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Trulieve adds another $5 million to effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida
Smart & Safe Florida is leading efforts to pass a recreational-marijuana initiative on the November ballot.
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Federal judge permanently blocks part of Florida’s ‘Stop Woke’ law
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a two-page order granting a permanent injunction against the workplace-training part of the law
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Florida’s population reaches 23 million, projected to add a city’s worth of people every year
‘These increases are analogous to adding a city slightly smaller than Orlando, but larger than St. Petersburg every year’
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PAC aiming to put Medicaid expansion on Florida ballot raises $225K
Almost all of the new money raised by the Florida Decides Healthcare committee came from the California-based Tides Foundation
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PAC aiming to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida raises $313K in a week
In all, the Smart & Safe Florida committee has raised nearly $61.5 million
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Florida gas prices unchanged following Hurricane Beryl, holiday weekend
‘While a record 60 million travelers were forecast to hit the highways, the overall demand number for gas dropped’
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Florida House Speaker Paul Renner contributes $1 million to PAC fighting proposed abortion amendment
The Archdiocese of Miami also contributed $129,037 to Florida Voters Against Extremism
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Florida group leading abortion rights measure raises another $509k in one week
About half of the funds raised came from Planned Parenthood over the one-week period, out of over 1,000 mostly small-dollar donations total.
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Revised lawsuit says DeSantis ‘disenfranchised’ voters by suspending Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell
The federal lawsuit alleges that DeSantis’ decision violated due-process and First Amendment rights
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Committee working to enshrine abortion into Florida Constitution raises another $293K
The Floridians Protecting Freedom political committee had raised a total of $38.271 million since being formed in spring 2023
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State-backed Citizens Insurance tops 1.2 million policies ahead of Florida hurricane season
With hurricane season starting June 1, Citizens officials have said they do not expect private carriers to take out policies over the next few months
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Gov. DeSantis’ net worth tops $1.7 million following presidential run, book sales
DeSantis’ finances have received a jolt from his 2023 book, ‘The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival’
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Florida Gov. DeSantis vetoes agriculture bill over fears it could help with ‘housing of illegal alien workers’
Some farmers cut back on planting this year and might again next year because of labor shortages related to the state’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants
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DeSantis vetoes bill requiring Florida Department of Health to issue warnings for unsafe water
DeSantis, in a veto letter, objected to the amount of authority that would have been given to the Department of Health
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DeSantis signs bill to shield Florida Gaming Control Commission from public records requests
The bill was approved unanimously by the Legislature this year after drawing little attention
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Catholic dioceses largely fund PAC fighting Florida’s proposed abortion amendment
The Florida Voters Against Extremism committee had about $190,000 in cash on hand as of June 14
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Committee working to enshrine abortion into Florida Constitution raises nearly $20 million
The Floridians Protecting Freedom committee had about $15.1 million in cash on hand as of June 14
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DeSantis signs bills to help boost research into cancer, rare diseases
DeSantis last week signed a budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year that includes $127.5 million for the program
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PAC working to enshrine abortion into Florida Constitution raises nearly $11.8 million
The Floridians Protecting Freedom committee brought in $11,796,620 in cash
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs ‘safe exchange’ child custody bill
Judges could require use of such locations if ‘there is a risk or an imminent threat of harm to one party or the child during the exchange’