A House panel last week grilled a Florida Department of Revenue official over whether or not committees housed within that department violated state Sunshine Laws. In one exchange during a Feb. 5 meeting of the usually low-key House Rulemaking Oversight and Repeal Subcommittee, state Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Shalimar, asked point-blank if there “was any vote […]

If anyone should understand Florida’s public records law, it’s professors and officials at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Yet law professor and associate college dean Lyrissa Lidsky wrote an email this week that, in the most charitable interpretation, made her look clueless about the law. The message was sent to faculty after […]

Jacksonville’s Ethics Commission is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to spell out the reach of a law passed last year guaranteeing people’s right to speak at meetings of local government boards. Commission members want “to maximize the breadth of the public’s right to be heard,” and are hoping state guidance can make clear how widely […]