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The lawsuit claims the overhaul of the National Flood Insurance Program will drive up homeowners' insurance rates for more than 1 million Florida policies.
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Three unions representing workers in South Florida filed a lawsuit in Leon County circuit court, hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law.
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They include laws on abortion, affordable housing, the death penalty, immigration and LGBTQ+ issues.
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Florida's plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada was passed by lawmakers in 2019.
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A judge grants a request to handle the case as a class action. The claimants say the state stops providing incontinence supplies to Medicaid beneficiaries older than 21.
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In a 56-page document, DeSantis' attorneys say the state Senate should decide the case brought by the suspended Hillsborough state attorney.
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A 14.2 percent increase this year would require the approval of Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation before it could take effect.
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The six-week abortion bill passed a Senate committee after emotional testimony from both sides. It will next go before the Senate floor this week.
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The Senate Bill'd (SB 450) sponsor says it's an effort to avoid one “protest juror” from preventing a death sentence.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed a budget that, among other things, calls for a variety of tax cuts and an increase in teacher pay.
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Florida lawmakers could scrap a bill that would eliminate a requirement for unanimous jury recommendations before death sentences can be imposed.
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The emergency declaration has been repeatedly extended, "artificially growing our population covered under Medicaid," according to letter sent to President Biden by 25 Republican governors.