Efforts to roll back restrictions for a minor seeking a judicial bypass to a mandatory parental notice for an abortion failed today during the last action before the bill’s final vote tomorrow in the Florida Senate.
A measure that would bar labor unions from automatically deducting dues from state employee paychecks narrowly cleared the Senate budget panel Thursday.
This week on Florida Watch, I join host Doug Miles and Dennis Maley of The Bradenton Times, as well as Sarasota Herald-Tribune Opinion Editor Tom Tryon, to discuss the Florida legislature’s various immigration-enforcement bills and whether the still-unfolding disaster in Japan will affect the Sunshine State’s nuclear industry. Check it out after the jump!
The Florida Senate’s path on immigration legislation was becoming clearer this week, before President Mike Haridopolos signaled his intention to derail an amendment that would relieve businesses from requirements that they use the E-Verify system.
Speaker of the House Rep Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, said Monday that an immigration-enforcement bill will be introduced during the legislative session that kicks off tomorrow, telling The Miami Herald the bill would be a “Florida-style” and not an “Arizona-style” immigration law.
State Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, has introduced a bill similar to a measure that passed the House last year but died in the Senate, which would have allowed private utilities to charge customers for renewable power.
Bennett’s bill…
Last week, as several immigration-enforcement bills made their way through state legislatures, alternative bills and state compacts were proposed to deal with problems related to immigration.
The Migration Policy Institute held a press conference Monday to release a study that assesses the implementation and impact of Section 287(g) — a federal statute that allows local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws — in seven communities. The study finds that the program should be redirected to better identify serious criminals, and makes a series of other recommendations on how to improve the law.
Gov. Rick Scott’s transition team outlined a plan to cut prison spending while also, over the long run, reducing crime, but state lawmakers this week expressed concern over whether prison reform would lead to politicians being labeled soft on crime.
State legislators are increasingly signaling their opposition to importing Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law to Florida. If that effort fails, what are the state’s other options?
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