News Service of Florida
The Florida House continued moving forward Wednesday with a bill that could make it harder for cities and counties to approve property-tax increases.
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Weekly Roundup: We are the champions
By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is back home in Florida after dropping out of the presidential race, but he nailed two courthouse victories this week — including a win in his high-profile court clash with the state’s most famous mouse.
Read More …Weekly Roundup: Social media in the crosshairs
By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House this week passed a bill that would prevent minors under age 16 from having social media accounts — but Gov. Ron DeSantis indicated he might want to see some changes.
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By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Just two weeks into the start of the 2024 legislative session, House and Senate leaders’ major priorities are sailing through the process — with Senate President Kathleen Passidomo seeing one of her wish-list items pass in the upper chamber on Thursday.
Read More …Florida senate passes scaled-back school ‘deregulation’ plan
By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a suite of bills aimed at “deregulation” of public schools, with one measure undergoing a significant change that nixed a provision related to the state’s third-grade literacy policy after it was heavily criticized by former Gov. Jeb Bush.
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By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — The 2024 legislative session kicked off this week, as Gov. Ron DeSantis urged lawmakers to “stay the course” and House and Senate leaders agreed to use gambling money to fund the further expansion of a state wildlife corridor.
Read More …Weekly Roundup: Exit strategy?
By JIM SAUNDERS
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Sure, college football is about tradition, rivalries and rooting for the old alma mater.
But it’s also about money. Big money.
And Florida State University argues it’s getting shortchanged.
FSU on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference, taking aim at a media-rights deal and alleging the conference has “persistently undermined its members’ revenue opportunities.”
Weekly Roundup: Conflicts in the courts
By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Legal fights over two controversial laws backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis were in focus in the courts this week, with a new lawsuit filed and a trial in another case kicking off in Tallahassee.
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By DARA KAM and RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — hyped as “The Great Red State vs. Blue State” debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom squabbled Thursday night in what could presage a future presidential showdown between leaders from opposite ends of the country and the ideological spectrum.
DeSantis, a Republican whose 2024 White House bid has failed to gain traction against former President Donald Trump, and Newsom, a Democrat who is purported to have his own presidential ambitions, spent more than 90 minutes clashing over records and policies.
Weekly Roundup: ‘Perfect storm’ in prisons
By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — With Florida facing a “perfect storm” of declining facilities and other woes in the state prison system, lawmakers this week were briefed on a report that pointed to a need to spend at least $2.2 billion on repairs, retrofits and staffing.
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