Gov. Rick Scott has given hospitals until Monday to provide detailed financial information that a newly created commission will use to search for answers to a health care funding stalemate that has delayed adoption of a state budget. Scott, a former health care executive, has suggested creating a “profit-sharing” plan given the industry’s “record high […]
On Average, More Than 25 Sunshine Law Exemptions Created Annually Over Past Three-Decades – The Tampa Tribune
The “sun” may be getting dimmer in the Sunshine State. The Florida Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill (SB 200) that exempts from public records disclosure any email address used by tax collectors to send tax notices. It’s one of at least 60 efforts introduced this legislative session to close more state-held information to […]
Bid to keep Florida prison inspectors quiet sparks lawsuit – Orlando Sentinel
An attempt by Florida’s new prisons chief to keep investigators from discussing what’s going on inside the state’s troubled prison system has sparked a lawsuit. An attorney representing six Corrections Department employees asked a judge this week to block a new confidentiality policy ordered by Secretary Julie Jones. Tallahassee attorney Steve Andrews maintains in the […]
