Ron DeSantis wants Florida high schoolers to take exam similar to citizenship test
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raises his hands after being asked about his relationship with two Ukrainian businessmen during an announcement at a Palm Harbor Walmart Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. DeSantis refused to answer questions about the two men. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
    During a news conference in Naples, DeSantis launched into a long-winded discussion of American history, which he said young people need to know better.
Advertisement

Most Read

Advertisement
Today's Featured Advertisers
Advertisement
Advertisement