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GOP Senators Want 8-Year Term Limits On School Board Members As Well As County Commissioners
The full House of Representatives approved reducing school board term limits from 12 years to eight last week.
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Fla., Senate Panel Approves 6-Week Abortion Ban, With A Lone GOP Woman In Tears Voting No
Senators at a committee Monday voted to approve an abortion ban in Florida after six weeks of pregnancy.
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Polston Resigns From Fla., Supreme Court; DeSantis Expected To Pack "Staunchly Right-Leaning Court"
Florida Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston announced his resignation on Monday in a brief letter.
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With Absolutely No Evidence, DeSantis Attacks District Attorney Bragg, Who Has Said He Will Not Be Intimidated
Former adult film star Stormy Daniels says she had an affair with the twice-impeached Trump, which is the matter in question here.
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House OKs Massive Voucher Program; Dems Call It A ‘Huge Privatization' For Florida's Education System
GOP lawmakers on Friday rolled over Democrats in the state House, pushing a massive voucher, or “scholarship” program.
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Could This Be The Year That Fla., Republicans Pass Legislation Wounding Public Sector Unions?
For more than a decade, Florida Republicans have targeted public employee unions with proposed changes that would make them weaker.
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Legislation: Fla., Local Governments Wouldn't Be Able To Display Pride Flags
In June, a number of cities and counties throughout Florida display the LGBTQ Pride flag as a public affirmation of Pride Month.
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GOP Lawmakers Take A Win On Tort Reform Bill; Democrats Say The Measure Would Harm Ordinary Floridians
The Florida House voted Friday to abandon a 130-year old commitment to help ordinary policyholders take insurance carriers to court.
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House Bill: Businesses Looking To Stop Local Laws From Being Enacted Could Get A Controversial Tool
It involves business interests, including the Fla., Retail Federation, Associated Industries of Fla., and the Florida Realtors Association.
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"This Abortion Ban Is Insane," Fort Myers Woman Cries; Further Testimony Called "Heartbreaking"
This bill "would devastate and murder entire families," said a Big Bend midwife.
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FL Six-Week Abortion Bill Up For Hearing, As Advocates Face Toughest Protest Rules In Decades
Abortion rights organizations and anti-abortion groups in Florida are facing some of the most restrictive protest conditions in decades.
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Appellate Ruling Means Professors Are Free To Teach About Race, Sexism, As They See Fit, As DeSantis Is Defied
College professors can continue to teach hard lessons about race and sexism, DeSantis's “Stop Woke” act notwithstanding.
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Public Voices Of LGBTQ+ Community Are Quashed In Florida, Limited To 30 Seconds
“This Florida government makes us students feel like you are our No. 1 bully–” a transgender Floridian started to say.
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Major Immigration Reform Gets Its First Test In The Legislature, With Uncertainty About ‘Dreamers'
The most ambitious bill targeting undocumented immigrants in the Ron DeSantis era will get its first committee hearing.
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Florida Lawmaker Attempts To Veil DeSantis Strategy To Try To Overturn N.Y. Times V. Sullivan
The landmark 1964 Supreme Court decision makes it difficult for public figures to prove libel.
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Repeal Of In-State Tuition In Fla., For Dreamers Could Still Happen – Though Not In Immigration Bill
Lawmakers in the Senate Rules Committee approved an immigration bill Wednesday, requiring public and private businesses to use E-Verify.
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When It Comes To Deciding On The Death Penalty, It's Not Always A Party Line Vote
Lawmakers in the 2023 session will make a weighty decision on the death penalty — and the vote may not be on a straight party line.
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Commissioner Diaz Recommends Book On Roberto Clemente, Though It Had Been Unavailable For Months
Clemente was throughout his life a humanitarian and benefactor, but DeSantis initially wanted his story banned, the report states.
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Legislators, Endorsing DeSantis's Education Apartheid, Hear Chants: "Shame On You, Shame On All Of You"
Public comment was quashed, as more than 150 people came to express their concerns and fears related to changes in college majors.