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After one year, oil spill claims administrator says process now ‘current’
Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg marked the one-year anniversary of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility by saying the fund has at least looked at 97 percent of the claims it has received.
Bishops call on Scott to stop execution (Updated)
Florida’s Catholic bishops repeated their plea for Gov. Rick Scott to call off the execution of Manuel Valle, the subject of Scott’s first death warrant.
Six in the Morning: A six-pack of infobits you might have missed
Central Florida’s SunRail is now set to “leave the station,” and transportation advocates are calling for a reinvention of South Florida’s oft-maligned TriRail. Plus: Five more important items!
Six in the Morning: A six-pack of infobits you might have missed
A St. Petersburg Times editorial argues that sentencing reform — not privatization — is a more effective way to cut prison costs. Plus: five more important items!
Senate debate: How would candidates rein in federal regulations?
The candidates at Saturday’s U.S. Senate debate in Orlando spent most of the time agreeing with each other (some wraparound coverage of the debate can be found here and here). The four Republicans are all opposed to abortion (with some nuances), and they all believe taxes should be lower, the federal government should be smaller, the United Nations undermines America’s sovereignty and states’ rights should be paramount.
As prison health care watchdog closes, lawmakers ask why
The watchdog agency for Florida’s prison health care system officially closed down on Thursday, prompting criticism from lawmakers who hoped it could be preserved.
Six in the Morning: A six-pack of infobits you might have missed
Emails from Gov. Rick Scott’s transition team — which are public records — were somehow deleted, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Plus: five more important items!
Six in the Morning: A six-pack of infobits you might have missed
Number of the day: 2 — number of states with lower overall ACT scores than Florida. Plus: five more important items!
Scott and Chiles: Two governors, two regulatory reviews
Rick Scott is not the first Florida governor to eke out a narrow election victory amid a Republican wave fueled by frustration with government, or to follow that up with an executive order calling for a top-to-bottom review of government rules.
Supreme Court rules Scott overstepped his constitutional authority
Gov. Rick Scott suffered a legal setback Tuesday when the Florida Supreme Court ruled that an effort to hold up new state regulations was unconstitutional, but the practical effects of the decision are still unclear.
