Feb 5, 2024
Guard director backed as Texas deployment nears
Tallahassee – As the state prepares to send members of the Florida State Guard to Texas, the Senate began moving forward Monday with confirming the State Guard’s director.
Feb 5, 2024
Lawmakers look at pot potency limits
Tallahassee – As a proposed constitutional amendment seeking to authorize recreational marijuana looms, Florida lawmakers are taking steps toward imposing limits on the amount of euphoria-inducing THC in pot products.
Feb 2, 2024
Court deals blow to Chinese land law
Tallahassee – A federal appeals court Thursday said a Florida law restricting people from China from owning property in the state likely is trumped by federal law and blocked its enforcement against two plaintiffs who have been in the midst of real-estate transactions.
Feb 2, 2024
Changes expected in social media bill
Tallahassee – House Speaker Paul Renner said lawmakers will revise a bill aimed at keeping children off social media, as state leaders prepare to try to fend off expected legal challenges.
Feb 1, 2024
DeSantis sending state guard to Texas
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he is deploying members of the Florida State Guard and additional members of the Florida National Guard to Texas, which is in a dispute with the federal government about undocumented immigrants entering the country.
Feb 1, 2024
Lawmakers look at curbing corporal punishment
Tallahassee – A proposal that would require parents to “opt in” for students to receive corporal punishment in schools got initial approval Wednesday from a House panel, with some of the bill’s supporters saying it doesn’t go far enough in curbing the disciplinary practice.
Jan 31, 2024
Senate, House face budget differences
Tallahassee – With differences on issues such as funding prisons, a health-care plan and home-hardening grants, Senate and House budget committees on Wednesday approved spending plans that top $115 billion.
Jan 31, 2024
Ports see boost in cargo, cruise traffic
Tallahassee – Cargo and cruise traffic hit record highs last year at Florida seaports, which took advantage of global supply-chain issues and a desire by people to travel as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions waned, according to an industry report released Wednesday.
Jan 26, 2024
State takes aim at Warren ruling
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis’ lawyers Thursday asked a full federal appeals court to take up a battle about the suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, saying a three-judge panel’s decision “stymies the governor’s supervisory power by enabling local officials to willfully neglect their duties for political reasons under the banner of ‘private speech.’”
Jan 25, 2024
State guard could get go-ahead outside Florida
Tallahassee – The Florida State Guard, revived by Gov. Ron DeSantis, could operate outside Florida and be called into service anytime he “deemed necessary,” under a bill approved Thursday by a House panel.