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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
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Florida lawmakers offer safety plan for students with autism
The bills requires schools to create plans and assign personnel to address situations in which students with autism wander from safe areas
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Florida Republican tries again to ban removal of Confederate monuments
The push to remove Confederate images emerged in 2015, after white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine Black people in a Charleston church
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Florida first state to adopt conservative education plan via Heritage Foundation
Critics described the Heritage Foundation declaration as promoting indoctrination
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Ban on kratom 7-OH in Florida challenged
Doctors say 7-OH acts on the same parts of the brain and is as addictive as opioids
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‘Drag Race’ star claps back at Florida AG ‘Mister Urethra’ for targeting Christmas show
Uthmeier called the touring show “openly anti-Christian,” expressing his concern it would result in religious discrimination.
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Florida bill would impose timelines for governor to set special election dates
Gov. DeSantis’ delay means some voters won’t be represented until after the next legislative session ends