Jim Turner | News Service of Florida
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High school athletes in Florida, just like their college counterparts, will be able to make money off the field through endorsements and other kinds of deals.
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Less than two years into the job, University of Florida President Ben Sasse on Thursday announced he will step down July 31 because of his wife’s health.
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The state has stopped taking new applications for a popular home-hardening program, less than a month after a new round of funding became available.
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Environmental groups and the state have reached a settlement to end a federal lawsuit over management of the Piney Point site that leaked millions of gallons of wastewater into Tampa Bay in 2021.
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Florida’s 2024-2025 fiscal year kicks off this week with a fresh $116.5 billion budget and nearly 200 new laws.
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The plan sets aside money in Florida's budget to buy and retrofit a warehouse in Central Florida as a staging area to respond to hurricanes and other emergencies.
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One of the bills (SB 1764) targets “coordinated” events where 10 or more vehicles are involved in street takeovers. It will increase fines and potential jail time for people who participate. The measure will take effect July 1.
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DeSantis said the bill he signed will protect the state’s cattle industry against “an ideological agenda that wants to finger agriculture as the problem.”
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A qualifying period will start for this year’s candidates for a U.S. Senate seat, U.S. House seats and state attorney, public defender and judicial posts. The qualifying period will end at noon Friday.
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The restriction bill was backed by business groups. “Preempting local governments’ ability to protect workers from climate-caused extreme heat is inhumane,” read a letter signed by more than 90 organizations asking DeSantis to veto the bill.
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Florida pension-fund managers are ready to begin the process of dropping investments in China-owned companies, anticipating that Gov. Ron DeSantis will sign a bill directing divestment.
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Legislative leaders have agreed to use hundreds of millions of dollars in gambling money to help pay for further expansion of a state wildlife corridor and other environmental projects.