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Group seeking to make clean water a constitutional right in Florida restarts ballot measure efforts
The Florida Right to Clean Water committee now aims to get its proposal before voters in 2026.
By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Environment, clean water measure, Florida right to clean water, Florida Right To Clean Water committee
Florida's citrus industry slated for another rough year
The industry has struggled for years with deadly citrus-greening disease and was dealt another blow with Hurricane Ian in 2022
Tags: Florida News, Florida citrus industry, Florida agriculture
Florida can expect 'very, very busy hurricane season' in 2024, experts say
The university projected 23 named storms and 11 hurricanes, with five reaching major hurricanes status
Tags: Florida News, Environment, Florida hurricanes, hurricane season
COVID-19 pandemic tanked Visit Florida's return on investment, report says
With tourists back at beaches, theme parks and other attractions, the analysis projects that Visit Florida’s economic return will rebound
Tags: Florida News, Florida tourism, Visit Florida, Orlando tourism, COVID-19 pandemic, Florida tourists
Florida Gov. DeSantis and Disney settle ongoing legal feud
The settlement also came as the district board on Wednesday appointed Stephanie Kopelousos to the $400,000-a-year position as district administrator
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando Theme Parks, Ron DeSantis, Ron DeSantis, Disney World, Disney World lawsuit, Orlando theme parks
Gov. DeSantis signs bill weakening Florida's child labor laws
The measure will ease decades-old regulations on the hours that 16- and 17-year-old can work
Tags: Florida News, Labor, Ron DeSantis, Ron DeSantis, teen labor bill, Florida labor bill
Gov. DeSantis signs bill aimed at preventing homeless people from sleeping in public
He says he doesn’t want Florida to become like places such as San Francisco
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Florida homeless bill, Ron DeSantis, public sleeping bill
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
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
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