By Gray Rohrer TALLAHASSEE – Senate Democrats slammed the process set up by Republican legislative leaders for redrawing Senate districts ahead of a debate over a new redistricting plan Tuesday. Democrats claimed they were shut out of the process of selecting a new Senate districts map and that the map selected by Senate redistricting chairman […]
House holds closed-door meeting on health care – Tallahassee Democrat
House Republicans met behind closed doors for a “history lesson” on health care budgeting Tuesday, but Speaker Steve Crisafulli and top legislative leaders insisted their caucus was not a violation of Florida’s public-meeting laws. “One thing that makes this place work is, we have to be able to talk to each other a little bit,” […]
High court hears redistricting appeal – Tallahassee Democrat
Tinkering with districts of two members of Congress did not cleanse a “tainted” process that Republican legislative leaders used to tilt the political playing field, two lawyers told the Florida Supreme Court Wednesday. David King, representing the League of Women Voters of Florida, and John Devaney, arguing for a group of voters opposed to the revised […]
