Valdosta Daily Times by Jim Zachary June 1, 2019 Just because a record held by local government is considered exempt from the state’s Open Records Act does not mean that record cannot be released. To say it another way, even if the document is exempted from the Open Records Act, public officials can still release […]
Lawmakers call for probe of NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer’s failure to disclose payments
Miami Herald by Samantha Gross May 30, 2019 TALLAHASSEE Democratic state lawmakers are calling for an investigation into whether prominent National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer violated state law by failing to disclose payments from her organization while lobbying on NRA priorities like banning the sale of bump stocks and raising the age to buy […]
Florida governor, Cabinet sued over plans to meet in Israel
CBS12 by Brendan Farrington The Associated Press May 28, 2019 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An open-government watchdog group and several news outlets sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of the Cabinet on Tuesday in an effort to stop them from holding a Cabinet meeting while on a trade mission in Israel. The lawsuit argues that […]
