How well does your state legislature give its citizens access to its information? This Sunshine Week, as we reflect on the public’s right to know and the importance of open government, this should be a central question.
Dressed in pink with the words “Pody’s Posse” emblazoned on their shirts, teachers from Woodlawn Beach Middle School ran 13 miles in a race against breast cancer last month.
Sheriffs from Okaloosa, Walton, and Bay counties held a joint news conference March 6 in Shalimar to convey the latest in their fight to eradicate synthetic drugs from area businesses and to encourage students to have a safe spring break.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced March 6 that one of her top priorities is a bill that will enhance Florida’s False Claims Act and better protect taxpayers from false or fraudulent claims seeking money from the State of Florida.
It warmed the cockles of this city boy’s heart when Coker, Ala.,-born Betty Adcock drawled that she’d been raised on a farm, and when I asked her to tell me details, she hit the cotton-pickin’ field a-runnin’:
The Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office recently became the first sheriff’s office in the state to introduce its own smartphone application. The free app is downloadable to iPhone, Android and iPad devices.
