STATE OF EMERGENCY Following the shooting in Orlando on June 12th, Governor Rick Scott issued a state of emergency for Orange County and requested an Emergency Declaration under the Stafford Act from President Barack Obama. Two GoFundMe accounts have brought in over $4 million and several other community groups, including the Orlando Magic, have donated Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
FAMU- FSU ENGINEERING SCHOOLÂ Last year, then-Senator John Thrasher proposed ending the marriage of the FAMU-FSU School of Engineering. The measure ultimately failed amid complaints from both FAMU and FSU leadership and the estimated $1 billion price tag to fund the separate schools. Last week, the Florida Board of Governors voted to keep the engineering school Read more about Items of Interest[…]