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Florida’s bump stock ban stays in place after judge dismisses lawsuit
About a week after then-Gov. Rick Scott signed the law, gun owners filed the bump-stock lawsuit.
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Protesters urge Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto new toll road bill
The bill would earmark $45 million and begin steps to expand the Suncoast Parkway.
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Florida has now doubled last year’s record for hepatitis A cases
The heaviest concentrations of the cases since Jan. 1, 2018, have been in the Tampa Bay region.
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John Morgan funnels more money into push to raise Florida’s minimum wage
Morgan’s firm added $474,371 in April to the political committee Florida For A Fair Wage.
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Florida judge orders Spanish-language ballots in 32 counties
The move comes before the state’s 2020 presidential primary election.
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43K people have signed this petition to ban assault weapons in Florida
The PAC is attempting to get the issue on the November 2020 ballot.
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10 dead issues from Florida’s 2019 legislative session
Maybe next year.
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Companies are urging Florida to allow more medical marijuana storefronts
There are currently 14 medical marijuana operators in Florida.
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Bill that expands school vouchers in Florida heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis
18,000 students will be able to use state money to attend private schools.
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Florida now has over 1,000 cases of Hepatitis A this year, and Tampa Bay is getting hit the worst
The new Department of Health numbers show 85 cases reported in the week from April 28 to Saturday.
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Bill aimed at creating an industrial-hemp industry in Florida heads to DeSantis’ desk
Senators voted 39-0 to pass the bill (SB 1020), after the House approved it in a 112-1 vote Wednesday.
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Florida Senate approves controversial plan to make former felons pay fees before restoring voting rights
Democrats have argued that the financial requirements hearken back to Jim Crow-era policies.
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Florida probably won’t ban fracking anytime soon
Despite backing from Gov. DeSantis, a push to ban fracking in Florida is likely dead.
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Florida lawmakers approve measure that would allow guns in more churches
As the good lord intended.
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Florida Senate votes to allow FSU to rename building dedicated to racist judge
The lone vote against the measure was by Sen. Dennis Baxley, an Ocala Republican.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ first execution will be Tampa serial killer Robert Joseph Long
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed his first death warrant.
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Tampa is the center of Florida’s current hepatitis A outbreak
The outbreak of the contagious liver disease began in 2018 and has accelerated this year.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hopes to approve more medical marijuana licenses by the end of the year
DeSantis agreed to award eight new medical marijuana licenses this week.
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Bill forcing minors to get parental consent before abortion passes Florida House
“I see nowhere in this bill where we discuss the responsibility of the male. How will the parents of the male be involved in this?”
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DeSantis says he’ll ‘raise Cain’ if Trump attempts to drill off Florida coast
“We’re just not a state for that,” DeSantis told reporters.
