Sometimes, the process of self-government can be loud, boisterous and chaotic. Eighty people signed up to speak Tuesday during the public comment portion of a State Board of Educationmeeting in Orlando to adopt new academic standards for public schools. State Education Commissioner Pamela Stewart began the discussion by explaining that her proposed 98 changes… Read more…

Carrying out the death penalty is often the highest-profile function of state government. Yet Florida’s lethal injection procedure is both the most open and most secret. The Department of Corrections maintains a 13-page document on its website, detailing the injection protocol down to syringe sizes and the mix of chemicals. At the same time, officials […]

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 […]