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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
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US House panel subpoenas AG Pam Bondi on Epstein investigation
The subpoena calls for the former Florida Attorney General to sit for a deposition April 14
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Proposed new Medicaid, SNAP work requirements dead for now
There will be no work requirements for 111,0000 low-income people who rely on Medicaid for their health care
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Sheriff Grady Judd still backs ICE, but calls for ‘path forward’ on immigration
Judd, a top Republican and favorite of Gov. DeSantis, doubled down by again calling for an end to deportations of undocumented immigrants who “add to society”
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Florida sheriffs rebel against Trump and DeSantis mass deportation efforts
It’s a striking shift from law enforcement in the nation’s most aggressive anti-undocumented immigration state
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FEMA lifts environmental hold on $608M grant for ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ ‘Deportation Depot’
The Trump administration lifted an environmental funding hold that had stalled the dollars for months
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Florida House weakens transparency requirement in data center bill, sends to Senate
It’s the latest example of the lower chamber moving away from the governor and toward the Trump administration