Public Affairs

Dealing with misinformation is the unfortunate reality of living and doing business in 2020.

Members of the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) and Keep Florida Fishing (KFF) descended upon Tallahassee recently, meeting with elected officials and agency secretaries to discuss issues impacting the boating and angling industry.

As Florida’s Presidential Preference Primary is Tuesday, all eyes are on the prize of the state’s 219 delegates to the Milwaukee Democratic Convention in July.

Why is the handkerchief dropped in the Florida Capitol to signify the end of the legislative session? The answer is simple.

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) was recently signed into law, making several significant changes to how employers, attorneys and individuals will approach retirement:

The 2020 U.S.census is here, and the decennial count could not be more critical for Florida.

Florida’s registered Democrats and Republicans have the opportunity to cast their ballot in three ways: by mail, at their precinct on Election Day or at early vote locations established in each county.

The University of South Florida’s Patel College of Global Sustainability released a new study on Feb. 20, 2020, showing that Florida’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs are booming and producing significant economic and environmental benefits for the state.

Any day now, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ new Title IX regulations will be published. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination and harassment in education on the basis of sex in any educational programs or activities that receive federal funding.

Did you know life, long-term care and disability insurers want to gain access to individuals’ genetic testing results? Even though their businesses are currently profitable, these insurance companies are trying to rig the game.

Seminole County recently released an RFQ to redevelop the Rosenwald School in Altamonte Springs in my district.

Floridians for Water Quality Protection launches a new coalition to fight and advocate for Florida’s water and waterways. 

Baptist Medical Center Nassau is marking its fifth year in the nationally recognized Tipping the Scale youth mentoring and summer employment program.

Mayor Jake Godbold, who served as Jacksonville Mayor from 1978 to 1987, passed away Jan. 23 at the age of 86.

Nearly one-third of Florida’s electorate used the vote-by-mail ballot method in 2018.

In 2016, the Florida Legislature outlawed balance billing for most medical bills, which can bankrupt Florida families.

The Florida presidential preference primary is on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. In order to participate and cast your ballot, voters must be registered as a Democrat or a Republican by the last day eligible, which is Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. 

Florida is likely to gain two congressional seats for the 2022 midterm elections after the U.S. census is conducted this spring.

As noted by News Service of Florida’s “Ten Big Issues to Watch During the 2020 Session,” revamping the health care industry under House Speaker Jose Oliva remains a priority.

The Florida Legislature will consider the designation of Interstate 95 from the Georgia state line to Miami as the Purple Heart Memorial Highway with the filing of HB 433 by state Rep.

Florida TaxWatch (FTW) has served as the eyes and ears of taxpayers, making Florida a better place to work, live, play and run a business.

Did you know Florida is currently studying three new multi-use corridors that will greatly benefit our state, and public participation is vital to the process? Connecting Florida, a coalition focused on Florida’s infrastructure needs, supports the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance program and recognizes we must plan for future growth, while protecting our environment.

Have a toothache? You may be out of luck. One in four Floridians live in areas designated by the government as having a shortage of dentists. These areas include Leon, Orange and Duval counties.   

On Monday, Oct. 28, the Florida Commission on the Status of Women honored inductees Doris Mae Barnes, Dr. Judith Ann Bense and Mildred Wilborn Gildersleeve to the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Orlando, Florida.

Is your email inbox full of appeals for contributions as candidates for Congress and the White House cast their digital nets far and wide?

Fifty-five percent of registered women voters turned out during the 2018 elections, yet in the U.S. Congress, only 19 percent, or 105 women, hold federal office.  

As a general consultant advising campaigns, causes, foundations, corporations and associations, it’s the very best to find bright, caring people who want to make a positive difference in other peoples’ lives.

Money in politics is likened to water running downhill. It finds its way.