Florida Senate President Joe Negron, R-Palm City, and State Sen. Bobby Powell, D-West Palm Beach, are two of 24 state legislators who each earned a grade of F for how they voted on transparency in government, according to this year’s statewide “Sunshine Scorecard,” a joint project of Florida newspapers and Florida’s First Amendment Foundation.

State Sen. Kevin Rader, D-Boca Raton, and State Rep. Emily Slosberg, D-Delray Beach, were among eight legislators statewide who each earned A grades for their voting during the 2018 legislative session.

Of the remaining eight of 12 legislators whose districts lie completely or partially in Palm Beach County:

— B grades went to Reps. Joseph Abruzzo, D-Boca Raton, Al Jacquet, D-Lantana, MaryLynn Magar, R-Tequesta, Rick Roth, R-Wellington, and David Silvers, D-Lake Clarke Shores.

— Rep. Lori Berman, D-Lantana, got a B-plus.

— Bill Hager, R-Boca Raton, and Matt Willhite, D-Royal Palm Beach, each got a C-plus.

For this year’s scorecard, visit pbpo.st/Scorecard18 online.

Each year the Florida Society of News Editors assembles a project devoted to Sunshine Week, a nationwide effort to teach the public about the importance of transparent government. In 2017, The Palm Beach Post was the lead newspaper in a joint effort by FSNE members to develop a system to grade legislators on their voting on bills to create new exemptions to open government. The Orlando Sentinel and Post staff writers assembled this year’s scorecard. [READ MORE]