RON SAUNDERS TO RUN FOR ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR
Former State Representative Ron Saunders announced on Friday that he will be seeking election as Monroe County Supervisor of Elections in the 2024 election. He said he...
SPEAK YOUR MIND ABOUT CHANGES TO LOCAL LEGAL SYSTEM
Have you ever considered what it would be like NOT to have any local representation on our judiciary or through our locally elected state attorney and public...
COULD MONROE COUNTY LOSE ITS COURT SYSTEM?
A Republican Florida state legislator has asked the state’s judicial branch to consider consolidating the 20 circuit courts within the state.
While touted by Speaker of the Florida...
CHARTER COUNTY CONVERSATIONS HIGHLIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING NEEDS
Discussions among Monroe County officials over a potential transition to a charter county continued at a June 21 board of county commissioners meeting in Key Largo. Officials...
WHAT’S A CHARTER COUNTY, AND WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS?
County commissioners are considering a big change to the way Monroe County governs itself. The five elected officials on May 17 started the conversation about converting Monroe...
TALLAHASSEE TRIP DURING SESSION YIELDS SOME LOBBYING TIPS FOR KEYS RESIDENTS
On April 4, I joined 30 Floridians from around the Sunshine State in Tallahassee for Florida Healthy Beaches Day. The majority of us were not trained or...
LARGER & FASTER MEDICAL CHOPPERS TO BOOST TRAUMA STAR OPERATIONS
Speed, range and lift. That’s what three new air ambulances will provide to an area that averages close to 1,400 flights annually from the Keys to critical...
KEYS’ STATE LEGISLATORS SEEK $20M ANNUALLY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
Legislators in the Florida House and Senate are beginning to file funding requests and proposed policy changes as a 60-day session in Tallahassee starts March 7. Committees...
PROPERTY INSURANCE REFORMS PASSED BY FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DON’T INCLUDE RATE DROPS
Florida legislators passed an array of reforms to the state’s crumbling homeowner’s insurance industry during a special session in Tallahassee that began Dec. 12. It’s the second...
BY THE NUMBERS: KEYS WEEKLY’S 2022 ELECTION COVERAGE
Voters in Florida and the Keys kept their governor, their U.S. senator, their South Florida U.S. congressman and their Florida Keys state representative, all of whom are...
