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NOAA updates this year’s hurricane forecast to ‘above normal’
NOAA is now predicting six to 11 hurricanes, up from an earlier forecast of five to nine
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Appeals court backs ruling in Florida medical marijuana ordering case
Van Wyk and the appeals court sided with Leafly Holdings, Inc., an online site that challenged the department
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Advocates call for injunction against Florida’s new immigration law
The law makes it a felony to transport into the state people who enter the country illegally
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Rising ocean temps, oil costs driving Florida’s spike in gas prices, says AAA
The state hit an average of $3.84 a gallon on Friday, the highest price of the year
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DeSantis ‘reloads’ presidential run by replacing his campaign manager
Don’t call it a reboot, please — definitely do not think about boots, white boots, boots of any kind
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Major Florida citrus grower says crop harvest decreased by more than 50 percent this season
Alico, Inc. harvested about 2.7 million boxes of fruit during the nine-month period
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Another state dropped from list of invalid driver’s licenses in Florida
The list is now down to certain types of licenses from two states
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Citizens, Florida’s state-backed property insurance of last resort, hits 1.35 million policies
Citizens added nearly 9,600 policies last week as it continues to see explosive growth
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Kamala Harris refuses ‘unnecessary debate’ with DeSantis on whether slaves benefited from slavery
Harris blasted the new Florida standards as ‘propaganda’ being pushed on children
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Muslim advocacy group urges Florida to reject PragerU content in schools
‘A number of PragerU’s videos spread anti-Muslim rhetoric and conspiracy theories’
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Florida Black lawmakers press state to change new school curriculum that says slaves benefited from slavery
The standards have drawn criticism from the White House and prompted a defense from Gov. DeSantis
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‘Marxist studies, that’s not a loss for Florida’: DeSantis shrugs off high faculty turnover at New College
New College has been filling positions that account for nearly a third of the school’s faculty
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Florida Gov. DeSantis uninjured in car crash on way to presidential campaign event
The crash happened Tuesday morning on the way to a presidential-campaign event in Tennessee
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Florida approves PragerU’s conservative ‘curriculum’ to be used in schools
Descriptions of the content on the PragerU website bill it as ‘the leading network with educational, entertaining, pro-American kids shows for every grade’
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Vice President Harris condemns Florida’s ‘extremist’ leaders over education guidelines about slavery
Harris joined numerous Black leaders throughout the country in criticizing state officials for signing off on the curriculum changes
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Florida won’t hold a bear hunt this year, officials confirm
Concerns that discussion of a hunt might be on the agenda drew animal rights advocates to the commission’s meeting Thursday
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Florida education board approves new rules on bathroom use and preferred pronouns in public schools
The revised rule came after Gov. DeSantis and lawmakers approved a law prohibiting instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity
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Florida’s new law targeting public-employee unions faces another lawsuit
The Jacksonville lawsuit challenges three parts of the law and seeks a preliminary injunction
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New College of Florida faces ‘ridiculously high’ level of faculty turnover
For example, six faculty members have retired, six have resigned and six took leave without pay
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Two states removed from list of driver’s licenses deemed invalid in Florida
‘Someone who is in our country illegally and has violated our laws should not possess a government-issued ID,’ Gov. DeSantis said.