DEI programs are in the crosshairs.
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St. Pete says it will ‘fully cooperate’ with Florida DOGE audit
DEI programs are in the crosshairs.
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USF to vote on joining FIU, FSU, UF in raising out-of-state tuition
UCF also votes Thursday on a 10% increase to potentially generate nearly $10 million each, if approved.
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Florida’s top agriculture regulator wants to define ‘cartoon’
It’s part of a crack down on the sale of hemp to minors, to ensure products aren’t “attractive to children.”
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DeSantis and Ingoglia’s DOGE crackdown targets Gainsville, Broward
The DOGEing begins next week.
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Hundreds of immigrants to arrive at Everglades detention center tonight, Uthmeier announces
“Next stop: back to where they came from.”
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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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‘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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Tampa Mayor Jane Castor says local cops should not be engaged in ICE raids
She’s hosting the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Tampa, which votes this week on a resolution against the raids.
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Josh Weil is counting on Pinellas voters for his U.S. Senate bid
He’s focused on fixing the Florida Democratic party and funding voter registration in Pinellas and Miami-Dade.
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‘Big, beautiful’ backdoor abortion ban could close 200 Planned Parenthood clinics
Planned Parenthood relies heavily on Medicaid funding, not to provide abortions (except in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening health emergencies), but to provide standard reproductive health care at little to no cost
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Ahead of anti-Trump rallies, officials say: ‘If you resist lawful orders, you’re going to jail’
At least 10 “No Kings” protests are planned for Saturday around Tampa Bay.
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DeSantis signs Brooke’s Law targeting deepfake porn
The state could pursue damages and civil penalties from companies that don’t make good faith efforts to remove deepfakes.
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Senate won’t confirm two of DeSantis’s top health care secretaries with Hope Florida ties
‘I’d have a hard time voting for Secretary Harris unless she came clean and had a very different story than what she’s telling the House.’