Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday vetoed a bill that would have allowed interest rates as high as 36 percent on consumer-finance loans. The bill (HB 1267), which passed during the legislative session that ended May 5, would have replaced a tiered system that allows…
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Patients in Florida will be allowed to use telehealth to renew physician approvals for medical marijuana, under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The bill (HB 387) also could help Black farmers get valuable medical marijuana licenses after years of delays. Under the…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday formally received the final 20 bills from the 2023 legislative session, including a proposal that would shield utilities from being held liable for damage caused by hurricane-related power outages. The utility proposal is part of a wide-ranging bill (SB…
Read More Utility Shield, Hurricane Changes Go To Florida Gov. DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed ten bills, including an effort to regulate advertisements for legal services. The measure (HB 1205) focuses on legal-service ads related to pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices, banning use of terms such as “recall” when a product has not…
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The state of Florida has issued an average of $32 a month in credits to about 1.2 million motorists as part of a year-long program benefiting frequent toll-road users. The Florida Department of Transportation on Friday said $40.1 million in credits were posted to 1…
Read More Florida Toll Credits Top $190 Million
A federal appeals court Thursday ended a Florida-based legal fight over whether airplane passengers and other travelers could be required to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the case is moot, as a…
Read More Florida-Based Legal Flight Over Masking Up On Planes Ends
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday agreed with an administrative law judge and issued a final order rejecting a proposal to drill an exploratory oil well in Collier County. Judge Francine Ffolkes, in a recommended order in March, said Trend Exploration, LLC, had…
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The Republican Party of Florida had built a nearly 500,000-voter registration edge over the Florida Democratic Party as of the end of May, according to numbers posted Tuesday on the state Division of Elections website. The GOP had 5,311,365 registered voters as of May 31,…
Read More Florida Republican Voter Edge Approaches 500,000
Florida State wildlife officials are asking people to report sick, abnormally thin deer and deer found dead of unknown causes after a case of chronic wasting disease was found in Northwest Florida. The positive test was the first known case in Florida of the contagious…
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The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. added more than 12,000 policies during the first half of June as the 2023 hurricane season started. Citizens had 1,316,782 policies as of Friday, up from 1,304,332 at the end of May, according to data posted on its website.…
Read More Florida-Backed Citizens Insurance Policy Count Up 12,000