Category: Legislature
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State senator who backed flying confederate battle flag tweets he’s not ‘confederate sympathizer’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Oops. That’s the key takeaway from Republican State Sen. Jay Collins’ chief of staff’s tweet Wednesday declaring that his boss’s proposed legislation to authorize the confederate battle flag to be flown on state and local government buildings in Florida was merely a blunder. -
A move to resurrect the confederate flag across Florida quickly fizzles in public sunlight
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Eight years after the Florida senate stripped the confederate battle flag from that chamber’s official seal, a state senator tried briefly Tuesday to ensure the confederate flag could fly at government buildings across the state. -
Florida’s red flag gun law enforced haphazardly five years after Parkland massacre inspired legislation, research shows
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
In 2018 Florida legislators—even the NRA posse—bowed to the urgent need for gun control after a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: They passed minimal reforms including a red flag law. -
Fifty years after Roe, Florida targets abortion pill; Women’s health care options dwindle
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
New Florida laws threaten pharmacists and doctors by treating abortion pills like contraband and penalizing their use outside strict limits. -
NRA’s Marion Hammer isn’t really retiring, just dodging lobbyist disclosure requirements
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Last week, the National Rifle Association announced that its longtime Tallahassee-based lobbyist Marion Hammer will “step down” but “continue to serve as an advisor to the NRA.” That’s a curious turn of a phrase. But it has a simple, unstated meaning: Hammer, 83, will soon be able to dodge once again regularly disclosing to Floridians the splendid sums the NRA slips regularly into her purse, currently more than $50,000 every three months. -
What to do about Broward Sheriff, his lies and scalding FDLE report? Three months on, Gov. DeSantis can’t, or won’t, make a decision
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Three months into pondering what to do about Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony, who public- corruption agents found repeatedly lied over the years on official records, Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to ponder as an anxious sheriff’s office wonders what’s going on.
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