STATE SESSION PREVIEW: KEYS SEEK CARVEOUT ON INSURANCE PREMIUM HIKES
Two special sessions of the Florida Legislature in 2022 confronted the state’s crumbling property insurance industry with reforms that targeted litigation and attorney fees, as well as...
AFFORDABLE HOUSING & SPECIALITY CONTRACTOR LICENSES HIGHLIGHT FIRST WEEK OF STATE SESSION
Time is of the essence for painters, pavers, landscapers and other specialty contractors in the Florida Keys and throughout the state affected by a 2021 bill that...
LARGE KEYS REQUESTS INCLUDED IN STATE BUDGET PROPOSALS
Several critical Keys programs found their way into the Florida Senate and House budget proposals that were unveiled last week in Tallahassee.
While the amounts for the Keys...
GOVERNOR SIGNS HOUSING BILL THAT SAFEGUARDS KEYS’ 1,300 HOUSING UNITS
An affordable housing bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 30 safeguarded the Keys 1,000-plus affordable housing units, which were given by the state and later...
TALKING DOLLARS: FLORIDA BUDGET PROPOSES MILLIONS IN FUNDING FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
Several critical Keys programs found their way into the Florida Senate and House budget proposals that were unveiled last week in Tallahassee.
While the amounts for the Keys...
PLATING THE FUTURE: FLORIDA BAY FOREVER TAGS SUPPORT THE EVERGLADES
Have you seen the Florida Bay Forever license plates?
Florida National Parks Association, a nonprofit established in 1951, worked to get the Florida Bay Forever tags approved by...
STATE REP. JIM MOONEY’S FIANCÉE RECOVERING FOLLOWING A SERIOUS CRASH
State Rep. Jim Mooney’s fiancée, Charity Rebl, is on a long path to recovery after she was involved in a serious crash in Islamorada last week.
Rebl, a...
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...
MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD REFLECTS ON 2022-23
A remarkably brief meeting of the Monroe County School Board lasted barely 20 minutes beyond its citizens’ comment portion, allowing superintendent Theresa Axford to encapsulate the district’s...
KEY WEST COMMISSIONING ‘BRINGS THIS SHIP TO LIFE’
“Captain, the USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee is manned and ready, reporting for duty.”
Such was the report from the deck of the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer during its...
