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Tom Urban/News Service of FloridaThe House passed Senate President Kathleen Passidomo’s SB 102 bill, dubbed the “Live Local Act.” It would provide incentives for private investment in affordable housing and encourage mixed-use development in struggling commercial areas, while barring local rent controls and pre-empting various local government rules. -
Rae Riiska/Fresh Take FloridaThe legislation over abandoned and historic cemeteries would enact recommendations made in a report by the Task Force for Abandoned Florida Cemeteries, which was formed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2021 to find ways to identify and preserve neglected cemeteries across the state.
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Florida is the latest state to expand its school voucher program to all students, regardless of their family income and whether they’re in private school or homeschool. -
Travel records involving Gov. Ron DeSantis and his family would be shielded from public disclosure under a proposal moving forward in the Senate and the House.
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The House version of the proposal would extend the ban to children already receiving treatments. It would also stop insurance companies from covering gender-affirming surgeries for transgender adults.
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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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In previously unreported videos from a closed-door Teneo Network conference, the Republican governor takes his anti-big tech rhetoric beyond what he has said publicly.
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The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades.
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Amid a crackdown by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration on drag-show performances, a Senate panel on Tuesday gave initial approval to a bill that would allow the state to revoke licenses of businesses that admit children to “adult live” performances.
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A proposal (SB 1416/HB 1409) to revamp Florida's alimony laws — one of the most emotionally charged issues tackled by state lawmakers over the past decade — is back on the agenda during the 2023 Florida legislature.
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A survey in conjunction with COVID-19's third anniversary shows the effect of politicization on public responses to the pandemic.
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a Florida House panel Monday approved a bill that would help shield campground owners from lawsuits about people getting injured or killed while camping.
