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Former state GOP chair Sen. Joe Gruters endorses Florida recreational marijuana amendment
Gruters’ endorsement of the marijuana initiative puts him directly at odds with the governor.
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The NRA is once again trying to strike down a Florida law banning people under 21 from buying rifles
They argued that the Florida law did not align with a major 2022 Supreme Court opinion in a case known as New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
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Florida may have to pay businesses’ legal fees after judge permanently blocks part of ‘Stop Woke’ law
Tuesday’s motion for attorney fees described the plaintiffs’ success in the case as “resounding.”
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Biden administration urges judge to toss Florida challenge to new federal gun rule
Florida and other Republican-led states have filed lawsuits challenging the rule.
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Working-class Floridians could be priced out of communities during post-storm rebuilding, says expert
“People like police officers, school teachers, administrators, they’re being priced out of your communities…”
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Federal judge refuses Florida’s request to block Title IX rule over LGBTQ protections
The judge said the plaintiffs had not provided adequate arguments to obtain a preliminary injunction.
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Florida sheriffs and police chiefs announce opposition to recreational pot amendment
Voters in 2016 passed a constitutional amendment that allowed medical marijuana.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis says he supports term limits for U.S Supreme Court, if congress does it too
“If you’re going to do it, do it for everybody in office,” he said.
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New poll shows Florida voters support both abortion and cannabis constitutional amendments
The poll of 774 Floridians who said that they were either definitely or probably voting in the coming election.
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Florida Supreme Court vows to move quickly on abortion ballot ‘statement’
The November ballot will be set after Florida’s Aug. 20 primary elections.
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Federal judge backs Florida in teacher union restrictions, but due deduction ban faces trial
The Republican-controlled Legislature and DeSantis approved the restrictions in 2023 and made revisions this year.
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Trulieve pours another $5 million into effort to legalize recreational pot in Florida
In all, Trulieve had contributed about $60.39 million to the committee as of July 19.
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Federal judge permanently blocks part of Florida’s ‘Stop Woke’ law
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a two-page order granting a permanent injunction against the workplace-training part of the law.
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Fight over Florida’s abortion amendment statement heads to the Supreme Court
Representatives of DeSantis and the House spearheaded controversial revisions in the financial impact statement.
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Florida’s 14-day back-to-school sales tax ‘holiday’ starts next week
A similar holiday on disaster-preparedness supplies was held during the first two weeks of June.
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Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis, who oversees state’s property insurance crisis, begs Trump to fix property insurance crisis
Florida Democratic Party criticized Patronis for “political games” and “passing the blame for the property insurance crisis in Florida.”
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PR firm that was paid to kill local rent control effort now going after Florida’s pro-pot amendment
The “Vote No on 3” opposition campaign is being led by Consensus Communications.
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Florida approves NIL deals for high school athletes
High schools won’t be able to use promises of NIL deals to recruit players.
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Here’s how Florida officials say they’ll enforce new social media law for kids
The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts on at least some platforms.
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Florida has highest rate of heat-related illnesses in the country, says report
‘Preempting local governments’ ability to protect workers from climate-caused extreme heat is inhumane.’