As Florida’s insurance crisis was unfolding in 2020, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis moved to shield some detailed information about failed insurers from the public. Legislation ...

Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, said he’s sponsoring the legislation because of that Supreme Court ruling, saying victims’ ...

The inquiry into DeSantis administration spending has raised questions about potentially missing state-owned vehicles, agency ...

A Senate panel Monday supported repealing a 2022 law that prevents the release of information about applicants to become ...

A Florida bill that could allow agencies to withhold the names of police officers involved in use-of-force incidents ...

State lawmakers are preparing to make the addresses and phone numbers of elected officials secret in what would be a sweeping change to the state’s broad public records laws. Members of Congress, ...

Florida enacted its first version of a public records law in 1909, the sixth state to do so. The movement was led by Nebraska in 1866 and Montana in 1895. Florida’s law was repealed in the 1950s ...

The identical bills make several changes to state law. Most notably, the legislation would remove the public records and open meetings exemption for those who apply to become a president of a Florida ...

The proposal would repeal a controversial 2022 law that provided exemptions to public-records and public-meetings ... who might be hesitant to apply for Florida president jobs if their current ...