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‘Climate cartel’: Florida AG subpoenas environmental nonprofit for alleged trade law violations
His investigation marks the latest anti-climate-change policy pushback under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Florida among states to win in fight against Live Nation-Ticketmaster
A Live Nation rep said, ‘The jury’s verdict is not the last word on this matter.’
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Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills asked to resign amid sexual misconduct investigation
The comment came after Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell from California and Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales from Texas announced resignations.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill naming highway after Donald Trump
The bill also designates the Tallahassee airport as Bobby Bowden-Tallahassee International Airport.
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Newly-elected Hillsborough Dem Brian Nathan says he’s ready to fight for the working class
Nathan is very much a union man, having served as a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 915 for the past decade.
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HOAs are ‘out of control’: Tampa Bay voters vent to Florida gubernatorial candidate Paul Renner on ‘Affordability Tour’
“I want my neighbor’s home to look good just like mine, but where do we draw the line?”
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State of Florida launches investigation into ChatGPT for role in FSU school shooting
According to the report, ChatGPT told Ikner how to take the safety off of his shotgun just three minutes before the shooting.
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‘This is illegal’: Florida Democrats blast coming congressional redistricting session
“It is against the Constitution to redraw maps in favor of a party.”
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Is ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ under federal control? Answer could decide environmental groups’ case
If the migrant lockup is at the beck and call of federal authorities, then the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit may allow the pro-environment organizations’ case.
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Advocates fear Florida’s domestic terrorist law could reach beyond Muslim groups
‘Today, bills like this target them. Tomorrow it could be me. But history tells us these measures never stop with just one people.’
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Environmental groups sue after Trump administration opens up oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
The move puts the Endangered Species Act ‘in a shredder’ says an environmental attorney.
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Florida Republicans line up to praise fired Attorney General Pam Bondi
Democrats were less impressed.
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Sydney Gruters, wife of RNC Chair and state Sen. Joe Gruters, says she’s running for Florida congressional seat
Florida’s CD 16 seat that will be vacated by Republican Vern Buchanan later this year.
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DeSantis says birthright citizenship ‘kind of cheapens the process when you make it a tourist thing’
The Florida governor’s comments come as SCOTUS weighs whether to greenlight Trump’s citizenship ban for certain U.S.-born babies.
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Voting rights groups sue after DeSantis signs bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote
HB 991 will take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
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‘I was not involved at all in that race’: DeSantis distances himself from GOP’s Hillsborough special election loss
“I was very clear from the beginning that I was not going to be involved in that, and that’s just kind of the way that the cookie crumbles.”
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Tampa Jan. 6 rioter files $18 million lawsuit, alleging police assaulted members of ‘peaceful’ crowd
Fischer was indicted on seven criminal charges for his Jan. 6 actions, including several violent felonies.
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Florida’s reddest counties saw massive crowds at last weekend’s ‘No Kings’ protests
Even deep-red Polk County, where Trump won by 21 points in the 2024 presidential election, saw an enthusiastic crowd of at least 2,000 people.
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New Census data shows Pinellas County witnessed second largest population decline in country
The third biggest loss in the country was Miami-Dade.
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DeSantis Administration claims NFL’s ‘Rooney Rule’ violates state’s anti-DEI law
The rule requires NFL teams to interview at least two minority candidates for vacant head coach, GM, and coordinator position.