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Over three dozen voting-rights group urge Gov. DeSantis to veto major Florida elections bill
The proposal also would help clear the way for DeSantis to run for president in 2024
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Florida’s Board of Education will consider publishing an annual list of banned library books
The proposed rule lays out a process for districts to report materials ‘subject to an objection by a parent or resident’ of school districts
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Florida Agriculture Commissioner says farmers will face ‘challenges,’ amid new immigration legislation
The law requires businesses to use the federal E-Verify system to check employees’ immigration status
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Florida attorney general seeks to block recreational marijuana amendment from 2024 ballot
Moody wrote that she thinks ‘the proposed amendment fails to meet the requirements’ of part of state law
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Florida Gov. DeSantis approves later start times for middle and high school students
The start times will be required to take effect by July 2026, giving school districts three years to develop plans
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Gov. DeSantis signs bills that ban CBDC, block credit card companies from tracking gun sales
The new laws take effect July 1
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Trulieve spends another $8 million to put recreational pot on Florida’s 2024 ballot
As of April 30, Trulieve had contributed $38.5 million to Smart & Safe Florida
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Hearing set in public records case over Florida-funded migrant flights
A panel will hear arguments in a battle about whether Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration violated state law
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Trial for Florida’s Medicaid coverage of transgender treatments starts this week
The lawsuit contended that denial of reimbursements for treating transgender people is discriminatory
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Florida lawmakers pass bill to allow telehealth renewals for medical marijuana
The bill also could help Black farmers get medical-marijuana licenses after years of delays
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Florida legislators approve later start times for middle, high school students
The changes would have to go into effect by July 2026
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill to overturn Disney development agreement
DeSantis signed the bill as Florida’s legislative session comes to an end
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Proposal to put recreational pot on Florida 2024 ballot only needs 50K more signatures
The proposal also needs to meet certain signatures thresholds in congressional districts
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Florida bill that allows use of radioactive toxic waste for roads heads to Gov. DeSantis
The bill would allow the Department of Transportation to move forward with demonstration projects that include phosphogypsum in aggregate materials in road construction
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Florida Republicans vote to lower gun-buying age, scrapping change made after Parkland shooting
With a week remaining in the 2023 legislative session, the measure faces an uncertain future
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Florida House to vote on bill that would ban ‘political loyalty tests’ in higher education
The bill also would deal with public speakers at universities, including by requiring each school to establish an ‘Office of Public Policy Events’
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Florida gas prices jump 15 cents due to historic flooding
‘If this oil price trend continues, drivers may see falling gas prices.’
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Immigrant-advocacy groups drop lawsuit over DeSantis administration’s migrant flights
The lawsuit was based on a now-moot part of the state budget that was used to fund the flights, which sparked a national controversy
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Florida Senate approves bill that shields travel records and who visits Gov. DeSantis’ mansion
The measure would create a public-records exemption for information held by law-enforcement agencies related to ‘security or transportation services’
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Florida House expected to pass anti-transgender bills targeting healthcare, drag shows, bathrooms
‘We have three bills that will target LGBTQ+ people for no reason but political motivation’