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Trump visits Florida on Tuesday for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opening
Protests are planned to start at 10 a.m.
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SCOTUS ruling on porn age verification has implications for lawsuit over similar Florida law
Florida lawmakers passed the age-verification requirements in 2024 as part of a broader bill (HB 3) that also seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts on some platforms.
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Former Florida Sen. Jeff Brandes says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ could ‘have all kinds of issues with staffing’
‘Is it a federal facility, or is it a state facility that is leased to the feds? That’s an important distinction.’
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There’s now a lawsuit to stop ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ from operating in the Florida Everglades
Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed the suit in the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida.
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Organizers for Florida’s citizen-led amendments prep for ‘surge’ of petition gathering
There will also be an intense focus on collecting signatures this weekend in St. Petersburg.
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Florida’s slavery memorial, ‘Circle of Chains,’ is now open to the public in Tallahassee
Lawmakers are eying a formal dedication this fall.
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Reparations checks for Survivors of Florida’s notorious Dozier school are now being processed
Hundreds of men who were abused as children at two notorious state reform schools are in line to receive checks of more than $21,000 in the coming days
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is developing a new university accreditor to ‘upend the monopoly of the woke accreditation cartels’
DeSantis has focused heavily on “woke” ideologies by pushing legislation to ban state spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and remaking state higher education institutions to be more conservative.
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Florida’s state-backed Citizens insurance now has less than 800K policies
It expects to have fewer than 654,000 by the end of the year.
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DeSantis says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will have ‘zero impact’ on Everglades restoration
Democrats pushing back “don’t want the laws enforced at all” on immigration, he said in Tampa on Wednesday.
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Florida ranks 35th in child well-being, report says
The state’s education ranking plummeted from fifth to 19th since 2024, with 79% of eighth graders failing math benchmarks.
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DeSantis signs bill that could clear the way for Florida’s Trump presidential library
Trump is a Palm Beach County resident.
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DeSantis rushes ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to detain undocumented immigrants in the Everglades
Critics called it a ploy to go viral at taxpayers’ expense.
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DeSantis warns of New Yorkers fleeing to Florida if ‘leftist’ Mamdani wins
The New York City Democratic mayoral primary happening Tuesday could impact Palm Beach.
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Florida gas prices went up as conflict between Israel and Iran escalated
AAA said the national average Monday was $3.22 a gallon, up 8 cents from a week earlier.
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Florida Attorney General asks US Supreme Court to let state enforce blocked immigration law
The new law targets undocumented immigrants who enter the state.
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‘We overreacted:’ DeSantis signs financial relief law for condo owners after Surfside regulations
He spoke about it in Clearwater last Monday.
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Free prison phone call funding makes the Florida budget for a second time
DeSantis vetoed the measure last year.
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Florida sheriff with ‘zero tolerance’ for street racing caught speeding in his lambo
The video is part of a bigger beef with several allegations of corruption.
