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Florida bill that would allow for more teen labor on construction sites heads to the full House
The Florida bill fits into a trend of child labor rollbacks being proposed or enacted in state legislatures across the country
By McKenna Schueler
Tags: Florida News, Labor, child labor, Florida child labor law, Florida Legislature, HB 917, Florida Rep. John Snyder
Florida Senate drops the ball on attempt to restrict flags with 'political viewpoint'
The bill is flailing after a key committee adjourned before members voted on the proposal
By Ryan Dailey, NSF
Tags: Florida News, Florida Senate, Florida Legislature, Florida pride flag, Florida civil rights restrictions
Proposed Florida bill would restrict teachers' latitude in attempt to quash 'identity politics'
'You want our teachers to be robots'
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida Legislature, education in Florida, culture wars, DEI
Florida Republican cuts public comment on bill that could affect wages of thousands of workers
The proposal would in part erase local living wage laws in cities like Orlando, Tampa and Miami
Tags: Florida News, Labor, living wage ordinance, living wage laws, minimum wage, minimum wage preemption, Florida labor, Florida labor bill, preemption bills, Florida politics, Florida preemption law, heat protections, wage floor, Rep. Tiffany Esposito
Florida lawmakers want tougher regulations for artificial intelligence use
Measures filed by Senate and House Republicans target issues such as potential defamation of people using AI in media and use of the technology in political advertising
Tags: Florida News, artificial intelligence, AI, Florida legislature
Florida Democrat refiles bill to create a state labor department
Similar bills filed by Florida Democrats have failed to advance in the past, with little attention paid by lawmakers in either major party.
Tags: Florida News, Labor, Florida Rep. Angie Nixon, Florida Legislature, wage theft, labor, worker protections in Florida
Florida Attorney General sues Biden administration over mess resulting from anti-union law Gov. DeSantis championed
Ashley Moody claims unlawful federal government ‘overreach,’ but unions warned this would happen before the law was passed.
Tags: Florida News, Labor, Ashley Moody, Ron DeSantis, Blaise Ingoglia, Florida unions, Florida union-busting, Florida Legislature, state AG lawsuits, transit workers, federal grants, Biden administration, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Transportation
Here's how State Senate president Kathleen Passidomo punished an environmental advocate who 'disrespected' her
Gov. DeSantis reappointed Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch; Passidomo squashed that
By Craig Pittman and Florida Phoenix
Tags: Florida News, Environment, Lake Okeechobee, Big Sugar, fertilizer runoff, Florida water pollution, Florida environmental issues, blue-green algae, DeSantis appointees, South Florida Water Management District, Florida Legislature, politicians petty behavior, Kathleen Passidomo, Jacqui Thurlow Lippisch
Here are some of the more than 1,500 projects included in Florida's record $117 budget
The budget still needs approval from Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has line-item veto power
By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Florida state budget, Florida projects, Ron DeSantis, Florida legislature, Florida record budget
Florida Republicans take aim at ‘living wage ordinances’ and, by extension, working families
‘It’s painfully obvious that the GOP doesn’t give a damn about the working class of this state.’
Tags: Florida News, Labor, workers rights, labor rights, florida legislature, florida republicans, florida afl-cio, florida worker bill, living wage ordinance
Florida legislature gives DeSantis permission and a budget to transport migrants out of state to so-called ‘sanctuary’ areas
House Democrats called the measure a ‘political ploy’ to help DeSantis
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, Ron DeSantis, migrant flights, Florida immigration, Florida legislature, SB 6-B
Florida groups challenge $15 minimum wage for healthcare workers
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Florida, healthcare, medicaid, minimum wage
ACLU points to SCOTUS' Ted Cruz decision in fight against Florida's ballot initiative contributions cap
By Jim Saunders, NSF
Tags: Florida News, Florida, voting, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, ballot initiative
List of Florida budget 'turkeys' finds $281 million in questionable spending
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, Florida, budget, taxes, Florida legislature, Ron DeSantis, vetoes
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis calls special legislative session over state's property insurance woes
Tags: Florida News, Florida, Ron DeSantis, property insurance, Florida legislature, Tallahassee, insurance
Gov. DeSantis' newly approved Florida congressional districts draw instant legal challenge
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, Florida, lawsuits, Ron DeSantis, redistricting, congress, constitution, Florida Legislature, Republicans, voting
Florida House passes redistricting maps over sit-in protest from Democrats
By Ashley Maria Bermudez
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, Florida Legislature, DeSantis, districts, maps
Charlie Crist, local representatives speak out against ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Orlando
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, LGBTQ+, Don't Say Gay bill, LGBTQ+ rights, LGBTQ+ activists, Florida Legislature
Florida Republicans push to make it harder for Floridians to change laws by voting
By Dara Kam, NSF
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, Florida, Republicans, ballot initiatives, constitution, minimum wage, medical marijuana
2022 Florida Legislature so far: Don't Say Gay, Stop WOKE, bad maps, anti-vax Surgeon General, no home for immigrant kids
2022 Legislative Watch
Tags: Orlando Area News, Florida Legislature, Don't Say Gay, Stop WOKE Ac t, Joseph Ladapo, redistricting, immigrants, children and families, COVID
Op-ed: It's time to close a dangerous loophole protecting rapists in Florida
By Kat Duesterhaus
Tags: Florida News, Views + Opinions, rape, sexual assault, Florida Legislature, Florida House, SB 868, Rep. Chuck Brannan
State legislators suggest $15 minimum wage for Florida's public school workers
Tags: Bloggytown, Public schools, Florida, bus drivers, workers, labor, minimum wage
Florida legislative session will open without restrictions, in spite of Omicron spike
By Jim Turner, NSF
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida legislature, COVID-19, Omicron, Florida, legislature, coronavirus
Florida state senator seeks to undercut paltry minimum wage increase with proposed 'training wage'
Tags: Bloggytown, minimum wage, Florida
Florida's minimum wage to jump to $10 per hour this week
By Alex Galbraith
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Orange County taxpayers will have to cover OnePulse’s unpaid property tax bill
Icon Park’s Wheel renamed Orlando Eye in Merlin Entertainments purchase
By Sarah Harwell
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tops the list of the year's worst failures of government transparency
By the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock News
The waterfront mansion formerly home to DJ Khaled is now on the market, and it comes with some wild amenities. The Grammy-winning…
By Chloe Greenberg
The home of "The Suntan King" has finally found a new owner. Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion founder Ron Rice passed away at…
By Colin Wolf
Orlando Amphitheater on Saturday hosted Music Fest ORL, an outdoor concert set to feature a number of big names in the hip-hop…
By Matt Keller Lehman
Orlando musician and folk-music star Aoife O'Donovan threw an album-release party for her new LP All My Friends at Park Ave CDs on…
By Jim Leatherman
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