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Florida bill weakening child labor protections on construction sites heads to full Senate
The bill fits within a trend of proposed child labor rollbacks popping up in state legislatures across the country.
By McKenna Schueler
Tags: Florida News, Labor, Florida child labor bill, Florida child labor, child labor bill Florida, construction child labor bill, child labor Florida, Corey Simon, Home Builders Association, Florida Senate, SB 460, Florida SB 460
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
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 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
Matt Gaetz’s 75-year-old dad wants to return to politics
No other candidates have emerged for the state Senate seat, but Don Gaetz said he anticipates he will face competition
By Jim Turner and Tristan Wood, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Matt Gaetz, Don Gaetz, Florida politics, Ron DeSantis, Florida Senate
Democrat Carlos Guillermo Smith continues to snag endorsements in his bid for Florida Senate
So far, he’s been backed by much of Central Florida’s organized labor, as well as other Democratic politicians and Equality Florida’s PAC.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Elections, Carlos Guillermo Smith, Florida Senate race, Florida Senate D17, Florida Senate district 17, Florida Senator Orlando, LGBTQ politicians, LGBTQ politician Florida, Florida Senate, Florida Democrat, 2024 elections, Florida 2024 elections
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
Orlando’s former Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith announces bid for Florida Senate in 2024
He’s running for the seat currently held by Sen. Linda Stewart, who’s term-limited from seeking re-election to office.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Elections, LGBTQ+, florida democrats, carlos guillermo smith, florida lgbtq+, florida carlos guillermo smith runs for senate, florida senate, florida politics
Florida’s Republican-controlled Senate approves anti-union bill, largely along party lines
Five Republicans crossed party lines to vote against the bill with Democrats.
Tags: Florida News, Labor, florida union bill, florida anti union bill, anti union bill florida senate, florida senate
Florida legislators say goal is to get Gov. DeSantis’ bills ‘across the finish line’ in upcoming session
Renner said he anticipates a session filled with “big, big issues”
By Jim Turner, NSF
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, anti-woke, Florida House, Florida Senate, Florida legislative session
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
List of Florida budget 'turkeys' finds $281 million in questionable spending
By News Service of Florida
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
Dissolving Disney's Reedy Creek district could be a disaster for Orange County taxpayers, says Mayor Demings
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orange County, Mayor Jerry Demmings, Disney, Reedy Creek Improvement District, Florida Senate
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
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
Florida Senate prepares to hear 15-week abortion ban proposal
Tags: Orlando Area News, Bloggytown, Abortion Rights, abortion bans, abortion, Florida Senate, GOP, Republicans, reproductive rights
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
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Moody Mills 50 absinthe house Death in the Afternoon hits the bull's-eye
By Faiyaz Kara
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tops the list of the year's worst failures of government transparency
By the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock News
As opening day for the highly anticipated Epic Universe gets closer and closer, Universal Orlando continues to share information about what will…
By Alexandra Sullivan
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
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