The Republican Party of Florida had a nearly 700,000-voter registration edge over the Florida Democratic Party at the end of November, as the GOP continued widening a gap between the parties. Data posted Wednesday on the state Division of Elections website showed that 5,158,753 Floridians…
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A Senate committee Tuesday unanimously approved two high-profile bills that supporters say would help expand access to health care and spur innovation in Florida. The bills approved by the Senate Health Policy Committee are a top priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, for the…
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In a step toward a potential lawsuit, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Tuesday demanded wide-ranging information from the College Football Playoff Selection Committee about Florida State University’s exclusion from the upcoming four-team playoff. “In Florida, merit matters. FSU proved that they deserved to be…
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The Suwannee River Water Management District Governing Board on Tuesday signed off on renewing a controversial permit that will allow piping hundreds of thousands of gallons of water a day to a North Florida bottling plant. The board’s decision came after years of legal battles…
Read More Florida Springs Bottling Permit Approved
A St. Johns County judge could face a public reprimand after an investigation into whether she improperly injected partisanship into her election campaign and made a misleading statement about fundraising. Judge Casey Woolsey “admitted that her conduct was inappropriate” and violated judicial canons, according to…
Read More Florida Judge Could Face Reprimand In Election Partisanship Case
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet next week will consider proposals to spend $19 million to help prevent development on a little more than 5,000 acres of land in four counties. DeSantis, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and Attorney General…
Read More Gov. DeSantis, Florida Cabinet To Consider Conservation Deals
The Florida Department of Education on Monday released school grades for the 2022-2023 academic year, providing a first look at performance under a new “progress monitoring” system of testing. Education officials said “no negative consequences” would come from what the department called “informational baseline grades”…
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Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure abortion rights in Florida continue moving closer to submitting enough petition signatures to get on the 2024 ballot. The Florida Division of Elections website Friday showed 687,700 valid petition signatures for the measure, which is sponsored…
Read More Florida Abortion Measure Nears 700,000 Signatures
A proposal that would restrict drivers from cruising in highway left lanes sped through a House panel on Thursday. With little comment, the House Transportation & Modals Subcommittee unanimously approved a bill (HB 317) that would apply to drivers on highways with at least two…
Read More House Panel Targets Left-Lane Drivers In Florida
Florida saw an increase in unemployment claims coming out of the short Thanksgiving holiday week. The U.S. Department of Labor issued a report Thursday that showed an estimated 5,866 initial jobless claims were filed in Florida last week, up from a revised count of 4,034…
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