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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 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
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
Florida Republicans vote to lower gun-buying age, scrapping change made after Parkland shooting
With a week remaining in the 2023 legislative session, the measure faces an uncertain future
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Florida gun laws, Florida age to buy guns, Florida gun control, Ron DeSantis, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland
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’s 21-year-old age limit to buy a gun is upheld in federal court
Passed in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Parkland, it’s one of the only firearm restrictions approved in Florida in decades
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Florida gun laws, gun age, Parkland shooting, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
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
'Feels like five minutes ago': Parkland families and survivors reflect on the Florida tragedy's five-year anniversary
Tags: Florida News, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, March for Our Lives
Parkland parents case against gun manufacturer, retailer goes to state appeals court
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, Florida, shootings, lawsuits, Parkland, gun control, Slideshow
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill to standardize active shooter drills in schools
Tags: Florida News, Florida, school shootings, Parkland, Ron DeSantis, Uvalde, Slideshow
Democratic congressional candidate Maxwell Frost confronts Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during Orlando show
"Floridians are dying."
By Alex Galbraith
Tags: Orlando Area News, Elections + Politics, Florida, Orlando, Ron DeSantis, US House, elections, Maxwell Frost, gun control, Parkland, Pulse, Uvalde, Dave Rubin, Slideshow
Dissolving Disney's Reedy Creek district could be a disaster for Orange County taxpayers, says Mayor Demings
By Ashley Maria Bermudez
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orange County, Mayor Jerry Demmings, Disney, Reedy Creek Improvement District, Florida Senate
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
Marco Rubio tried to ding Val Demings for not supporting the police enough
Tags: Bloggytown, Val Demings, Marco Rubio, Orlando, Orlando Police Department, Florida Senate, Florida
Parkland cyberstalker's conviction upheld
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, Parkland, shootings, criminal court
Florida Senate passes Seminole sports betting agreement
By Dara Kam, NSF
Tags: Bloggytown, gambling, sports betting, Seminole Tribe, Florida, Florida Senate, Ron DeSantis
Florida Senate passes bill that would make it harder to vote by mail
Tags: Bloggytown, state legislature, Florida Senate, voting, vote-by-mail, ballots, voter suppression
Guns at Sunday School bill heads to Florida Senate
By NSF
Tags: Bloggytown, guns, Florida, church, Florida Senate, gun control
Florida Senate pushes increase in unemployment benefits
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida legislature, Florida, unemployment, benefits, COVID-19, coronavirus, Florida Senate
Police reform bills face ticking clock as Florida legislative session comes to an end
Tags: Bloggytown, police, police reform, Florida, Florida House, Florida Senate
Florida Senate proposes fines for social media companies that ban politicians
Tags: Bloggytown, Facebook, Twitter, Florida senate, social media
Florida legislators don't want you to know where they live
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, Florida Senate, Florida House, public records
Former Florida senator, astronaut Bill Nelson tapped to head NASA by Biden administration
Tags: Bloggytown, Bill Nelson, NASA, Joe Biden, Marco Rubio
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Orlando restaurants burned rubber at the 2024 Michelin Guide ceremony
By Faiyaz Kara
The Hammered Lamb faces business hit after Orlando Sentinel shares incorrect health inspection data
By Chloe Greenberg
Florida lobbyists leaned on pols to get ban on local heat safety and wage laws across the finish line, records show
Iconic Motown diva Diana Ross has come a long way from the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects in Detroit, and now she's putting her…
By Colin Wolf
Atmospheric indie-rockers Beach Fossils enthralled a loyal crowd at the House of Blues in Orlando. [content-1]
By Grayson Keglovic
The castle-like remains of an eccentric scholar's unfinished artist sanctuary is now on the market in Florida. Located in Monticello, near Tallahassee,…
It was a gorgeous day of "music, art and freedom" when the Florida Groves Festival returned to the Orlando Amphitheater at the…
By Matt Keller Lehman
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