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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs series of school ‘deregulation’ bills
The bills were a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo during the 2024 legislative session
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Florida official pushes new state bird, wants to drop mockingbird
Texas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas also have the northern mockingbird as their state birds
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bills targeting AI political ads, vape products and more
The 28 bills signed Friday were passed during the legislative session that ended March 8
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Suspended Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell qualifies to run for old position
Two prosecutors suspended by Gov. DeSantis qualified to run in November for their old positions
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DeSantis approves $1.5 billion from Florida budget for Everglades restoration
The funding is separate from a bill DeSantis signed that designates money from the Seminole Tribe of Florida into buying and maintaining land in a state wildlife corridor
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Eatonville among finalists for the selection of a Florida Museum of Black History
Other finalists are St. Johns County and Opa-locka in Miami-Dade County
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Florida will appeal ruling after judge says state can’t enforce pronoun law against teacher
Walker’s decision said that the law violated the First Amendment
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President Joe Biden will appear in Tampa next week
The trip comes as polls show the president trailing Trump in the runup to the 2024 election.
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Citizens Insurance, Florida’s insurer of ‘last resort,’ adds 4,000 policies
Citizens had more than 1.176 million policies as of Friday, up from 1.172 million a week earlier
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Tampa Democrat Ashley Brundage aims to become Florida’s first transgender member of state Legislature
‘We are witnessing an unprecedented wave of policies that undermine the rights and dignity of LGBTQ+ Floridians’
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Pot companies are pouring money into Florida’s recreational marijuana initiative
Trulieve has contributed nearly $50 million to pass a constitutional amendment to authorize recreational marijuana in Florida
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Controversial Florida bill blocking civilian review boards from investigating cops heads to DeSantis
The measure would affect at least 21 cities with civilian review boards, including Orlando
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Florida AG Ashley Moody joins lawsuit to block Biden’s student-debt forgiveness plan
Along with Florida, the other states that filed the lawsuit are Missouri, Arkansas, Georgia, Ohio and Oklahoma
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Disney granted delay in legal battle with Florida Gov. DeSantis over oversight district
Disney asked for a 60-day extension in submitting an opening brief to ‘facilitate’ negotiations
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Disney asks for delay from appeals court in legal battle with Florida Gov. DeSantis
Disney asked for a 60-day extension in submitting an opening brief to ‘facilitate’ negotiations
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill to use gambling money for Florida’s environmental projects
Much of the money will come from a 2021 gambling deal that the state reached with the Seminole Tribe of Florida
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning state money from going to local public-transit advertising
DeSantis on Wednesday signed a wide-ranging transportation package
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‘This state will start to smell like marijuana’: Gov. DeSantis complains about marijuana, abortion amendments in Florida
The governor criticized the recreational marijuana measure, which will appear as Amendment 3 on the November ballot, calling it the ‘weed one’
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Florida bill blocking local workplace heat protection standards is now in DeSantis’ hands
The bill is what’s known as a ‘preemption’ measure, meaning it would take authority away from local governments
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Florida GOP extends voter registration lead over Democrats by more than 855,000
Democrats historically held a registration lead in the state, but Republicans overtook them in 2021