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Florida Republicans signal support for banning guaranteed income programs funded by taxpayer dollars
Once again, it’s a heavy-handed solution to a nonexistent problem.
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Slothrust play rescheduled Orlando show at the Abbey, revisiting a classic album
You’ll hear pivotal album ‘Of Course You Do’ in its entirety
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Florida House panel advances bill that limits local councils’ power to give themselves raises
The proposal is sponsored by Republicans James Buchanan from Sarasota and Mike Giallombardo from Lee County
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Sanford mainstay Tuffy’s Music Box and Lounge listed for sale
But it’s not going anywhere, the business says
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Florida bill requiring E-Verify for all Florida businesses advances to House
Florida is one of 23 states that use E-Verify in some fashion, although only a handful require all private companies to use the system
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Bill to limit development on Florida state parks wins approval in House
The development gave hope to environmentalists and those who enjoy state public parks that this legislation can become law this year
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More than 150,000 people have signed Florida’s new recreational marijuana petition
The Smart & Safe Florida committee totaled 150,805 valid signatures as of Tuesday afternoon
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MMJ may be the only way to get legal weed in the Sunshine State for the foreseeable future
Insa dispensary partners with Leafwell clinics to help patients get their medical marijuana cards
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What to watch this week: Is ‘Black Mirror’ obsolete in our current modern hellscape?
Find out this week when it returns to Netflix
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Federal court gives victory to Florida in fight over Biden gender identity rule
The rule was designed to help carry out a federal law that prevents discrimination in health-care programs that receive federal money
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Florida universities face sweeping state audit under DeSantis’ DOGE mandate
The data request is the first major operational move since DeSantis’ executive order in February creating Florida DOGE
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Florida bill that would allow workers to make less than minimum wage advances to House floor
Paul Cox, an Orlando stagehand, said the bill asks Floridians to waive their constitutional rights to a minimum wage
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University of Florida student arrested, sent to immigration detention facility
The UF chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America said immigrants like Zapata Velásquez were being punished in ways that citizens aren’t
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Judge temporarily blocks new Florida immigration crackdown law
Judge Kathleen Williams issued a 14-page decision granting a request for a temporary restraining order against the law
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Florida House passes Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ name change proposal
Similar bills in the Senate (SB 1058 and SB 608) await floor votes
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Inmate advocates work to air-condition some Florida prisons this legislative session
Nearly three quarters of Florida prisons lack air-conditioning
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Florida House passes tighter restrictions on citizen-led amendments
Its passage comes just five months after two constitutional amendments that would have respectively enshrined abortion rights and legalized recreational cannabis for adults narrowly fell short of passage
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Florida bill would allow high schoolers to graduate without passing algebra or English final exams
The bill looks to ‘level the playing field amid other school choice options,’ Senate President Ben Albritton said
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‘Gut punch’: Opposition grows to attorney general’s decision not to enforce law banning gun sales to buyers under 21
Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, said he disagrees with a federal appeals court’s recent decision upholding the age restriction
