Category: Government

This Friday, March 9, is the last day of the regular legislative session; and with time running out, random urine testing of state employees for evidence of illegal drug use is looking like it may be enacted in this term.

In an e-mail to Florida House member Fred Costello from Secretary Ananth Prasad that was forwarded to St Augustine City Manager John Regan and read into the minutes of the City Commission meeting Monday night, the Secretary acquiesced to the Representative’s call supporting US flags to fly over the Bridge of Lions.

Florida lawmakers are not waiting for a ruling from a Miami federal judge before moving forward with a bill to require state employees to submit to screening for illegal drugs.

St Johns County poll workers have historically maintained the integrity of the early voting and Election Day process; and, last week, the Florida Senate joined Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes in recognizing their commitment to assisting their fellow citizens.

In what some Historic City News readers have characterized as a “high stakes poker game”, the City of St Augustine is taking their hand and going “all in” for a negotiated settlement that, among other provisions, will halt fears that the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind will exercise the power of eminent domain…

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In the west Volusia County city of Deltona, it has been a longstanding policy to allow the public to speak on most items being considered by the City Commission — policy, not law, but that may be about to change.