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Nearly 30% of Florida women don’t know what the state’s abortion restrictions are, says survey
Despite the gaps in knowledge, 72% of women surveyed responded that they think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
By Jackie Llanos and Florida Phoenix
Tags: Florida News, Florida abortion laws, Florida Amendment 4
Florida Democrats urge DeSantis to participate in federal food assistance program for kids
The deadline for DeSantis to apply is Aug. 15.
Tags: Florida News, USDA, Ron DeSantis
Florida’s ban on 'lab-grown' meat is now being challenged in federal court
The new law (SB 1084) makes it illegal to sell, manufacture, or distribute cultivated meat in Florida.
By Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix
Tags: Florida News, Florida lab-grown meat law, cultivated meat, Ron DeSantis
'There is no checks and balances': Florida faith leaders warn schools of new chaplain program
The faith leaders flagged “unintended consequences.”
By Jay Waagmeester and Florida Phoenix
Tags: Florida News, Florida school chaplain program, ACLU, The Council of Florida Churches
Judge rules against Pinelles County waterfront homeowners in public beach access fight
Judge says property owners must share ‘dry sand areas’
By Jim Saunders and News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Redington Beach beach access lawsuit, Pinellas County Beach laws
Florida abortion numbers down since 6-week ban took effect May 1
DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Legislature approved the six-week abortion limit in 2023.
Tags: Florida News, Florida abortion ban, DeSantis, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Florida GOP surpasses Democratic voters by 1 million in political milestone
The deadline to register for the November elections is Oct. 7.
By Lee Ann Anderson and Fresh Take Florida
Tags: Florida News, Florida Republican Party, Florida Democratic Party
Supreme Court decision sparks new fight in Florida's social media law dispute
Florida GOP lawmakers passed the law after Facebook and Twitter blocked former President Donald Trump.
Tags: Florida News, Florida social media law, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis
Trump thinks Florida's abortion amendment will likely pass, but won't say how he'll vote
The proposed Florida constitutional amendment would need support of 60 percent of voters to pass.
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Donald Trump, Amendment 4, Florida abortion rights
Florida abortion rights campaign challenges financial impact statement’s validity
Lawyers for the political committee argued in Wednesday’s brief that the statement could only be revised by court order.
Tags: Florida News, Florida abortion amendment, Amendment 4
State of Florida may have to pay $3.2 million in legal fees, after judge throws out voter restriction law
The request stems from a battle about a law (SB 90) that imposed new restrictions on mail-in voting and voter-registration groups.
Tags: Florida News, Florida voter restriction lawsuit, Ron DeSantis, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker
Gun owner, 2nd Amendment groups challenging Florida law banning open carry of firearms
“The blatant infringement of the Second Amendment right to ‘bear arms’ runs counter to this nation’s historical tradition..."
Tags: Florida News, Florida open carry law, Ron DeSantis, NRA
Florida Gov. DeSantis describes Idalia and Debby as 'night and day, in recovery efforts
“With Idalia there was debris everywhere,” DeSantis said.
By Tom Urban, Jim Turner and News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Hurricane Debby, Hurricane Idalia, Gov. Ron DeSantis
Anti-abortion political committees are lining up to defeat Florida's Amendment 4
While there are now at least four groups opposing Amendment 4, the measure continues to lead in public opinion polls
Tags: Florida News, Florida abortion amendment, Florida Amendment 4
Teacher unions urge appeals court to side with Hillsborough teacher over Florida pronoun law
"Florida’s public-school students, families and educators are once again the ones who bear the brunt of this dangerous political theater.”
Tags: Florida News, Florid teacher unions, Florida transgender lawsuit, Hillsborough County Schools
Thousands of Florida residents without power, as Hurricane Debby makes landfall
DeSantis said resources will be moved to Sarasota because of the amount of rainfall the area has gotten since Sunday.
Tags: Florida News, Hurricane Debby, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Hurricane power outages
Hurricane Debby will be an 'ongoing threat' over coming days, says Florida Gov. DeSantis
“We have seen and will continue to see flooding in every part of the state of Florida,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
By Jim Turner and News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Hurricane Debby, Ron DeSantis
Opposition groups say Florida’s Amendment 2 isn’t about the ‘right to hunt and fish’
Floridians already have that right, but the NRA-backed initiative could open the door to the brutal killing of wildlife.
By Teddy Duncan
Tags: Florida News, Environment, Florida Amendment 2, hunting and fishing in Florida
Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida's Big Bend area, while flooding and road closures impact Tampa Bay
Over 30,000 Tampa Bay residents lost power overnight.
By Colin Wolf
Tags: Florida News, Hurricane Debby, Tampa Bay road closures, Tampa Bay flooding
Hedge-fund billionaire dumps $12 million into PAC fighting Florida's recreational pot amendment
Ken Griffin, CEO of the firm Citadel, announced the contribution Friday in an opinion piece in the Miami Herald.
Tags: Florida News, Amendment 3, Florida recreational marijuana amendment, Ken Griffin
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Alaska Airlines will offer new non-stop flights from Tampa to Portland and San Francisco this fall
Tampa’s popular online sandwich shop Cousin Vinny’s will open first storefront this year
By Kyla Fields
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay says gorilla died after brief illness
Kink Christmas happened in St. Petersburg last weekend when Fetish Con landed at the Bayfront Hilton in St. Petersburg for four days…
By Ray Roa
Over the last couple years, country singer and "American Idol" judge Luke Bryan has been struggling to find a buyer for his…
By CL Staff
You came, you saw, and you enjoyed that sweet, sweet Amalie Arena air-conditioning. Bolts Brew Fest returned to the home of the…
Stormbringer has whipped up three decades of ‘80s covers, and last Friday the Tampa Bay band celebrated its 30th anniversary with a…
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