Best of the Blogs: Power Grab

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 4-14-17
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 4-14-17
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

The Tallahassee Power Grab
By Andrew Spar
Fight For Florida
Lawmakers in Tallahassee are currently in the middle of the annual 60-day legislative session.

Senate Bill 1102 Would Make Florida’s Criminal Justice System More Equitable
By Casey Bruce
Blog Of Rights
A bill before the Legislature, SB 1102, would raise the monetary threshold for grand theft from $300 to $1,000, making our criminal justice system fairer, keeping our communities safe, and saving millions of taxpayer’s dollars.

Water, Florida, and the Tyranny Of Big Sugar
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
This week, the Florida Senate takes up a bill that emerged from the Senate Appropriations Committee called SB 10, the Everglades Bill.