Category: Legislature
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Firms belonging to wife of Rep. Donalds grabbed millions in charter school contracts
By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
For years, Erika Donalds has used her perch atop the nonprofit Optima Foundation—not to mention her marriage to U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Naples), now a top contender for governor—to make herself a force in Florida’s charter school movement. But materials filed with Florida’s Auditor General show… -
Longtime NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer, 86, opens fire on NRA, claims it abandoned her, breached $220K-a-year contract
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
At 86, lobbyist and grandma Marion Hammer remains ready to rumble – this time against her once steadfast ally, the National Rifle Association. -
Broward’s two hospital districts lobby for bill that would give them sweeping new business powers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly identical bills quietly filed in the Florida House and Senate would grant Broward’s two taxpayer-supported hospital districts sweeping new powers they could use to merge or go into business with any public or private company without fear of violating state or federal antitrust laws. -
Proposed laws would allow billions in Florida retirement, other funds to be invested in risky Bitcoin
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Republican legislators have filed bills that would authorize politicians and bureaucrats who oversee Florida’s General Revenue Fund, the Florida Retirement System (FRS), the Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and other huge state funds to invest up to 10 percent of their cash in Bitcoin and “other digital assets.” -
Amendment 2 on hunting and fishing bankrolled by special interests
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org -
Supreme Court won’t let abortion-proposal sponsor challenge GOP’s ‘dirty trick’; Justice Labarga cries foul
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Sponsors of an abortion-expanding proposal for Florida’s Nov. 5 ballot can’t challenge what they call a “dirty trick” to convince voters it’s too expensive because the sponsors played a supporting role, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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