News Service of Florida

The bill is scheduled to be heard Tuesday by the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee.

Notably, the bill offers no protections for front-line workers who contracted the virus while on the job.

The cruise industry drew heavy attention in the early stages of the pandemic as outbreaks occurred on ships in various parts of the world.

“I don’t think this is good policy. I think it was hastily put together.”

That trust fund is an annual target of lawmakers who divert — or “sweep” — money to help pay for programs not related to affordable housing.

Youth vaping skyrocketed in recent years but declined in 2020.

Who cares if they even live in your district, right?

“This bill is necessary because nothing is codified in state law that would allow this to proceed,” Barnaby told the committee.

“I believe that every baby should have the opportunity to be born healthy,” said Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor.

Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz issued an order on Monday rescinding the four orders he issued last year.

“When it’s done by executive order in virtually an overnight fashion you really are putting businesses in a tough spot,” Shalley said.

“I am glad to see that public opposition was enough to stop this awful legislation for now.”

Republicans throughout the country are targeting mail-in ballots after millions of voters opted to vote by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic last year.

DeSantis made clear Thursday he has no intention of following Europe or Israel’s lead on ‘COVID-19’ passports.

The ‘viewpoint diversity’ surveys would ask students if feel they have to speak their mind on campus and in the classroom.

Democrats argue the measure would violate First Amendment rights.

The physicians spoke out after a committee approved a controversial proposal being pushed by Republican lawmakers in the state House.

“We just want to make sure when we do the announcement that we don’t create a crush on the system.”

Rich Templin, a lobbyist for the Florida AFL-CIO, called the bill “nothing but an attack on people we have been calling heroes for a year.”