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‘Don’t Allow Florida to become San Francisco’: DeSantis backs efforts to get homeless off streets
“What we don’t want to see in the legislation is any incentive to create homeless camps.”
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‘You need meat, OK’: Florida Gov. DeSantis is now targeting lab-grown meat
Proponents of a ban have said the issue is about protecting Florida’s cattle industry.
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Florida banning changes of gender on drivers’ licenses sparks confusion, backlash
“Plenty of us are afraid, but there are plenty of people who are willing to stand up.”
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TECO cites growing Florida population and inflation in request to raise prices
Tampa Electric is currently operating under a 2021 settlement in a base-rate case.
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House Republicans vote to rollback child labor laws in Florida
The Republican-controlled House voted 80-35 to approve the measure (HB 49).
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Florida bill would require parents to ‘opt in’ for students to recieve corporal punishment
Bill sponsor Katherine Waldron, D-Wellington, said the proposal is designed to “standardize” corporal-punishment policies across the state.
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Judge tosses Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. DeSantis, alleging political retaliation
The judge said the disputed laws do not mention Disney and that their effects would go beyond Disney.
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Federal judge sides with DeSantis, tosses pro-Palestinian student groups’ lawsuits
Walker wrote in his decision that deactivation or criminal investigation of the chapters was not imminent.
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Florida Republicans want to stop cities from removing Confederate monuments
Bill sponsor Dean Black, R-Jacksonville, said there has been a “war” on historic monuments by local governments.
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Florida House panel votes to lower age limit for gun purchases
The bill would reverse an age requirement passed after the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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Bear ‘self-defense’ bill moves ahead in Florida House
People who provoke or lure bears wouldn’t be shielded under the measure.
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To address mental health crisis, Florida Republicans hope to ban sleeping outside
The Republican-controlled Senate Community Affairs Committee approved the bill along party lines.
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Once again, Florida Republicans are trying to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments
Under the proposal, constitutional amendments would need support from 66.67 percent of voters to pass.
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Florida manatee deaths decreased by nearly half in 2023
20 percent of deaths in 2023 stemmed from a red-tide bloom in Southwest Florida.
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Tampa Democrat among those lining up behind controversial child labor law changes
‘I trust in the process,’ Rep. Susan Valdés, D-Tampa, said.
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Judge criticizes DeSantis, appointee for ‘running their mouths’ in effort to shut down pro-Palestinian college groups
“All kinds of people at all levels of government running their mouths,” said Walker.
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Florida bill would financially penalize college students who support ‘foreign terrorist’ organizations
“Just because individuals advocate for peace, it does not mean they’re pro-terrorism,” Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, said.
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DeSantis’ lawyers take aim at ruling in case of suspended Hillsborough prosecutor Warren
The petition filed Thursday by DeSantis’ lawyers contended that the panel decision was “deeply flawed.”
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New bill would allow Gov. DeSantis to deploy Florida State Guard to other states
It also would expand the governor’s power to activate the state guard such as during periods of civil unrest.
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Florida House passes bill banning minors from having social media accounts
The issue will go to the Senate, amid arguments from parts of the tech industry that the bill would be unconstitutional.
