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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Increased penalties for animal abusers will take effect later this year under legislation signed by the Governor. When Travis Archer led police into his back yard last year they were horrified by the ...

A survey of more than 300 Florida nursing homes found more than half are limiting new admissions because they don’t have the required level of staffing. The staffing could get even worse, if the ...

Black mold and radon in a 1950’s era building at Florida State is the subject of a report by four faculty members of the College of Health and Human Sciences, which occupies the building. The 129 page ...

Naples-Republican Kathleen Passidomo has been selected to serve as the next Senate President in the Florida Legislature. Passidomo will lead the chamber for the 2022-2024 Legislative Term. Passidomo ...

At nearly the halfway point of session the Florida House has sent the first bill to the Governor’s desk. The legislation provides liability protections for both businesses and health care institutions ...

Governor Ron DeSantis declared Flordia to be the freest state in America during his annual state of the state address to open the 2022 legislative session. The Governor vowed to continue on the path ...

Attorneys representing parents suing the state over its school mask mandate ban have until 8PM Thursday to submit their arguments to convince an appellate court not to allow the mandate ban to remain ...