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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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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bills to hide his own travel records, target Disney’s monorail
DeSantis has been traveling across the country as he prepares for a potential 2024 presidential campaign
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Florida unions file lawsuits over DeSantis’ union-busting bill and prepare for fight ahead
From legal challenges to boots-on-the-ground organizing, Florida union members aren’t ready to let their unions be crushed by a new anti-union law without a fight
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to outlaw COVID-19 mandates
DeSantis held a bill-signing event in Destin on the same day that a federal public-health emergency for COVID-19 was set to end
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs anti-immigration bill into law, requiring E-Verify and funding migrant transport
‘The Florida Legislature is punishing the wrong people for that and, in the process, dehumanizing their existence’
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to ban students from using phones and TikTok in schools
The law will take effect in July
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs anti-union bill into law, calling it ‘paycheck protection’
DeSantis calls it protection, but teachers have described it as an attack on their unions
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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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Former death row inmates slam new Florida law making it easier to impose capital punishment
‘All this state believes in is, kill them or lock them up and throw the key away.’
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bills targeting China ‘influence,’ banning TikTok
The most contentious measure seeks to prevent Chinese citizens from purchasing land in Florida
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Florida groups urge DeSantis to veto bills that would weaken renter protections
HB 1417 and HB 133 would wipe out local renter protections and allow landlords to charge nonrefundable ‘junk fees’
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Florida abortion rights groups launch campaign for constitutional amendment
Spearheaded by Floridians Protecting Freedom, the proposal seeks to ensure abortion rights up to fetal viability
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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 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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Florida group proposes constitutional amendment protecting right to abortion
Floridians Protecting Freedom will begin a ballot initiative campaign next week
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Jury acquits former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum of lying to the F.B.I.
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on conspiracy and fraud charges
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Florida bill to ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youths heads to DeSantis
DeSantis, who has called such treatments ‘child mutilation,’ is expected to sign the bill
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Florida legislators vote to decriminalize fentanyl test strips to help address overdose crisis
In a rare bipartisan move, legislators agree on the bare minimum in smart drug policy, which now heads to DeSantis.
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Florida Republicans pass anti-trans bill targeting bathroom use
The measure is ready to go to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it