by Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida | May 26, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — Supporters said the plan will stabilize the property-insurance market. Critics said it doesn’t do enough to help homeowners. But with hurricane season starting next week, Florida House members overwhelmingly gave final approval Wednesday to a measure...
by Jim Turner and Tom Urban - News Service of Florida | May 26, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — In the wake of Tuesday’s school shooting in Texas, Democratic lawmakers in Florida called on their Republican colleagues to use time remaining in a special legislative session on property insurance to address firearm-related measures such as...
by Jordan Kirkland | May 24, 2022
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is urging the Florida Legislature to add gun violence reform to this week’s special session agenda following Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. An 18-year-old gunman killed fourteen students and one teacher at...
by Caden DeLisa | May 24, 2022
Following a caucus decision, Rep. Fentrice Driskell (D-Tampa) has been elected by her peers as Leader Designate of the Florida House Democratic Caucus. She will assume the role of Leader at the 2022 Organizational Session in November, succeeding Rep. Evan...
by Caden DeLisa | May 24, 2022
Groups in opposition to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed redistricting map filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court in an attempt to halt a stay that set the governor’s map to be used in the upcoming midterm elections. In a 59-page emergency...
by Brian Burgess | May 24, 2022
A panel of federal judges for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a decision on Florida’s “social media censorship” law that a Florida federal judge ruled unconstitutional last year. The 3-0 vote upheld key First Amendment principles on free speech...
