House OK’s barring union deductions
Following the latest firefight between Democrats and Republicans, the GOP-dominated House OK’d legislation Friday that would bar state and local governments from collecting payroll deductions for union...
View ArticleSenate FRS plan pulls in $1.1 billion and controversy
The Senate budget committee approved a tough new rewrite Thursday of the Florida Retirement System that pours $1.1 billion into a proposed $69.8 billion state budget. But the 13-8 vote doesn’t look...
View ArticleSenate pension plan exposes GOP rift
With the House and Senate poised to approve state budget proposals next week, $3.3 billion separates the two sides — along with a smattering of ideology. Some Senate Republicans are wary of efforts to...
View ArticleAnother pension bill now in play over union opposition
A House panel agreed Friday to revamp city pension requirements for police and firefighters — advancing another union-opposed bill in an already tough legislative session for public employees. The...
View ArticleA scaled-back city pension bill sent to Scott
The House joined the Florida Senate in approving a measure Wednesday making mostly modest changes to city pension plans — backing away from more sweeping approaches proposed earlier to stabilize some...
View ArticleAwake the State back with rallies against “anti-middle class” Legislature
Calling the recently ended Legislature the “most anti-middle class” in state history, ‘Awake the State’ organizers have lined up rallies in two-dozen cities later this afternoon. Similar demonstrations...
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Scott signs bill rewriting Jeb’s pension sweetener, guns and body camera...
Gov. Scott signed 44 bills into law Thursday. A measure revamping police and firefighter pension benefits approved under former Gov. Jeb Bush, along with weapons and body camera legislation were among...
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