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DeSantis not interested in GOP ‘summit’ to help negotiate Florida budget
‘You don’t need a summit to just keep doing what we’ve been doing,’ he said
Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
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More Floridians support property tax cuts over sales tax cut, survey says
House Speaker Daniel Perez said the Florida Constitution prohibits the Legislature from exercising direct control over property taxes
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Sen. Cory Booker, filibuster record holder, to co-headline Florida Democrats’ summer event
Booker made history last month when he stood on the Senate floor and gave a 25-hour speech protesting the actions of the Trump administration
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Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost to hold a town hall in Republican-held congressional district this weekend
The venue is in Sarasota in Florida’s 17th Congressional District, held by Republican Greg Steube
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Florida bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote fails, after angering those on both sides
The measure arose shortly after President Trump issued his executive order requiring voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote
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DeSantis stands by AG James Uthmeier’s defiance of federal courts over immigration arrests
The governor said the episode raises a ‘larger issue’ of who can enact public policy in the U.S.
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DeSantis blasts Florida House Republicans’ property tax panel as ‘dog and pony show’
‘It’s honestly not that hard to do any of this stuff,’ DeSantis said
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Florida hemp industry dodges regulations on THC products, hemp-infused drinks this year
The Legislature failed to pass anything on hemp before unofficially ending the legislative session Friday
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DeSantis says he’ll sign bill banning fluoride from drinking water in Florida
‘It’s forced medication when they’re jamming fluoride into your water supply,’ DeSantis said
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Florida now faces lawsuit over newly passed constitutional amendment restrictions
Florida Decides Healthcare complains the state has changed the rules in the middle of the process — which is why the organization has so quickly filed its lawsuit
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Florida bill to protect state parks heads to last stop before hitting DeSantis’ desk
‘This is democracy at work,’ Sen. Gayle Harrell said before the Senate passed the measure
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Bill to help Trump build his presidential library in Florida heads to DeSantis’ desk
The measure bans local governments from interfering with any plans to construct a presidential library in Florida
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Amendment to allow Florida’s wrongfully incarcerated to get compensation heads to DeSantis
Since 1989, 91 people in Florida have been exonerated or released from incarceration as a result of post-conviction DNA testing
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Majority of Florida Hispanic voters hold negative view of Trump’s first 100 days, poll shows
The survey of those Florida Hispanic voters shows that 57% believe the country is going in the wrong direction
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Florida bill to scrap anonymous law enforcement complaints approved by House
The Florida Sheriffs Association and the Florida Police Chiefs Association have both came out in opposition to the bill
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‘The Democratic Party in Florida is dead’: Senate leader Jason Pizzo switches to independent
‘It craves and screams anarchy and then demands amnesty, and that’s not okay,’ he said.
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FSU students, Florida lawmakers protest weak gun safety laws after deadly shooting
One student referred specifically to the proposal passed in the Florida House that would lower the age to buy firearms from 21 to 18
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Trump appoints Florida Republican Joe Gruters to Homeland Security Council
His alliance with Trump dates back to when he was named co-chair of Trump’s first presidential campaign in Florida in 2015
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After FSU shooting, Florida Republican proud to have voted against ‘moronic campus carry bill’
Sen. Ileana Garcia joined with Democratic Sens. Jason Pizzo, Mack Bernard, and Carlos Guillermo Smith in opposing the proposal
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Florida House passes bill to restore citizens’ gun rights during local state of emergency
Democratic Rep. Gottlieb said he believed the bill carried ‘wide-ranging implications that could endanger us in society’