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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will suspend lane closures in the Central Florida region from Nov. 27 – Dec. 1. [Read more…] about Lane Closures Suspended for Thanksgiving Holiday Travel
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Roger Hough, 59, of 16888 NW 22nd Street, Blountstown, and James Robert Johnson, 69, of 20381 NW Gaston Spivey Road, Altha, for multiple counts of possession of child pornography. [Read more…] about FDLE arrests Calhoun County men for child pornography
The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation of 20 chief executives from the Chief Executive Seminar on November 21, 2019, at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. [Read more…] about Criminal justice leaders graduate from Chief Executive Seminar
Governor Ron DeSantis will participate in a groundbreaking ceremony of the Saint Augustine Veterans Affairs Community Outpatient Clinic on Friday, November 22nd. [Read more…] about Governor Ron DeSantis to Participate in Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Saint Augustine Veterans Affairs Community Outpatient Clinic
The Florida Behavioral Health Association (FBHA) today was pleased to stand with Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Secretary Mary Mayhew as she announced the new Medicaid Housing Assistance Pilot Program. [Read more…] about New Medicaid Housing Assistance Pilot Program to Support Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez today highlighted her trade mission to Colombia, which took place from November 18-21. [Read more…] about Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez Highlights Success of Trade Mission to Colombia
With the impending determination by the U.S. Supreme Court about whether the Trump administration’s rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was lawful, Sen. Annette Taddeo (D-Miami) and Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando) and primo-cosponsor Rep. Fentrice Driskell (D-Tampa) have re-introduced legislation to address inequities faced by DACA, TPS, and all undocumented students in Florida’s higher education system. [Read more…] about Sen. Taddeo, Rep. Smith, Rep. Driskell File Bill Extending Bright Futures Scholarship to Immigrant Students
First Lady Casey DeSantis will join Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Rick Swearingen and law enforcement personnel, public officials and citizens on Friday, November 22 for the 2019 Florida Missing Children’s Day ceremony in Tallahassee. [Read more…] about Florida Missing Children’s Day to focus on safety of children
Legislation that would protect citizens from obscene conduct and improve prosecution of offenders, has been filed by Senator Linda Stewart (D-Orlando). [Read more…] about Senator Linda Stewart Files Bill to Combat Lewd Conduct
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, with the assistance of the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, today arrested Christopher D. Williams, 33, of 16888 NW 22nd Street, Blountstown, on one count of possession of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school, one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and one count of providing a false name to law enforcement. [Read more…] about FDLE arrests Blountstown man for meth possession and providing a false name
