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Florida House passes proposal to let school-board candidates run with party labels
The House on Friday also passed a bill that would change residency requirements for school-board candidates
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Florida House votes to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, ban preferred pronouns in schools
The expansion would prevent instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity through eighth grade
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Florida Senate votes to change requirements for death sentence
The issue emerged after Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz was sentenced to life in prison
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Florida Senate committee advances controversial measures targeting trans bathroom use, drag shows
The bills are part of a series of moves by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature targeting transgender minors and adults
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Florida’s constitutional carry gun law gets final approval, heads to Gov. DeSantis
The bill would allow people to carry concealed weapons without having to meet requirements such as firearms training and background screening
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Office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says abortion legal precedents are ‘clearly erroneous’
Lawyers in Moody’s office filed a 67-page brief arguing that justices should uphold a 2022 law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy
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Florida bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips sails through Senate with bipartisan support
The Florida Senate unanimously approved a bill that’s meant to help prevent fentanyl overdose
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Florida’s Republican-controlled Senate approves anti-union bill, largely along party lines
Five Republicans crossed party lines to vote against the bill with Democrats.
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‘This is an attack’: Florida’s extreme abortion ban will likely pass the Senate Thursday
The six-week ban is contingent on a constitutional challenge to Florida’s current 15-week ban
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Florida House and Senate advance proposed record spending plans for 2023-2024 year
DeSantis has requested that funding for the state guard go from $10 million in the current year to more than $95 million in 2023-2024
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All the anti-LGBTQ+ laws being proposed in Florida — and how you can fight back
Be proud and get loud
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill to expand school voucher program to all Florida students
The bill will make every Florida student eligible to receive vouchers and eliminates current income-eligibility requirements
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Fight over Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law goes to federal appeals court
The notice of appeal does not detail arguments that the plaintiffs will make at the Atlanta-based appeals court
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Chain dollar stores harm communities, says report from the Institute for Self Reliance
‘Predatory tactics’ enable ‘a public health disaster’
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Florida House passes constitutional carry gun bill
The measure would end a decades-old requirement for background checks and training to carry guns
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Florida House passes ‘Live Local Act,’ which bans rent control, gives tax breaks to developers
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo’s $711 million effort to make housing more affordable for working Floridians is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Florida’s anti-union bill could risk over $500 million in federal funds, unions say
Meanwhile, sponsor Sen. Blaise Ingoglia insists that the bill is pro-union.
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‘Why are we going after children?’: Sen. Victor Torres blasts Florida bill to block care for trans youths
Torres spoke about his trans granddaughter in a testimony against the bill
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Video appears to show Florida man feeding alligator a sandwich
Please do not do this. Ever.
