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Florida’s minimum wage increases to $13 an hour next week
The state continues to carry out a constitutional amendment that eventually will lead to a $15 minimum wage
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Committee aiming to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida raises over $100 million
Overall, Smart & Safe Florida had raised $100,751,446 in cash and $607,381 in in-kind contributions since 2022
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Non-profit group files federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s voter verification process
The process ‘not only places the burden of verification on Black voters, it further disenfranchises Black eligible voters,’ the lawsuit alleges
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Florida’s fight to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution draws big money donations from both sides
The Floridians Protecting Freedom committee raised $417,410 from Aug. 31 through Sept. 6
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Florida attorney challenges DeSantis administration over state-run anti-abortion website
While the agency contends the information presents facts, critics said the information is biased
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Trulieve adds another $7.5 million to effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida
The company’s total contributions now total nearly $83 million
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Forecasters ease storm predictions for 2024 hurricane season
The Atlantic Ocean was relatively quiet over the Labor Day weekend
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Company asks for preliminary injunction over Florida law banning ‘lab-grown’ meat
The law, in part, makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to sell or manufacture cultivated meat
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Mormon church wants to annex over 50,000 acres of land into Orlando
The company said it has completed what are known as ‘sector plans’ for property it owns in Osceola County
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Florida faculty union pushes back at state directive to review courses for ‘antisemitic material’ and ‘anti-Israeli’ bias
“We reject the premise that this directive is a good faith effort to uncover ‘bias,’” the statement said
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Florida’s state-backed Citizens Insurance adds another 4,000 policies
Florida is nearing the halfway point of the 2024 hurricane season
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Committee working to enshrine abortion into Florida Constitution raises another $7.26 million
The Floridians Protecting Freedom committee had raised a total of $47 million since forming in spring 2023
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DeSantis calls for investigation into former University of Florida President Ben Sasse’s ‘exorbitant spending’
Sasse, who had been at UF less than two years, abruptly resigned in July, citing his wife’s health
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Trump expects Florida’s abortion amendment to pass, but won’t say how he’ll vote
‘I think probably the vote will go in a little more liberal way than people thought’
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Florida may have to pay $3.2 million in legal fees, after judge throws out voter restrictions law
Walker ruled in 2022 that the law was intended to discriminate against Black voters
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Hedge-fund billionaire gives $12 million to PAC fighting Florida’s recreational marijuana initiative
Griffin called the proposed amendment ‘a terrible plan to create the nation’s most expansive and destructive marijuana laws’
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DeSantis declares state of emergency for 54 Florida counties as storm develops
A tropical wave with a high chance of strengthening into a more-threatening storm was on a path that could reach the state this weekend
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Florida may have to pay businesses’ legal fees after judge permanently blocks part of ‘Stop Woke’ law
Tuesday’s motion for attorney fees described the plaintiffs’ success in the case as ‘resounding’
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Federal judge refuses Florida’s request to block Title IX rule over LGBTQ+ protections
The states and other plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in April, alleging, in part, that the Biden administration overstepped its legal authority
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Florida sheriffs and police chiefs oppose recreational marijuana initiative
‘The well-being and health of the citizens of Florida are threatened through the legalization and normalization of recreational marijuana’