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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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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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‘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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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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DeSantis erases ‘LGBTQ and Hispanic communities’ from Pulse remembrance statement
Last year’s statement referred to the massacre as a ‘horrific act of terrorism against the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities’
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs Brooke’s Law targeting deepfake porn
Companies that don’t make good faith efforts to remove deepfakes would violate the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act
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Gov. DeSantis says he’s still working on property tax rebates for Florida homeowners
But budget chiefs for the Legislature say they remain unaware of any formal proposal
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New Florida law targeting undocumented immigrants remains blocked by federal court
Attorney General James Uthmeier argued that enforcement should at least temporarily be allowed
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DeSantis suspends Osceola County Sheriff after he was arrested on racketeering charges
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution charged Lopez and four other individuals in a ‘massive Central Florida gambling operation’
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After court backed Hamburger Mary’s in drag show fight, Florida AG now wants a rehearing
In a 31-page petition for a rehearing, James Uthmeier’s office disputed that the law is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad
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Former Republican David Jolly has entered the race for Florida governor — as a Democrat
He acknowledges the challenges about running in an electoral landscape that hasn’t elected any Democrat to a statewide office since 2018
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Solar industry group says Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ bill could kill nearly 22K jobs in Florida
Among the provisions included in the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act that would severely alter the solar power industry are the removal of tax credits
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Gov. DeSantis backs one of his top aides to become Florida education commissioner
Manny Diaz Jr. prepares to leave the commissioner’s job to take over as interim president of the University of West Florida
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Lawmakers give $1.7 billion boost to Central Florida road projects to help ease congestion
The projects are part of the Moving Florida Forward program, which Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced two years ago to accelerate roadwork
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Florida budget talks to resume with $900M tax cut for commercial leases on the table
Conference committees will start meeting Tuesday to negotiate details of the different parts of the budget, such as education, health care and criminal justice
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Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost says Elon Musk leaves a ‘dark legacy’ behind in the White House
A ‘corporate slash and burn mentality is not how you run a country,’ Frost said