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‘Change starts right here and right now’: Florida Democrats look to ‘Long Game’ to rebuild
Democrats only hold 35 of 120 House seats and 12 of 40 Senate seats.
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New Florida Senate President outlines so-called voter-supported ‘conservative agenda’
Senate Republicans added four seats in the Nov. 8 elections to give them a 28-12 “supermajority.”
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Florida’s property insurance of last resort has nearly 1.13 million policies
Customers have poured into Citizens during the past two years as private insurers have dropped policies and raised rates because of financial losses.
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Florida Sen. Lauren Book begins term leading outnumbered Democrats
“The weight of this moment is not lost on me. The responsibility of this job, especially now, is extremely mighty.”
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Gas prices drop as Florida residents hit the road for Thanksgiving travel
Besides gas prices, airfares are up 22 percent and hotel rooms are up 17 percent.
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Florida power companies push for yet another rate hike
The approval Thursday came as the commission held a hearing on several types of costs that will affect customers’ utility bills in 2023.
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‘Positively dystopian’: Judge blocks Florida’s anti-woke law for universities
Walker made several references to the author George Orwell in Thursday’s ruling, using a quote from “1984” to open his opinion.
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Nearly 5,000 Florida students committed under Baker Act over the last year
The data indicated 4,844 individual students were taken from campuses for involuntary psychiatric examinations under the Baker Act during the past school year.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis says ”People just need to chill’ with all the 2024 speculation
“I mean, seriously, we just ran an election.”
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Over 7,200 insurance claims filed in Florida following Hurricane Nicole
The Tampa Bay area accounted for over 600 claims.
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DNC launches ‘new embed program’ to hire staff in Florida ahead of 2024 election
“These embeds will focus on driving local coverage and bracketing GOP candidates,” a DNC news release said.
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Citizens, Florida’s property insurance of last resort, now estimates Hurricane Ian damages to be nearly $4 billion
Citizens last month projected its expenses at $2.3 billion to $2.6 billion from the Category 4 hurricane.
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Subpoena seeks documents from consultant and Judicial Watch attorney in Florida redistricting lawsuit
The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in April, alleging that the redistricting plan violates a 2010 “Fair Districts” constitutional amendment.
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Florida judge says Martha’s Vineyard migrant flights lawsuit needs changes
Judge Cooper on Monday said Pizzo’s lawsuit needs to be more specific.
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Nikki Fried calls for federal probe to investigate Trump’s involvement in Florida’s 2018 election
Trump said in a social-media post Thursday that he helped DeSantis secure his 2018 gubernatorial victory.
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10 takeaways from Florida GOP’s historic ass kicking last night
Call it what you will, Republicans overwhelmed Democrats in Tuesday’s elections in Florida.
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Florida Republicans pummel Democrats in state house races, and now hold a historic majority
Republican Danny Alvarez defeated Rep. Andrew Learned, D-Brandon, in Hillsborough County’s District 69.
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Florida voters reject midterm constitutional amendments
The proposals, put on the ballot by the Legislature, needed support from 60 percent of voters to pass.
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Nearly 4.92 million Floridians cast votes ahead of Election Day
The data showed that 2,125,330 registered Republicans and 1,809,482 registered Democrats had voted.
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Leaking septic tanks are killing Florida manatees, alleges new lawsuit
The lawsuit alleges that nitrogen discharged from septic tanks and sewage-treatment plants has led to algae blooms that have destroyed seagrass beds.