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Is this the year Florida restores the rights of 18-year-olds to purchase long guns?
GOP leaders in the past blocked partial repeal of a 2018 gun-safety law.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis will speak alongside Trump border czar Tom Homan at New College event
The immigration discussion is scheduled to take place on March 20.
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Florida Democrats call on Trump to reconsider NOAA budget cuts
“Slashing the workforces at NWS and NOAA cripples their ability to warn and protect the public, endangering millions of Americans…”
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Pinellas County Schools won’t enforce ICE agreement school police chief signed without authorization
ICE took the Pinellas school police off its list of agencies with a pending task force agreement.
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Florida measure that would expand the definition of a DUI to ‘any impairing substance’ draws concerns
“I’m certainly not pro-DUI. I don’t want it to be construed that way. I don’t know what the current law is missing … it’s just too far.”
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Following measles case, Florida surgeon general insists vaccine is up to parents
The surgeon general said vaccines are available for parents who want them and recommended Vitamin A as an option.
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‘An attack on democracy itself’: Florida civil, voting rights groups condemn DeSantis’ push to restrict ballot initiatives
Majorities of Florida voters supported both amendments 3 and 4, but they needed 60% supermajorities to pass.
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Activists demonstrate for immigrant rights at Florida Strawberry Festival
The event is held annually in Plant City, known for its immigrant workers in the strawberry fields.
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Who’s to blame for Florida’s ‘unacceptable’ national nursing exam pass rate?
Lawmakers sought answers from nursing school administrators ahead of the start of the legislative session on March 4.
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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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Florida Republican refiles bill permitting wrongful death suits for fetuses
The Fort Pierce Republican put forward the same proposal during the 2024 legislative session
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Florida sheriffs’ deputies will carry out ‘street-level’ immigration enforcement, DeSantis says
Local law enforcement and county jails in Florida already had other types of agreements with ICE.
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Tampa’s Fentrice Driskell doesn’t see any ‘cracks’ in Florida GOP’s ‘armor’ as ’the 2025 session commences
Top House Democrat begins next week with just 33 members in her caucus.
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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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Dems call for ‘full investigation’ amid growing assault scandal involving Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills
“The Florida Democratic Party is calling for a continued investigation into both Mills’s actions and the inaction of the interim U.S. Attorney.”
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‘She would do better than me’: DeSantis praises wife as possible Florida gubernatorial candidate
“There’s no question about it,” he said.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis floats idea of eliminating property taxes
Voters would need to ratify such a change via constitutional amendment.
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Tampa Bay Republican Jay Collins wants to remove working caps, mandatory breaks for minors
. There is no House counterpart yet.
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‘If we mess up, we need to make it right’: Proposal hopes to fix Florida’s restrictive compensation law for the wrongfully incarcerated
Since passage of that law, only five exonerees have received compensation.
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Florida Democrats file bills to ban using state funds on ballot measures
“No matter where you stand on this issue, this is still a democracy. We do not spend taxpayer dollars in advance of a political issue.”