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DeSantis administration launches state-supported pregnancy website
The Legislature appropriated $466,200 to support the project
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‘Those things are going to happen’: Florida Republican Wilton Simpson downplays heat-related deaths
He said human error was to blame for heat-related deaths on farms, which he described as few and far between
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Florida’s housing crisis: The Puerto Rican face of evictions
Too many Puerto Ricans who moved to the Sunshine State in search of better opportunities are ending up without a safe place to live
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Florida Gov. DeSantis’ education budget targets teacher pay, maintains low tuition
The budget proposes nearly $30 billion for K-12 education and a $222 per student funding increase for next school year
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Amid dispute with Florida GOP, DeSantis says ‘we’ll land the plane’ on immigration
DeSantis on Monday said Republicans should focus on ‘policy that makes a difference’
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DeSantis proposes $115.6 billion Florida budget with tax cuts on guns, increased immigration spending
The budget calls for increasing pay for state law-enforcement officers, new sales-tax holiday’ on guns and more
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Florida universities prepare for $22.5 million annual costs from NCAA settlement
State Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. said an ‘arms race’ is underway as some universities outside Florida have already started to address the pending changes
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Florida House Republican wants to make it easier to sue state and local governments
Rep. Fiona McFarland has already had conversations with some of the lobbying organizations that would be most affected by the proposal in hopes of getting them to support her efforts
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DeSantis vows to veto Florida GOP’s latest immigration bill
DeSantis repeatedly called the bill ‘weak’ and ‘pathetic’ and lobbed personal attacks at his foes
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Florida archbishop’s message to Trump: ‘Migrants are not a problem’
‘Our broken immigration laws are a problem, but the migrants are not a problem. These people represent an opportunity’
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Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna files bill to carve Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore
Luna said the bill aims to honor Trump ‘for his transformative impact on America and the historical significance of his leadership’
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Florida GOP passes immigration bill DeSantis trashes as ‘weak, weak, weak’
‘They think by putting the name of a strong president on a weak bill that is somehow going to pull the wool over the eyes,’ DeSantis said
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Florida faculty, students urge public to oppose purge of general education courses from state schools
The Florida Board of Governors, a body that oversees the state’s public higher education system, will meet to approve the updated Gen Ed course list on Thursday.
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Florida Republicans defy DeSantis’ immigration plan, advance Trump-inspired proposal instead
Monday’s battle over the immigration issues was a stark departure from the GOP’s unity that’s been the hallmark of DeSantis’ relationship with the Legislature over the past six years
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Florida lawmakers rebuke DeSantis immigration plan, threaten to override budget veto
‘I want criminal illegal immigrants to be deported efficiently and effectively, and the best way to do that is to follow the leadership of President Trump,’ Albritton said
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Florida Republican lawmakers file flurry of bills to crack down on immigration
DeSantis called the special session because he wants lawmakers to help carry out Trump’s immigration policies
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DeSantis vows to fight like a ‘junkyard dog’ until Florida lawmakers pass Trump-aligned immigration reforms
‘These issues — the immigration and election integrity — I’m not letting go,’ he said
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Florida Democrat Rep. Diane Hart refiles inmate ‘gain-time’ proposal
Her proposal would reduce the minimum sentence that a defendant must serve in Florida prisons from 85% of its original length to 72%
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Florida advocacy groups urge immigrants without legal status to know their rights
‘Here in Florida, I want people to also understand we’re not talking about 100,000 or 200,000 people. We’re talking about over a million people in the state’
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In Florida, it’s not as simple as just calling it the ‘Gulf of America’
At least 55 statutes include references to the Gulf of Mexico, while local-government ordinances also are tied to the traditional name