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Funding for free prison phone calls makes it into Florida’s 2026 budget
Advocates hope the proposal, included in the $115 billion budget passed by the Legislature, will survive DeSantis’ veto pen
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Gov. DeSantis signs legislation to relieve financial burdens on Florida condo owners
The measure follows tightened regulations enacted after the 2021 Surfside condo collapse in South Florida
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Florida wants judge to toss out lawsuit over deal allowing Seminole control of online sports betting
Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office last week filed a 34-page motion to dismiss the lawsuit
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ICE raids among issues poised for votes at U.S. Conference of Mayors this weekend in Florida
Also on the table are discussions on handling natural disasters, homelessness and public safety
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Top state Republican ally Marva Johnson is now FAMU president despite widespread pushback
Her appointment has prompted protesters’ concerns that she may prove a political president
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could be bad news for Florida health care, advocates say
Florida leads the nation in Obamacare enrollment in 2025, with 4.7 million people enrolled in the marketplace
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Florida flights return 300 Americans evacuating Israel, DeSantis and FDEM say
According to DeSantis, Florida has helped ‘effectuate’ more than 1,500 people’s exit from Israel
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Florida nonprofit scrambles to continue overdose prevention program after state cuts off funds
The Florida Harm Reduction Collective has been delivering hundreds of overdose prevention kits to Floridians by mail since 2023.
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Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost introduces legislation to make ICE more accountable
Frost argued that ICE agents are abusing the rule of law, skirting due process, and targeting nonviolent working people
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Florida officials open door for state colleges to increase out-of-state tuition by up to 15 percent
In-state tuition has not been raised since 2013
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Orlando Democrat Josh Weil to run for U.S. Senate, wants to raise funds for other Dems
Weil stunned political observers this year by raising more than $15M in a district that had elected a Republican by 33 points just five months earlier
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Divided court refuses to halt order requiring manatee protections in Florida
The protections include temporarily preventing new septic tanks in the Indian River Lagoon area
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Federal judge holds Florida AG James Uthmeier in contempt of court over immigration
‘Litigants cannot change the plain meaning of words as it suits them,’ the judge wrote
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‘Pathetic, weak lame duck’: Group wants a safe place for anti-Trump Republicans in Florida
The organization has chairs in 17 states and is working to establish a presence in all 50
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Florida lawmakers approve $115.1 billion budget after session marked by ‘conflict and controversy’
The budget, which will take effect with the July 1 start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, remains subject to DeSantis vetoes
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Florida’s $1.3 billion tax package would give tax cuts on school shopping, hurricane supplies, commercial leases
But Senate Appropriations Chairman Ed Hooper said nobody will ‘get rich and go have a European vacation’ on the tax cuts
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‘Big, beautiful’ backdoor abortion ban could close 200 Planned Parenthood clinics
The Republican-led bill includes sweeping tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and steep spending cuts to social services
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DeSantis to decide whether Florida gets a ‘President Donald J. Trump Boulevard’
The bill also would designate part of West South Street in Orlando as ‘Geraldine Thompson Way’
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‘If you resist lawful orders, you’re going to jail,’ Florida officials say ahead of anti-Trump rallies
The messaging reflects Trump’s warnings that those who protest the D.C. parade will be met with ‘very heavy force’
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Florida Christian schools urges U.S. Supreme Court to take up battle over pre-game prayer
The appeals-court panel concluded that announcements at a 2015 championship game at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium were ‘government speech’