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House Panel Passes Alternative Health Plan, Rejects Federal Funds
The House Appropriations Committee today passed HB 7169, a measure that creates a program called Florida Health Choices Plus, that will cover about 115,000 people. The committee rejected an amendment...
View ArticleFlorida Trooper Fired For McBurney Ticket Fighting To Win Back His Job
A fired Florida state trooper is fighting to get back his job after giving State Representative Charles McBurney, R-Jacksonville, a break on a ticket.Former trooper Charles Swindle had a personnel...
View ArticleLocal Legislators Seek Changes To Red Light Camera Guidelines
The Florida State Legislature is expected to review red light camera legislation this session, and some local lawmakers say there are serious flaws in the current system.
View ArticleJacksonville Jail Struggles To Provide Mental Health Care; Legislature Mulls...
Many Duval County jail inmates live with mental illness, but the county struggles to provide enough mental-health services. That’s why local officials are hoping the state Legislature can help.
View ArticleDuval Mental Health Advocates Welcome Proposed Pilot Program
Duval County mental health advocates are hoping a bill filed by a local lawmaker helps divert more people with mental illness from ending up in state hospitals or jail.The measure would standardize...
View ArticleLawmakers Look To Divert Mentally Ill From Criminal Justice System
A House panel on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill aimed at keeping Floridians with mental illnesses out of the criminal-justice system.The House Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee...
View ArticleFlorida Legislature Debating Rules For Sentencing Juveniles As Adults
Bills are moving in the House and Senate that would limit the ability of Florida prosecutors to charge juvenile offenders as adults, a legal practice known as "direct file."Each measure has passed one...
View ArticleFlorida Ponders Death Penalty Fix After Supreme Court Strikes Down System
Florida lawmakers are pledging to remedy the state's death-penalty sentencing structure after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the state's method of giving judges the power to impose death...
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