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Marijuana amendment group confident it’ll make 2026 Florida ballot
Despite a legal setback, Smart & Safe Florida insists they still can qualify for the 2026 ballot
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Campbell’s says it uses ‘100% real chicken’ after Uthmeier moves to investigate
Florida’s AG said his office is investigating allegations that Campbell’s uses bioengineered meat in their soups
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Florida AG to investigate Campbell’s after VP exposed for saying soup is bioengineered ‘sh-t for poor people’
A former employee recorded the exec’s hour-long rant that included racist speech, admitting to working high off edibles and more
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Florida county leaders say ‘DOGE’ audits lack context, including state mandated spending
“This whole thing is a made-for-television event, and it’s specifically made for television for the CFO’s reelection”
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‘Myriad of accountability problems’: Florida Senate plans to clean up school voucher system shortfalls
An audit found “funding did not follow the child” to private schools or homeschool
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Tampa photojournalist arrested outside ICE detention center in Miami
Decker, who was on assignment for three news outlets, was covering a protest action by Sunshine Movement, which saw many of its members arrested.
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Florida Representative charged with stealing $5M in FEMA funds
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted for allegedly stealing $5M and laundering it for her 2021 congressional campaign
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DeSantis says Trump’s oil drilling could ‘weaken’ environment, military training
This is one of the rarer instances of DeSantis breaking with Trump since the 2024 elections
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Christian supremacist content creators mock, spit, wave bacon at praying Muslim students at USF
In Florida, maliciously disturbing a religious gathering is a first-degree misdemeanor, or a third-degree felony with hate crime enhancement
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Florida election supervisors again ask lawmakers to make it easier to vote by mail
Whether the GOP-controlled Legislature will act on the request is questionable
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Florida AG asks judge to toss out challenge to kratom 7-OH ban
Uthmeier said the ban was needed “to avoid an imminent hazard to the public safety.”
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Florida Republican files bill to decriminalize drug testing tools
The bill, if approved, would make it legal to use testing strips, and could help curb overdose deaths
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Florida House again moves to allow teens to purchase guns
The controversial bill would lower the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 21 to 18
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Florida lawmakers wary about adoption of Heritage Foundation pledge
The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think tank that authored Project 2025
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Opponents ask DeSantis to stop the 2025 Florida bear hunt
Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade is set to start next month
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Supreme Court turns down Florida school’s pregame prayer case
The case stems from a 2015 game where the athletic association denied use of the loudspeaker for a prayer at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium
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Florida AG supports federal ban of hemp-derived THC products
A nationwide ban on most hemp-derived THC products was approved by Congress last week and is scheduled to take effect late next year
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Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings intends to change home rule if elected governor
The latest such move by the Legislature is a law passed earlier this year that restricts local governments from regulating development
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Florida advances marijuana amendment toward 2026 ballot
A pro-marijuana group sued the DeSantis administration for allegedly slow-walking the process to put an amendment on the ballot