By Kristen M. Clark TALLAHASSEE — Police departments in the Tampa Bay area — and throughout Florida — that choose to equip their officers with body cameras will be required to have policies in place regulating officer training, use of the devices and the footage they capture, under legislation that’s been revived for the 2016 […]
Map this: Challengers supply some of the missing 2012 election data to Legislature – Naked Politics, Miami Herald
By Mary Ellen Klas The redistricting challengers threw a wrench into the map-drawing plans of the Florida Legislature late Monday, delivering election data to them that adds new detail to the question of where to draw minority districts — particularly in South Florida and Tampa Bay — on the eve of the first state Senate […]
Column: How you can help redraw congressional districts – Tampa Bay Times
In response to the Florida Supreme Court ruling, the Legislature will gather in Tallahassee from Monday until Aug. 21 to redraw Florida’s congressional districts. Though time is short, we want to make sure you can participate. Because the court outlined specific directives on several congressional districts — including districts 13 and 14 in the Tampa […]
