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Tampa City Council pumps the brakes on repealing police citizens review board
St. Pete, meanwhile, is going forward with its ‘Police Policy Review Commission.’
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Thousands of Florida residents without power, as Hurricane Debby makes landfall
DeSantis said resources will be moved to Sarasota because of the amount of rainfall the area has gotten since Sunday.
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With parts of Florida under a heat advisory, Rep. Kathy Castor calls on OSHA to expedite heat protection rule
GOP-led FL Legislature has banned local governments from acting.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis says he supports term limits for U.S Supreme Court, if congress does it too
“If you’re going to do it, do it for everybody in office,” he said.
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New poll shows Florida voters support both abortion and cannabis constitutional amendments
The poll of 774 Floridians who said that they were either definitely or probably voting in the coming election.
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Florida has highest rate of heat-related illnesses in the country, says report
‘Preempting local governments’ ability to protect workers from climate-caused extreme heat is inhumane.’
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‘Clown show’: Florida Democrats respond to Rubio, Scott and DeSantis RNC speeches
The three took the stage during the second day of the convention in Milwaukee.
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Tensions emerge between democrats in Hillsborough’s State Attorney race
Andrew Warren and Elizabeth Martinez Strauss would like to face off against DeSantis appointee Suzy Lopez.
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CDC data says 28 percent of adult Floridians can’t afford to see the doctor when they need to
The figure is down from recent years.
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Andrew Warren call on US court of appeals to speed up consideration of reinstatement case
Warren is the twice elected Democratic state attorney who was suspended by DeSantis in August 2022.
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‘All in’: Jill Biden tells Tampa democrats that her husband is staying in the race for re-election
A growing number of Democratic members of Congress have called for the president to withdraw.
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Cathy Jordan, Florida’s ‘patron saint’ of medical cannabis, dies at the age of 74
Diagnosed with ALS, she said everything changed for her while visiting Florida in 1989, when a friend offered her a strain of cannabis called Myakka Gold.
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Florida economists predict pot would bring in ‘at least’ $196 million in taxes
If Amendment 3 is approved in Florida, where might the tax revenues go?
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Florida group begins process of getting Medicaid expansion on the ballot
Petition signature-gathering has begun with an eye toward 2026.
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Biden administration announces new rule to protect workers from heat-related illnesses
This rule would “significantly reduce the number of worker-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses.”
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You can now go to jail for selling lab-grown meat in Florida
One company authorized to sell cultivated meat in the U.S. blasted the law, saying it was designed to help out ‘Big Ag’
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Florida Gov. DeSantis calls U.S. surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence an ‘unconstitutional power-grab’
“We will not comply,” DeSantis added.
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‘We cannot have every town smelling like marijuana’: DeSantis says his new PAC will fight recreational pot amendment
“We already have medical marijuana, it’s out there.”
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning balloon releases in Florida
Oceana, an ocean advocacy organization, said the signing marks a great day for ocean wildlife.
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Florida Dems hope to use contests in every legislative race to undo GOP supermajority
“Today, we’re putting Republicans on notice.”
