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Florida Republican files legislation to allow college students to carry guns on campus
Sen. Randy Fine has said such legislation is necessary to protect students from ‘on-campus Muslim terror’
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New bill would ease the way for Trump to build his presidential library in Florida
Sen. Jason Brodeur wants to ensure that no local government in the state interferes with any plans to construct a presidential library here
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Majority of Florida residents don’t support changing the Gulf of Mexico to the ‘Gulf of America,’ poll shows
A majority of respondents — 58% — said that they oppose the idea strongly or somewhat
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Rick Scott has yet to comment on DeSantis repealing in-state tuition for Dreamers
The law is now scheduled to go into effect on July 1
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Florida Republican files bill to allow for ‘home grow’ of medical marijuana
Sen. Joe Gruters’ bill would allow a qualified medical marijuana patient to grow up to two cannabis plants at his or her home
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Orlando area Rep. Maxwell Frost among Democrats denied entrance into the Dept. of Education building
President Donald Trump has called for closing down the department
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis praises Elon Musk’s DOGE team for exposing ‘really deep corruption’
However, a new poll indicates a growing percentage of Republicans aren’t pleased by all of Musk’s moves
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Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna files bill to carve Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore
Luna said the bill aims to honor Trump ‘for his transformative impact on America and the historical significance of his leadership’
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DeSantis vows to fight like a ‘junkyard dog’ until Florida lawmakers pass Trump-aligned immigration reforms
‘These issues — the immigration and election integrity — I’m not letting go,’ he said
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Florida Democrat Rep. Diane Hart refiles inmate ‘gain-time’ proposal
Her proposal would reduce the minimum sentence that a defendant must serve in Florida prisons from 85% of its original length to 72%
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‘I have a big problem with people merely being accused and deported’: Central Florida Dem says he can’t support Laken Riley Act
Rep. Darren Soto says the measure needs to be amended to exempt ‘dreamers’ and those on Temporary Protected Status before he can get behind it
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Gov. DeSantis calls Trump’s executive orders on immigration ‘a great road map’ for Florida
Among the actions Trump has now put forth are declaring migrant crossings along the U.S.- Mexico border a national emergency
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DeSantis taps Ashley Moody to take Marco Rubio’s seat in U.S. Senate
Speaking in Orlando, DeSantis said that on the issues he’s ran on since he was elected in 2018, Moody has been right at his side of all of those battles
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DeSantis releases immigration proposals he wants Florida Legislature to pass
The governor wants to broaden the legal definition of ‘gang-related activities’ so that it includes undocumented immigrants, for one
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Florida legislative leaders reject DeSantis’ call for a special session this month
Despite the legislative leaders comments, DeSantis is determined that the Legislature convene for a special session
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Florida Gov. DeSantis calls for special session on immigration, other issues
DeSantis’ call for a special session was slammed by Orlando Democratic House Rep. Anna Eskamani
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Florida Senator files bill for anti-discrimination protections for medical marijuana patients
The measure also would prohibit the presumption of neglect or child endangerment based on a parent’s status as a certified medical marijuana patient
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Gen Z leader now running for vice chair of Florida Democratic Party
Jayden D’Onofrio, the 20-year-old chair of the Florida Future Leaders PAC, announced his candidacy for the post on Thursday
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Florida Democrat Lindsay Cross predicts a Florida bear hunt in 2025 would be ‘wildly unpopular’
Florida’s last black bear hunt was in 2015 and was shut down after its second day after nearly 300 bears had been killed
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Donald Trump doesn’t think DeSantis will appoint Lara Trump to U.S. Senate seat
‘I probably don’t, but I don’t know. Ron’s doing a good job and that’s his choice. Nothing to do with me.’