Miami Lawmaker Files Move To End Red Light Cameras
Days after a report concluded red light cameras decreased crashes at most intersections where they are installed, a South Florida lawmaker filed legislation to repeal the law allowing their use.
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Days after a report concluded red light cameras decreased crashes at most intersections where they are installed, a South Florida lawmaker filed legislation to repeal the law allowing their use.
It's illegal in 17 states, and a new bill by a House Democrat would make it illegal in Florida.
Gov. Rick Scott said Friday he wants an increase in spending on K-12 education. Scott has said repeatedly that he hoped the Legislature would at least hold the line on K-12 spending, but on Friday he indicated he likely will recommend an increase.
Fewer of Florida's kids are being neglected to the point of death.
Congress may have pulled the country back from the "fiscal cliff" this week, but there are still some banner budget fights left for Washington to take up in the New Year.
Gov. Rick Scott is hanging his hat on Florida's improving economy as he looks toward next year's election.
The economy continued to show growth over the final two months of the 2012 calendar year, but it wasn't enough to bring down the unemployment rate in December.
The smoke has barely cleared from the prolonged fight over the fiscal cliff on Capitol Hill, but already Congressional leaders and the White House are drawing lines in the sand over the debt ceiling.
The Sunshine State's financial forecast was made a bit cloudy by the fiscal cliff deal reached by Congress on Tuesday. So was yours.
The bill to avert some of the fiscal cliff finally passed the House of Representatives late Tuesday night and did so with a largely bipartisan vote, especially from the Florida Congressional delegation.
Congressional members of both parties from New York and other areas exploded in anger at the House GOP leadership for not voting on Hurricane Sandy aid before the 112th Congress adjourned Tuesday night.
Congressional leaders are patting themselves on the back Wednesday after finally passing a bill dealing with the fiscal cliff. The bill prevented most tax hikes for middle-class taxpayers, but that doesn't mean Uncle Sam won't be taking more out of your paycheck.
The outline of a deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" is reportedly been made in the Capitol with just hours to go until the end of 2012.
The Miami Commission will be getting a new Chairman and Vice-Chair in the new year.
The stroke of midnight won't just usher in a new year, it will also be the start of several new laws. One of those will make it legal for drivers to flash their headlights at oncoming drivers to alert them of speed traps or police up ahead.
