A Proposed Higher Campaign Contribution Limit in Florida Might Not Get Far
Ashley Lopez: The Florida Senate isn't going along with a House proposal to raise the contribution limit to individual candidates from $500 to $5,000.
Are Florida’s Ethics Reform Bills Too Weak?
Ashley Lopez: An ethics law expert says a provision in the Florida Senate's ethics reform bill would allow a state lawmaker to shield conflicts of interest from public disclosure.
Florida House Passes ALEC-Linked Anti-Sick Leave, Anti-Living Wage Bill
Ashley Lopez: The GOP-led Florida House of Representatives passed a bill that would prohibit local governments from implementing laws that extend paid sick leave benefits to workers.
Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford Softens Position on Medicaid Expansion
Ashley Lopez: Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said he is not writing off completely the possibility of expanding Medicaid in the Sunshine State.
Florida Senate Panel Approves Same-Sex Registry
Ashley Lopez: For years, gay rights groups have been lobbying for a statewide domestic partnership bill -- but the increasingly conservative Florida Legislature had stalled those efforts.
U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, Critical of Government Spending, Doled Out Staff Bonuses
Steve Miller: U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, a Republican from Panama City, gave $26,000 in taxpayer money for bonuses to 16 of his staffers as he told the Panama City newspaper that the federal government is "spending money we don’t have."