Author: John Haughey, The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner

The South Carolina School Board Association (SCSBA) is “carefully” monitoring its national affiliate but, for now, has no plans to leave the National School Board Association (NSBA), SCSBA Executive Director Scott Price said. Price made the indication Monday, shortly after 36 Republican state representatives fired off a letter demanding SCSBA withdraw from NSBA after the…

After a week of deliberations, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a formal proclamation for the Legislature to convene a special session beginning Monday, Nov. 15, and ending Friday, Nov. 19. The governor made no bones about what he wants: Bills banning private employer vaccine mandates, fortifying the state’s Parents’ Bill of Rights, disqualifying employers mandating vaccinations…

COVID-19 cases have declined in Florida in the last six weeks, but the state’s skilled nursing centers and assisted living centers are facing myriad financial crises aggravated by the pandemic and a growing labor shortage, according to the Florida Health Care Association (FHCA). “The pandemic has exacerbated the double-edged workforce and financial crises, which continue…

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) is expected to issue up to 27 new medical marijuana treatment center (MMTCs) licenses by July 1, 2023, more than doubling the availability of legal cannabis products that already support a $1.3 billion industry in the Sunshine State. In preliminary budget requests, DOH is seeking nearly $13 million to…

Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has introduced a bill that would require more than 50% of the value of a product to be produced in the U.S. for it to be sold in the U.S. by 2025. Instituting a local content requirement on manufactured goods is among provisions in Hawley’s proposed Make in America to…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida’s 15 ports and $117 billion maritime trade industry can save Christmas. “We have to make sure people can go Christmas shopping as normal. We have to make sure all the necessities are there,” DeSantis told reporters as he toured Jacksonville’s JAXPORT seaport Tuesday amid reports of global supply chain…

The violent riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 that stalled certification of the presidential election ended with five deaths, roughly 150 injured and more than 635 arrested, including 69 Floridians so far, the most from any single state. At least 28 of those 69 Floridians arrested on that day in Washington, D.C., had…