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Bill requiring U.S. citizenship to register to vote passed by Florida House
The bill also removes student IDs as an acceptable form of identification when voting at the polls
Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
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Florida GOP voters say a DeSantis endorsement for governor means more than Trump’s
DeSantis has not endorsed any candidate to succeed him as governor so far
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Orange County among potential sites for proposed $127M prison, report says
The House proposed $127 million for planning and design of a new 4,800-prisoner facility and adjoining 600-bed hospital unit
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Florida House passes $5M plan to rename an airport after Trump
Trump lost Palm Beach County, the location of the proposed airport, to Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election
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New bill would ban cites, counties from enacting climate change policies
The bill says that it is Florida state policy to prohibit the adoption or implementation of “net-zero policies” by government entities
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Florida bill to brand certain groups as domestic terrorists advances
The bill includes a provision that would ban schools with affiliations to designated foreign or domestic terrorist organizations from receiving school voucher funds
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DeSantis’ $374M request for correction officer pay raises gets a boost
Florida Lieutenant Gov. Jay Collins — candidate for the Republican nomination for governor — is promoting DeSantis’ budget request
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Reps. Maxwell Frost, Darren Soto tell Kristi Noem not to open ICE facility in Orlando
Reports of ICE opening a processing center in Orlando have emerged in recent weeks, with a reported cost of nearly $100M
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Bill banning open containers of cannabis while driving advances
The bill would work the same way Florida law does now in banning driving with open containers of alcohol
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Public-sector workers don’t need to use people’s preferred pronouns, bill says
A measure to impose state regulations on pronoun use was approved in its first committee stops in both the Florida Senate and House this week
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Proposal to clarify if ex-felons are eligible to vote advances in Senate – but not House
The proposal has been pushed by voting rights advocates for years
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CAIR Florida comes to the Capitol, despite ‘terrorist’ claims from DeSantis
CAIR Florida is speaking out against several bills filed this legislative session, none bigger for them than HB 1471
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Gun-safety advocates push to preserve Florida’s red-flag law
Risk-protection orders can authorize confiscation of firearms from individuals deemed a danger to themselves or others
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Youth climate-change activists redirect focus to opposing AI data centers
Activists are backing legislation that would protect Floridians from being taken advantage of by corporations’ AI data centers
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Bills to clarify whether ex-felons can legally vote advance in Senate
Floridians years ago approved a constitutional amendment to restore the voting rights of felons who had completed their sentences
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Black Democrats blast AG Uthmeier’s attack on affirmative action
Uthmeier disparaged what he described as race-based quotas in Florida hiring practices and stipulations for minority representation on different boards, councils, and other panels
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Orlando lawmakers, LGBTQ advocates push back on slate of ‘bigoted’ legislation
“These distractions are intended to take our attention away from real corruption in the state Florida,” said Orlando Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith.
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Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith says Florida prisons need more money than they’re asking for
The Orlando lawmaker cites finding that the agency’s path was ‘unsustainable.’
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Florida House again passes bill to allow teens to buy guns
The Florida House has again passed legislation to drop the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 21 to 18
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David Jolly leads Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings in new Democratic poll
But, the majority of Democratic voters surveyed are undecided at this point ahead of the 2026 Florida race for governor