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On anniversary of Florida’s six-week abortion ban, providers say ‘We’re still here’
By the state’s count, there were 19,198 fewer abortions in 2024 than in 2023.
Christine Sexton
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Senate won’t confirm two of DeSantis’s top health care secretaries with Hope Florida ties
‘I’d have a hard time voting for Secretary Harris unless she came clean and had a very different story than what she’s telling the House.’
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Embroiled in controversy, DeSantis’ Hope Florida Foundation could lose tax status, legislator warns
It’s been a headline-grabbing week for Casey DeSantis’ nonprofit.
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Florida Senate leader lays out bill that explores implications of permanently reducing property taxes
The bill directs the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to conduct a study to establish a framework to reduce, or eliminate taxes for homesteaded property.
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Insurance industry and medical lobbyists oppose bill that eliminates Florida’s no-fault auto-insurance
A Forbes analysis of automobile insurance rates shows that Florida is the most expensive state for car insurance in the nation.
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Leader of the Florida House wants to permanently cut state sales tax to 5.25-percent
If the Republican’s plan is successful, taxpayers would save nearly $5 billion annually.
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Florida’s overall GDP could shrink by more than $4.5 billion after cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, new report says
The analysis looked at what could happen if a budget resolution by the Republican-controlled House is carried out.
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Florida house panel advance bill that would require public schools to show anti-abortion group’s video in classrooms
The fetal development video is not included in the Senate’s version of the education bill, SB 1618.
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Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost says GOP leaders need to explain their plan for Medicaid
‘A lot of these Republicans in the state House and the state Senate are getting off way too easy.’
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Florida bill would require public schools to show anti-abortion ‘Baby Olivia’ video in classrooms
“This is not science. This is not what we teach in school.”
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Byron Donalds makes it official, announces his candidacy for Florida governor
Donald’s gubernatorial bid has been endorsed by President Donald Trump.
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Florida House Republican wants to make it easier to sue state and local governments
Fiona McFarland will again push to increase liability limits.
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Florida’s condo crisis has been a long simmering problem in the making, says senator
“This is not a new crisis, this is a crisis that has existed,” Bradley said.
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Once again, Florida leads the nation in Obamacare enrollment
Over 4.6 million residents signed up for insurance coverage through the Marketplace by the end of 2024.
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Buddy MacKay, Florida’s last Democratic governor, dead at 91
MacKay was born in Ocala in 1933 and obtained both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Florida.
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Florida led country in new death penalty sentences in 2024, says report
DeSantis pushed to eliminate the unanimous requirement after a jury failed to recommend a death sentence for Nikolas Cruz.
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Groups urge Florida school officials to not remove books about anatomy and other health information
School districts have been grappling with what books should be allowed in Florida school libraries for the last several years.
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Florida says it will award 22 new medical marijuana licenses
Once the decision is final it will bring to 47 the number of medical marijuana licenses in the state.
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Florida’s surgeon general now advises against adding fluoride to drinking water
It was the latest in a long list of public health recommendations from Ladapo criticized by associations that represent the people providing the care.
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Federal appeals court will hear Florida’s Medicaid ban on gender-affirming care
The lawsuit contended the ban was unconstitutional and also violated federal health care laws.