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Florida still owes $603 million on immigration enforcement contracts
60% of the bills for detention camps remain unpaid
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ICE empties ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid hurricane season. Activists aren’t buying it
“They built it and filled it with people during the hurricane season last year, so that makes no sense”
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Bill to name Florida roads after Charlie Kirk and Trump heads to DeSantis’ desk
DeSantis has until June 30 to act on the bills
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Florida US Senator Ashley Moody votes against ‘anti-weaponization’ payments to J6 rioters
Florida’s other senator, Rick Scott, voted no on the amendment
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Florida gas prices continue to dip
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “significant progress” had been made on a potential ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Rick Scott pushes to get Kanye West’s Florida concerts canceled
Scott urged the authority board to “carefully review this decision” of hosting the rapper, for shows June 26 and 28 in Tampa.
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ payments land at last: $58 million to hit Florida next week
It’ll be the first installment of the federal government’s promised $608 million reimbursements
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DeSantis signs law taking tough stance against ‘foreign countries of concern’
It also prohibits public employees and officials from accepting gifts from those countries
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‘God Squad’ withdrawal of protection for Gulf species draws another challenge
Environmental groups want to block Trump administration rules letting energy companies bypass endangered species protections in the Gulf
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Florida gas prices expected to rise further as Trump issues blockade in Iran
The average in Orange County was $4.02 a gallon at the start of the week
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Florida gas prices up another 24 cents amid war in Iran
The average gallon of gas was $4.19 in Florida on Monday
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Trump’s SAVE America Act would end voter registration drives nationwide
It would effectively ban voter registration drives, a mainstay of college campuses and neighborhood events
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Trump admin sued over move to strip endangered species protections in Gulf
“The God Squad” voted to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from environmental safeguards
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‘Don’t send her home!?’: Florida leaders react to Pam Bondi’s firing
President Donald Trump announced Bondi’s departure Thursday
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DeSantis signs bill to rename Florida airport after Trump
The bill will rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump
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Even Florida’s most conservative counties saw large ‘No Kings’ turnout
The third “No Kings” protest of Donald Trump’s second term lured crowds across Florida, even in areas dominated by Republican voters
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Trump voted by mail in Florida and then called voting by mail ‘cheating’
Trump said he had the right to vote by mail-in ballot in Florida’s special election Tuesday ‘because I’m president’
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Three ‘No Kings’ protests are coming to Orlando this Saturday
More than 3,000 anti-Trump protests nationwide are happening this Saturday, in what organizers predict could be one of the largest single-day nonviolent protests in U.S. history.
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Trump’s unpopularity, high gas prices helped Florida Dems flip two seats, says analyst
“President Trump’s unpopularity cast a long, dark shadow over these Republican candidates in these races,” UCF analyst Aubrey Jewett said
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‘Never Trumpers’ launch ad blitz to promote ‘No Kings’ in Florida
The anti-Trump group placed advertisements in 27 newspapers in Florida Monday to promote “No Kings” rallies planned for this weekend