Florida’s foster care system is in crisis. Low pay coupled with an already stressful work environment has people leaving at record levels. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, agencies are seeking an increase ...

State lawmakers heard from the head of the Florida Department of Children and families Tuesday morning. The agency provided updates on the pandemic, addressing sexual abuse allegations from foster ...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is recruiting businesses to train their employees on recognizing the signs of human trafficking. Her goal is to train a hundred thousand people by the end of the ...

The Department of Agriculture closed its nine regional offices in mid March, eliminating one of three options for Concealed Carry applicants to be fingerprinted. COVID-19 has effectively closed the ...

Following the conclusion of the 2022 legislative session on March 11, 2022 Mike Vasilinda stepped down from daily coverage of the Capitol to focus on other projects and managing his full service ...

Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law today the ‘Fairness in Women’s Sports Act’, which prohibits biological males from competing in women’s only sports at the high school and collegiate level. The ...

Florida’s new $100 billion dollar budget took effect Thursday. It’s a ten percent increase over last year’s spending. The state will spend about $4,600 for every man, woman and child in the state at ...

The Governor has said he will put pen to paper on a new law that aims to address skyrocketing homeowners insurance rates by reducing litigation, but part of the deal also allows Florida’s insurer of ...

The state’s school mask mandate ban was already back in effect Friday. It was reinstated automatically when the the state appealed. Now that the appeals process has begun the next battle for parents ...

Law Enforcement and others like state employees and 911 operators with access to the Driver Vehicle Information Database will face stiffer penalties for misusing the system to acquire personal ...

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Protecting Florida’s environment is back on the agenda. The state’s Blue Green Algae Task Force met Wednesday for the first time since October. The Blue Green Algae Task Force’s recommendations last ...