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Florida can expect ‘very, very busy hurricane season’ in 2024, experts say
The university projected 23 named storms and 11 hurricanes, with five reaching major hurricanes status
Jim Turner News Service of Florida
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COVID-19 pandemic tanked Visit Florida’s return on investment, report says
With tourists back at beaches, theme parks and other attractions, the analysis projects that Visit Florida’s economic return will rebound
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Florida Gov. DeSantis and Disney settle ongoing legal feud
The settlement also came as the district board on Wednesday appointed Stephanie Kopelousos to the $400,000-a-year position as district administrator
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill weakening Florida’s child labor laws
The measure will ease decades-old regulations on the hours that 16- and 17-year-olds can work
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill aimed at preventing homeless people from sleeping in public
He says he doesn’t want Florida to become like places such as San Francisco
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Bears, beef and every other big-ticket item in Florida’s $117.46 billion budget
The budget drew almost unanimous support Friday and is headed to Gov. DeSantis
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Florida bill aimed at preventing homeless people from sleeping in public heads to DeSantis
It would bar cities and counties from allowing people to sleep at places such as public buildings and in public rights of way
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Florida Senate backs ban on ‘fake meat’
The bill, which is backed by state agriculture groups, would make it a second-degree misdemeanor to sell or manufacture lab-grown meat
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Florida Senate approves bill that allows shooting bears in self defense
Critics contend passing the bill will result in increased deaths of the once-threatened species
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Florida legislators agree to use hundreds of millions in gambling money to pay for wildlife corridor
The corridor is envisioned as connecting 18 million acres of publicly owned land and agricultural properties
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Florida lawmakers back bill that bans sale of lab-grown meat
‘Until we have long-term studies that tell me what lab-grown immortalized cells do to your body, I challenge you to put it in your child,’ Alvarez said
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Florida Gov. DeSantis backs bill that bans sleeping in public
‘What we don’t want to see in the legislation is any incentive to create homeless camps,’ DeSantis said
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House Republicans vote to roll back child labor laws in Florida
The measure would eliminate a decades-old restriction on 16- and 17-year-olds working more than eight hours
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Florida Republicans want to stop cities from removing Confederate monuments
Bill sponsor Dean Black said there has been a ‘war’ on historic monuments by local governments
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Florida Republicans back controversial bill that bans people from sleeping or camping in public
Bill sponsor Jonathan Martin called his proposal a way to address a mental-health crisis and assist the ‘chronically homeless’
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DeSantis could deploy Florida State Guard to other states under new bill
After DeSantis revived the volunteer force in 2022, it was expanded from up to 400 to 1,500 members
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Florida Senate committee backs bill that would ban removal of Confederate monuments
Martin said monuments and memorials are available for people who don’t have time or money to take history in college.
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New Florida bill would make it harder for cities and counties to raise taxes
Under the bill, two-third votes would not be required when tax rates remain the same but property owners pay more because of increased values
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Orange County lawmakers back proposal to restore Disney’s control of special district
The proposal would repeal a law passed last year that gave DeSantis authority to appoint the district’s board
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Florida approves plan to spend $19 million to conserve rural land
DeSantis has also pitched $100 million for the Florida Forever program in his 2024-2025 budget recommendations