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With critics warning that the bill would chill free speech and have a disparately negative impact on Black people, a key Senate committee Friday approved a controversial measure that Republicans argue is needed to crack down on violent protests. -
House Speaker Chris Sprowls calls the measure "one of the most robust and bold proposals in the entire United States of America." It awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature.
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Democratic lawmakers and South Florida community advocates are teaming up to oppose a bill that would make it harder to sue farms. They say proponents of the measure are using it as a cover to support sugarcane burning that adversely affects communities of color.
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A pair of proposals approved Monday by a House committee would make it harder for organizations to get future constitutional amendments on the ballot — and to pass them. The proposals, approved by the House Public Integrity and Elections Committee, are the latest attempts in years of efforts by Republican lawmakers to clamp down on the ballot initiative process.
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The state has a dedicated trust fund meant to fund affordable housing projects but lawmakers have repeatedly diverted money from the program. This year looks like it will be no different. -
The measure advanced Monday by the House Public Integrity and Elections Committee was immediately decried by Democrats and voting rights advocates. They said adding new layers of inconvenience could make voting more troublesome and create burdens for elections officials.
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Florida doctors on Thursday pushed back against allegations that the state’s medical-marijuana program is being used by people seeking to get high for fun. The physicians spoke out after a committee approved a controversial proposal being pushed by Republican lawmakers in the state House.
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The systemic draining of local control is about politics — and it's about money.
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The fight about oversight of short-term rentals has escalated in the Legislature as the popularity of vacation properties advertised on platforms such as Airbnb has mushroomed. At the heart of the legislative wrangling is an effort to “preempt” regulation of short-term rental properties to the state, a move that draws vehement opposition from city and county officials because it would take away local authority.
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A bill working its way through the Florida Senate would ban all of the ballot drop boxes in the state of Florida, even those at county election headquarters.
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Just hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office released the draft report Thursday by Chief Inspector General Melinda Miguel, attorneys for the plaintiffs filed a copy of the report in their lawsuit against the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and Deloitte Consulting, a contractor that helped put in place the state’s CONNECT online unemployment system in 2013.
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The House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee voted 12-6 to approve a revised measure (HB 267) that would only block local regulations at municipal-run ports in Pensacola, Panama City, Key West and St. Petersburg.
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The report comes after Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Dane Eagle said retaining the current system is “not an option.”
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The governor touted Florida's growing economy and the reopening of classrooms during his State of the State address.
