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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs six-week abortion ban into law
Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, called it a “devastating day for Floridians and especially for Florida’s women.”
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Florida Senate passes bill requiring more detailed financial disclosure reports from local elected officials
Most elected city officials currently are required to fill out less-detailed disclosure reports.
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Controversial higher-ed bill backed in Florida Senate
Senate Democrats criticized the proposed curriculum-related issues in the bill.
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‘Red meat to the right base’: Florida house panel approves bill targeting drag shows
Opponents have argued that parents should be able to make decisions about whether children attend events.
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill to expand Florida Wildlife Corridor
The bill (SB 106) will expand Florida’s Greenways and Trails System and the SUN Trail Network with the wildlife corridor.
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Florida bill targeting teacher unions headed to full House
Union members from across the state spoke against the bill Tuesday.
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Florida Republicans vote to hide from public who visits governor’s mansion
The exemption would also be retroactive to trips already taken.
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Florida Republicans want to ban private businesses from requiring masks or COVID-19 tests
Rep. Griff Griffitts, a Panama City Republican who sponsored the bill, argued that the proposal is designed to fight discrimination.
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Florida Republican Webster Barnaby calls trans people ‘mutants’ and ‘demons’ on House floor
Later, Barnaby apologized for describing transgender people as “demons.”
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Florida health official must testify in transgender Medicaid fight, says federal judge
The judge ruled that the official likely has “relevant, indeed significant, information not available from other sources.”
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Florida officials warn residents to prepare for wildfire season
State Forester Rick Dolan said Florida has already had 1,098 fires since the start of the year that have consumed 35,424 acres.
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Florida pot doctor sues Department of Health and undercover agents who posed as patients
The lawsuit alleges that health officials could not explain why they targeted the physician.
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‘We need to protect our history’: Florida bill would allow supporters of Confederate monuments to sue over their removal
The measure would allow monuments and memorials to be relocated but only to areas that have “similar prominence and access to the public.”
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Florida senator wants more ‘accountability’ for insurers
The measure would make wide-ranging changes, including increasing fines that regulators can slap on insurers.
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Florida Senate passes bill banning doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormone treatments to trans minors
Democratic lawmakers argued that major national medical associations support gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
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Petition to put recreational pot on Florida’s 2024 ballot tops 635K signatures
The petition needs 891,589 signatures to be o the 2024 ballot.
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DeSantis lawyers ask Florida Supreme Court to toss out Andrew Warren’s case
The attorneys wrote that a petition filed by Warren at the Supreme Court “presents quintessential political questions.”
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Florida Republicans want to make it harder to declare public-health emergencies
The bill comes after a statewide public-health emergency that lasted for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic
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‘It is and it always has been about control’: Florida Senate approves 6-week abortion ban
Democrats say the bill would effectively ban abortion in Florida, in part because many women don’t know they are pregnant at six weeks.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly signs permitless concealed carry into law
Sen. Jay Collins, a Tampa Republican who sponsored the bill, called it “monumental.”