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DeSantis’ struggles in presidential race may dim his clout with FL Legislature
The Florida Capitol. Credit: Michael MolineQuality Journalism for Critical Times With Gov. Ron DeSantis on the campaign trail, how much influence will he have on the 2024 session? In Jacksonville last...
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As of now: No Democratic presidential primary election in FL in March; but...
A U.S. House committee led by Republicans on Thursday night passed an overhaul of U.S. voting laws. (Getty Images)Quality Journalism for Critical Times The legal challenge to the Florida Democratic...
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DeSantis goes after Trump at CNN town hall in Des Moines
BETTENDORF, IOWA - DECEMBER 18: Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to guests during the Scott County Fireside Chat at the Tanglewood Hills Pavilion on December 18,...
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FL employees can be fired for using medical cannabis. Will that change...
Credit: Getty Images Quality Journalism for Critical Times In 2021, Samuel E. Velez Ortiz, a corrections officer with the Florida Department of Corrections, was fired when a random drug test flagged...
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Virtually all abortions would be illegal in Florida under new proposal filed...
Anti-abortion protesters gathered in the 4th floor rotunda on Nov. 22, 2022, where lawmakers were convening for the organizational session of the Legislature. Credit: Diane RadoQuality Journalism for...
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After three decades, should FL legislators — even millionaire lawmakers — get...
The Florida House of Representatives. Credit: CD Davidson-Hiers Quality Journalism for Critical Times Back in 1985, Florida lawmakers set salaries for Senate and House members at $18,000 and provided...
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U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds of FL isn’t happy with budget deal made by GOP House...
Southwest Florida GOP Congressman Byron Donalds in the Capitol in Tallahassee on Jan. 9, 2024 (photo credit: Mitch Perry)Quality Journalism for Critical Times Southwest area GOP Congressman Byron...
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On abortion front: GOP top leaders say they don’t support bill to ban...
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Quality Journalism for Critical Times The two most powerful lawmakers in the Florida Legislature — Senate President Kathleen Passidomo and House Speaker Paul...
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Federal judge to decide soon on challenge to Dems including only Biden on...
Tampa attorney Michael Steinberg in front of the federal courthouse in Tallahassee on Jan. 10, 2024 (photo credit: Mitch Perry)Quality Journalism for Critical Times A Tampa attorney who says that the...
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Rollback of FL child labor laws? Kids could work more than 30 hours a week...
Jessica Ramirez with the Farmworkers Association of Florida said she feared that weakening child labor laws could hurt her 17-year-old's education pursuits (photo credit: Mitch Perry)Quality Journalism...
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Dems, GOP push to remove language about slaves’ skills and ‘personal benefit’...
Activists and protesters march to the Florida Capitol building on Feb. 15, 2023. Credit: Danielle J. BrownQuality Journalism for Critical Times There was national outrage last summer when the Florida...
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DeSantis is struggling to stay in second place in Iowa as caucus approaches
Gov. Ron DeSantis' State of the State address on Jan. 9, 2024 launched the opening of the 2024 legislative session in Florida. Credit: Florida ChannelQuality Journalism for Critical Times Donald Trump...
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Lawmakers push to make fixes to a signature law on affordable housing in FL
New housing in Orlando. Credit: File, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.Quality Journalism for Critical Times State lawmakers are pushing for fixes in a signature law designed to help...
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Federal judge confirms: No FL-Dem presidential primary in March
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex February 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Quality Journalism for Critical Times...
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The Florida Legislature wants to expand the control over regulating plastics
Municipalities in Florida that want to ban single-use shopping bags run into opposition at the state level. Marharyto Marko/Getty ImagesQuality Journalism for Critical Times More than 15 years ago,...
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Do FL voters want to repeal public financing of statewide elections for...
Cash. Credit: Svetl. Royalty-free Collection: iStock / Getty Images Plus. Quality Journalism for Critical Times Back in the late 1990s, Floridians approved a constitutional amendment allowing for...
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Business community and advocates clash on child labor legislation; what’s...
Minimum wage workers. PBS screenshot.Quality Journalism for Critical Times Within two weeks of the state’s 2024 legislative session, a clash has erupted between Florida’s powerful business community...
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Senator wants uniform standards for short-term vacation rentals, but it seems...
A sign captured in front of a home on Harbor Drive in Indian Rocks Beach on Jan 14, 2023 (credit: Mitch Perry)Quality Journalism for Critical Times The latest attempt by the Florida Legislature to...
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Civilian boards overseeing police in FL are in jeopardy and could be dissolved
(Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Quality Journalism for Critical Times In 21 jurisdictions across Florida, so-called citizen review boards were created as a way to hold police officers more...
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Sarasota Police drop sexual battery charge against former FL-GOP Chair...
Christian Ziegler (photo credit: Christian Ziegler's Facebook page)Quality Journalism for Critical Times The Sarasota Police Department announced Friday that it had dropped its investigation into...
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