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Florida moves one step closer to expunging juvenile arrest records
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a similar proposal passed by state lawmakers during the 2021 legislative session this spring.
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As Seminole Tribe makes case, the fate of Florida gambling is unclear
After the ruling, the tribe has continued to allow people in Florida to place wagers on a sports-betting mobile app, which rolled out Nov. 1.
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Florida Republicans file bill to shield churches from state emergency orders
Brodeur’s proposal would prohibit emergency orders restricting religious institutions from holding services or activities.
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Florida’s COVID-19 hospitalizations top 1,400
The data showed that 1,406 inpatients had COVID-19, up from 1,382 on Tuesday and 1,351 on Monday.
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Florida GOP now lead Dems by 4,000 registered voters
Of the state’s nearly 14.3 million registered voters, 5,118,357 were registered as Republicans and 5,114,039 were Democrats as of Oct. 31.
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University of Florida now says there’s ‘strong presumption’ professors can testify against state
UF released the reports about 5 p.m. Tuesday, after Fuchs signed off on recommendations finalized Monday by a seven-member task force.
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40 states weigh in on Florida transgender school bathroom lawsuit
“The board’s policy needlessly denies Adams something most people take for granted: the ability to use a public restroom consistent with one’s lived experience of one’s own gender,” the brief said.
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Florida lawmakers propose ‘Miya’s Law,’ which would require background checks for apartment building employees
The bills follow the death of 19-year-old Miya Marcano, a Valencia College student who went missing from her Orlando apartment in late September and was found dead a week later.
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Florida Republicans want to allow businesses to sue cities if local ordinances impact revenue
The bill is modeled after a longstanding state law known as the Bert J. Harris Private Property Rights Protection Act.
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Florida lawmakers’ push to transform school board races into partisan contests advances
“It’s a shell game from the standpoint we’re not being transparent with the voters,” Gruters said.
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‘Terribly drawn,’ ‘just lazy’: New Florida House maps get mixed reviews
The anti-gerrymandering group RepresentUs, working with the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, gave “F” grades to the House’s proposal congressional maps, indicating “poor for the category, could be much better.”
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Federal judge overturns Florida’s gambling agreement with Seminole Tribe
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich’s ruling invalidated a sports betting plan in one of the nation’s most highly sought-after markets and scrapped a deal negotiated by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Over 70 years later, Central Florida judge finally exonerates the ‘Groveland Four’
Florida House Minority Leader Bobby DuBose, D-Fort Lauderdale, called for the Florida Legislature to compensate the men’s families.
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High fuel prices will cost Tampa Electric customers more in monthly bills
Tampa Electric has about 800,000 customers across most of Hillsborough County and parts of Polk, Pasco, and Pinellas counties.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to spend $1 billion to lower gas prices
“It’s clearly not going to eliminate all the inflation, because it’s gone up so much.”
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Federal judge refuses to block health care vaccination rule in Florida
Judge says Florida has not shown ‘irreparable harm.’
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Biden Administration asks judge to block Florida’s attempt to prevent vaccination requirements for federal contractors
Feds claim Florida has “presented what is largely a mirage of impending economic calamity.”
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Feds and state team up in response to Florida’s record manatee deaths
The state agency this week reported 1,003 manatees have died in Florida waters in 2021.
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University of Florida now faces a congressional probe after banning professors from testifying against state
Thursday’s letter from the subcommittee asked Fuchs for detailed information about the creation of the policy and the individuals involved in its establishment.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSants signs bills banning vaccine mandates
Democrats criticized the new laws and the special session, which they decried as a waste of time and as being about DeSantis’ widely speculated White House ambitions in 2024.