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Florida’s attorney general wants a federal court to take another look at the state’s drag show law
Previous rulings argued the law violated Hamburger Mary’s First Amendment rights.
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Federal judge won’t temporarily halt most of Florida’s new ballot initiative restrictions
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker’s ruling allows Florida to proceed with enforcing most of HB 1205, one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top priorities for this year’s legislative session.
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Senate candidate Tamika Lyles says she’s being discriminated against and the Florida Democratic Party is ‘promoting’ another candidate
Lyles’ campaign on Tuesday issued a lengthy statement expressing its anger.
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Former Republican David Jolly has officially entered the race for Florida governor—as a Democrat
The 52-year-old Pinellas County resident is the first major Democratic candidate to enter the race.
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Solar industry group says Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ bill could kill nearly 22K jobs in Florida
President Donald Trump’s budget request, released on May 2, 2025, proposes slashing $21 billion in unspent funds from the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law for renewable energy.
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Marco Rubio is working to bring home man wrongly deported to El Salvador
Bringing ‘C’ back would contradict the Trump administration’s long-running argument in the courts and to the public that El Salvador has custody over hundreds of men sent there in March, not the U.S.
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Latest initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida now has enough petition signatures for a judicial review
Its ballot language and financial impact will be scrutinized by the Florida Supreme Court.
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‘Empowering parents’ among continued priorities for DeSantis’ education commissioner pick
Anastasios Kamoutsas, is one of Gov. DeSantis’ deputy chiefs of staff.
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Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General rails against power companies, stolen wages and more
José Javier Rodríguez says, ‘I made my career taking on the corrupt and powerful.’
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Backers of Florida’s new recreational marijuana initiative say the measure is unlikely to get to voters without help from the courts
Smart & Safe Florida, a PAC sponsoring the proposal, filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction on Friday.
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection ask court to halt ruling requiring manatee protections
Requirements include temporarily preventing new septic tanks in the Indian River Lagoon area.
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DeSantis signs bills allowing hotels and business property owners to have police remove squatters
The anti-squatting bills benefit hospitality industry, retail property owners.
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$900M tax cut for commercial leases on the table as Florida lawmakers reconvene on budget
The cuts are a longtime priority of business lobbyists.
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Feds give Florida’s Republican party green light to join ballot initiative lawsuit
Critics of a new law say it violates their rights to free speech and due process.
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‘The legacy will be a dark legacy’: Rep. Maxwell Frost reacts to Elon Musk’s last day at the White House
Frost said Musk’s efforts reveal that a ‘corporate slash and burn mentality is not how you run a country.’
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Cafe Risque operators drop lawsuit against Florida law restricting age of strippers
Lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis last year overwhelmingly approved the age restriction.
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Rep. Kathy Castor has requested a federal investigation into the DeSantis’ beleaguered Hope Florida Foundation
Tampa Bay’s congressional rep said that the taxpayers and citizens of Florida deserve answers.