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Times/Herald Legislature reporter

Kristen M. Clark covers the Florida Legislature and state government in the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee bureau.

Featured Statements

Richard Corcoran
stated on May 12, 2017 in a tweet:

It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."

By Kristen M. Clark • May 17, 2017
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 6, 2017 in a tweet:

Says the Florida House of Representatives allocated $24 billion, "the greatest investment in education in Florida history!"

By Joshua Gillin • May 15, 2017
Janet Adkins
stated on February 9, 2016 in a House Appropriations Committee meeting:

"There is great disparity, tremendous disparity, in the (capital) funding on a per-student basis between our traditional public schools and our charter public schools."

By Joshua Gillin • February 22, 2016