News
Step Up For Students gets renewed for handling state private school scholarship program
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (191+ words) A nonprofit organization that helps students with scholarships for private schools has been awarded the Scholarship Funding Organization by the Florida Board of Education. Step Up For Students was renewed to handle scholarship funding by the Board to handle distribution…...
Fiona McFarland transportation overhaul touching red-light cameras, speed limits and privacy clears House Committee
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (466+ words) A wide-ranging transportation overhaul bill touching on red-light camera reform, data privacy protections, residential speed control and a contentious disabled parking amendment cleared another hurdle, advancing from the House Budget Committee after emotional testimony and debate over accessibility rights. The…...
Senate panel backs electric bike task force bill, but wants e-scooters included
2+ week, 3+ day ago (314+ words) A bill calling for the establishment of an Electric Bicycle Task Force is continuing to roll through the Senate, now earning approval from the Fiscal Policy Committee. But there were many questions as to why an original component of the…...
House committee zooms e-bike regulation bill through with unanimous vote
3+ week, 3+ day ago (415+ words) A bill to regulate e-bikes vroomed through a House committee, with supporters looking to help local communities grappling with a growing number of collisions and other problems due to the e-bikes" explosive popularity. The House Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee…...
Senate bill upping e-bike regulations rolls through second committee
3+ week, 4+ day ago (298+ words) A Senate committee unanimously approved Wednesday to a bill that would increase regulation on electronic bicycles and scooters. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development reviewed the bill (SB 382) while about a dozen representatives from local governments,…...
House subcommittee backs bill to regulate e-bikes in Florida, establish task force
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (509+ words) A House panel is on board with legislation that aims to increase regulations of electronic bikes and scooters in Florida. Rep. Yvette Benarroch, a Naples Republican and co-sponsor of the House bill (HB 243), presented it before the House Government Operations…...
Senate panel advances bill establishing task force to propose e-bike regulations
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (570+ words) A Senate bill proposing more regulations on e-bikes and scooters is gaining traction, though with some modifications. The Senate Transportation Committee unanimously approved a measure (SB 382) sponsored by Sen. Keith Truenow, a Tavares Republican, that calls for increased regulation and…...
Paul Renner calls for execution of child sex traffickers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (282+ words) Former House Speaker'Paul Renner continues to flesh out his public safety policy, pledging that if he's elected Governor, he will end child sex trafficking by ending the lives of the traffickers themselves. "I can tell you, if you harm a…...
Pudge controls the weather, not Erika Donalds
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (362+ words) Pudge controls the weather," is a semi-famous and entirely adorable line from Lilo and Stitch, in which the cartoon little girl feeds Pudge, a fish, a peanut butter sandwich every Thursday to ensure favorable conditions. As endearing a moment that…...
12-year old real-life Florida cowboy cast for leading role in ‘A Land Remembered’ TV series
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (405+ words) After more than 2,000 people applied, the statewide search for a young actor to play the role of Zechariah "Zech" MacIvey in the upcoming television series adaptation of "A Land Remembered" is over. The field was narrowed to 50 finalists, to 25 and…...