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Deltona lawmaker calls transgender people ‘mutants’ and ‘demons’ over bathroom bill
The bill seeks to prevent trans people from using bathrooms that don’t line up with their sex assigned at birth
Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
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Ten big issues to be resolved as Florida’s legislative session reaches halfway point
The House and Senate have passed high-profile bills involving issues such as affordable housing and school vouchers
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Florida Senate passes bill that blocks doctors from offering gender-affirming treatments to trans youths
The bill could lead to felony charges for doctors who provide the treatments to minors
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Gov. DeSantis asks Florida Supreme Court to toss out Andrew Warren’s case
Attorneys wrote that a petition filed by Warren at the Supreme Court ‘presents quintessential political questions’
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Bill to ban abortion after six weeks advances in Florida Senate
The bill will now go to the House, where it is expected to pass
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Florida Republicans want to make it harder to declare public-health emergencies
The bill comes after a statewide public-health emergency that lasted for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says abortion legal precedents are ‘clearly erroneous’
Lawyers in Moody’s office filed a 67-page brief arguing that justices should uphold a 2022 law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy
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Fight over Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law goes to federal appeals court
The notice of appeal does not detail arguments that the plaintiffs will make at the Atlanta-based appeals court
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Republicans on Florida House panel vote to approve bill that allows 18-year-olds to buy long guns
HB 1543 would reverse part of a 2018 law that set the minimum age at 21.
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Bipartisan bill would set later start times at Florida public schools
The proposal would set start times for high schools and middle schools that would be in tune with teens’ natural rhythms
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Florida Republicans file bill that would make puberty blockers, hormone therapy for trans youths illegal
The bill would go further by placing a prohibition in state law — and requiring that doctors lose their licenses if they commit violations.
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Florida lawmakers appeal in subpoena fight over controversial laws restricting race-related education
The judge ordered the lawmakers turn over certain “factually based information” to the plaintiffs
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U.S. Supreme Court asks to halt Florida’s first execution since 2019
Donald David Dillbeck was initially sentenced to life in prison in the 1979 shooting of Lee County sheriff’s deputy
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Florida property insurance company left insolvent after Hurricane Ian losses
The state placed six insurers into receivership in 2022 because of insolvencies
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Florida legislature gives DeSantis permission and a budget to transport migrants out of state to so-called ‘sanctuary’ areas
House Democrats called the measure a ‘political ploy’ to help DeSantis
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Florida Senate passes Gov. DeSantis’ bills for migrant flight program and election fraud prosecution
‘Fiscal conservative, small government, this is not.’
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Under new proposal, Disney’s Reedy Creek would be renamed, and DeSantis would handpick its board
The bill is expected to be heard Wednesday by the House State Affairs Committee
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Florida military veterans’ nursing homes struggle with staffing shortages
Many veterans homes have had to turn to costly staffing agencies.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis targets prescription drug ‘middlemen’
He hopes to make the issue a priority in the 2023 legislative session
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Florida Attorney General contends in federal court that CDC air travel mask order ‘does nothing’
Taking preventative measures is part of the CDC’s core mission, says DOJ — it’s literally in their name