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Bears, beef and every other big-ticket item in Florida's $117.46 billion budget
The budget drew almost unanimous support Friday and is headed to Gov. DeSantis
By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Florida budget, Ron DeSantis
Florida bill aimed at preventing homeless people from sleeping in public heads to DeSantis
It would bar cities and counties from allowing people to sleep at places such as public buildings and in public rights of way
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Florida homeless bill, public sleeping bill
Florida Senate backs ban on 'fake meat'
The bill, which is backed by state agriculture groups, would make it a second-degree misdemeanor to sell or manufacture lab-grown meat
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, fake meat bill, lab-grown meat
Florida Senate approves bill that allows shooting bears in self defense
Critics contend passing the bill will result in increased deaths of the once-threatened species
Tags: Florida News, Environment, Florida bears, bear bill
Florida legislators agree to use hundreds of millions in gambling money to pay for wildlife corridor
The corridor is envisioned as connecting 18 million acres of publicly owned land and agricultural properties
Tags: Florida News, Florida gambling, Ron DeSantis, wildlife corridor, environmental projects, Florida 2024 legislative session
Florida lawmakers back bill that bans sale of lab-grown meat
'Until we have long-term studies that tell me what lab-grown immortalized cells do to your body, I challenge you to put it in your child,' Alvarez said
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, lab-grown meat
Florida Gov. DeSantis backs bill that bans sleeping in public
'What we don't want to see in the legislation is any incentive to create homeless camps,' DeSantis said
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Ron DeSantis, public sleeping bill
House Republicans vote to roll back child labor laws in Florida
The measure would eliminate a decades-old restriction on 16- and 17-year-olds working more than eight hours
Tags: Florida News, Labor, Florida child labor bill, child labor law
Florida Republicans want to stop cities from removing Confederate monuments
Bill sponsor Dean Black said there has been a 'war' on historic monuments by local governments
Tags: Florida News, Florida monument bill, Confederate monuments, monuments removal, Ron DeSantis, Florida 2024 legislative session
Florida Republicans back controversial bill that bans people from sleeping or camping in public
Bill sponsor Jonathan Martin called his proposal a way to address a mental-health crisis and assist the 'chronically homeless'
Tags: Florida News, Florida homeless camps, Florida public sleeping bill, Florida 2024 legislative session
DeSantis could deploy Florida State Guard to other states under new bill
After DeSantis revived the volunteer force in 2022, it was expanded from up to 400 to 1,500 members
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Florida state guard, Ron DeSantis, Florida 2024 legislative session
Florida Senate committee backs bill that would ban removal of Confederate monuments
Martin said monuments and memorials are available for people who don’t have time or money to take history in college.
Tags: Florida News, Confederate monuments, monuments bill, Florida 2024 legislative session
New Florida bill would make it harder for cities and counties to raise taxes
Under the bill, two-third votes would not be required when tax rates remain the same but property owners pay more because of increased values
Tags: Florida News, Florida taxes, Florida tax bill, Florida 2024 legislative session
Orange County lawmakers back proposal to restore Disney's control of special district
The proposal would repeal a law passed last year that gave DeSantis authority to appoint the district’s board
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando Theme Parks, Ron DeSantis, Ron DeSantis, Disney World, Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, Reedy Creek Improvement District
Florida approves plan to spend $19 million to conserve rural land
DeSantis has also pitched $100 million for the Florida Forever program in his 2024-2025 budget recommendations
Tags: Florida News, Environment, Florida conservation, Ron DeSantis, Florida environment
Biden Administration pushes back in transit dispute stemming from Florida union law
The law prevented union dues from being deducted from most government workers’ paychecks and placed other restrictions on public-employee unions.
Tags: Florida News, Biden administration, Florida transportation
Florida doesn't have enough money budgeted to fund statewide transportation projects
A $7 billion program to advance a series of transportation projects hit a funding gap as it enters its second year
Tags: Florida News, Florida transportation
Brightline is 'making tremendous strides' toward an Orlando-to-Tampa route
Although questions have been raised over Brightline’s financing and ticket prices, the company is planning to grow
Tags: Orlando Area News, Brightline, Orlando to Tampa Brightine
Florida lawmakers want electric vehicle owners to pay annual fees to offset lost gas-tax dollars
Bill sponsor Ed Hooper, R-Clearwater, called the proposal an issue of 'fairness'
Tags: Florida News, electric vehicles, Florida gas prices
New laws on porn, energy, social media are on the table for Florida's 2024 legislative session
House Speaker Paul Renner said Tuesday social media is having a 'devastating effect on kids'
Tags: Florida News, Paul Renner, Ron DeSantis, Florida legislative session, 2024 legislative session, social media
Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler won't resign amid sexual battery investigation, despite request from DeSantis
Ziegler, in an email to party members, called the allegations 'false' but said he was 'a bit limited' on what he could say
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Christian Ziegler, Republican Party of Florida chairman, GOP chairman
Florida hurricane season ends, but recovery to take time
Restoration efforts from Hurricane Idalia will continue for years in rural North Florida, particularly for people in the agriculture industry
Tags: Florida News, Florida storm season, Florida hurricane season, Hurricane Idalia
DeSantis wants $1 billion more for Florida emergency fund
Gov. DeSantis can use money from the fund during declared states of emergency
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Ron DeSantis, Florida emergency fund, Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund
Despite recent Tampa mass shooting, proposed gun laws in Florida face long odds
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, the city’s former police chief, defended security in the area and blamed the deaths on a 'proliferation' of firearms
Tags: Florida News, Florida gun laws, gun restrictions, gun rights, Ybor City, Ybor shooting, Ron DeSantis
DeSantis declares state of emergency in Florida because of Israel-Hamas war
The governor’s office said more than 20,000 Americans are in Israel who ‘wish to return home but are unable to do so’
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Florida state of emergency, Slideshow
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