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Florida gas prices spike another 24 cents as war in Iran continues
For electric vehicles, the cost per kilowatt-hour at Florida charging stations rounded to 41 cents this past week.
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Florida AG says state can now fund religious charter schools, and ‘encourage’ Christianity
The U.S. Supreme Court last year effectively upheld an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision rejecting a push to create a Catholic charter school.
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Environmental groups sue after Trump administration opens up oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
The move puts the Endangered Species Act ‘in a shredder’ says an environmental attorney.
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Florida Republicans line up to praise fired Attorney General Pam Bondi
Democrats were less impressed.
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DeSantis says birthright citizenship ‘kind of cheapens the process when you make it a tourist thing’
The Florida governor’s comments come as SCOTUS weighs whether to greenlight Trump’s citizenship ban for certain U.S.-born babies.
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Voting rights groups sue after DeSantis signs bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote
HB 991 will take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
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DeSantis signs ‘Missy’s Law,’ calls for House impeachment of judge
Impeachments of judges are rare, but the threat of impeachment carries weight.
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DeSantis signs bill to spend $5.5 million to rename Florida airport after Trump
“Republican leaders decided to prioritize wasting five million of your taxpayer dollars on renaming an airport after the President.”
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Florida’s reddest counties saw massive crowds at last weekend’s ‘No Kings’ protests
Even deep-red Polk County, where Trump won by 21 points in the 2024 presidential election, saw an enthusiastic crowd of at least 2,000 people.
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Florida universities remove sociology from general education courses
It’s part of the state’s push against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in Florida’s public university system.
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DeSantis Administration claims NFL’s ‘Rooney Rule’ violates state’s anti-DEI law
The rule requires NFL teams to interview at least two minority candidates for vacant head coach, GM, and coordinator position.
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Florida Democrats won big Tuesday night. Was it a big deal or not?
‘If that kind of movement is happening now, it raises real questions about what the electorate could look like in a higher-turnout environment,’ says one Democratic official.
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DeSantis says if Cuba falls, he hopes exiles will want to leave Florida and rebuild the island
“Kids and grandkids will be going to spring break there,” DeSantis continued.
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Trump’s unpopularity, high gas prices and more, helped Florida Dems flip two seats, says analysts
“President Trump’s unpopularity cast a long, dark shadow over these Republican candidates in these races.”
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In Tampa and Mar-a-Lago, Florida Democrats come up big on election night
Brian Nathan, a Navy veteran, union organizer, and first-time candidate, shocked Republican state Rep. Josie Tomkow in Hillsborough County.
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Florida adds more measles cases
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to make it easier for parents to opt out of mandatory school vaccines.
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‘We’ll see’: DeSantis won’t rule out another run for president
His comment comes after he spent $160 million on his 2024 campaign for president before dropping out after the Iowa caucus.
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Gun lobby praises Florida AG over push for ‘nondangerous’ felon gun ownership
“Attorney General Pam Bondi needs to sit up and take notes! This is what a REAL pro-gun attorney general looks like.”
