Jim Turner

On Tuesday, Senate President Bill Galvano said the goal was to get the tax package under $100 million.

Critics of the legislation decried the threat to local government home-rule and the need to maintain endangered coral reefs.

The committee also backed proposals that would expand the use of drones to help fight invasive species.

Under the bill, cities and counties would receive grades of A to D. An F grade would be imposed on counties and municipalities that fail to comply.

The food truck “preemption” drew opposition from the Florida League of Cities.

The group “Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice” is pushing “policy reforms that prioritize rehabilitation and reducing recidivism.

“If you look at the billions of dollars generated by these student-athletes, we should have a revenue- sharing model.”

They’re calling it a “morality clause.”

Fried is the only Democrat elected statewide, and stickers placed on pumps after she took office last year included a picture of her.

A major difference between the Senate plan and DeSantis’ proposal is that the Senate would provide a 3 percent pay raise to state employees.

Most of the changes would increase penalties by 50 percent.

“If you can’t make the articulate arguments for what capabilities you’ve got to support missions, you’ll never get those mission assignments.”

Appearing on a Tallahassee radio show, Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, said “some sort of reform” is needed to the college athletics system.

“The population is going to continue to grow,” Galvano said. “The need will continue to be there.”

A report from Integrity Florida found that lawmakers are strategically attacking home-rule authority on issues ranging from sunscreen bans to regulating businesses.

But DeSantis’ proposed budget doesn’t include across-the-board pay raises for state workers.

Lawmakers this fiscal year cut Visit Florida’s funding from $76 million to $50 million.

“I still don’t think that we have a proposed path,” commission Chairman Robert Spottswood said Thursday afternoon.

The FWC wants a proposal that would end the ability for foreign citizens to buy handguns if they hold Florida hunting licenses.