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Wauchula Republican Sen. Albritton said he expects to focus during the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions on issues involving agriculture and the child-protective system.
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The Florida House held a ceremony to formally designate Miami Republican Rep. Daniel Perez as the next House Speaker. He will succeed Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, after the 2024 elections.
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Monique Worrell wants the Florida Supreme Court to overturn Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision to remove her from her role as an Orlando-area state attorney. She wants her job reinstated with back pay.
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Florida Insurance Commissioner is taking issue with parts of a Citizens proposal that would increase rates by 12% for homeowners with the most-common type of policies.
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The Florida Professional Firefighters union has joined the Florida Police Benevolent Association in challenging the way a state agency is carrying out a new law that placed additional restrictions on public-employee unions.
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Florida leaders have long sought to shift policies from Citizens into the private market, in part because of financial risks if the state gets hit by a major hurricane or multiple hurricanes.
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The Florida Public Service Commission are bring up their concerns to the EPA over a federal proposal aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants. State regulators argue that the changes could drive up costs for consumers and hurt the reliability of the state’s electric system.
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A federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit alleging the University of Miami should refund money to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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More than 180 landowners have applied to a state-funded program designed to keep swaths of rural property from commercial and residential development.
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A federal judge has ruled that Florida violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the rights of children. It comes after an investigation found that Florida’s Medicaid program was unnecessarily institutionalizing kids in nursing homes.
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As Citizens Property Insurance Corp. waits for a decision on a plan that would lead to double-digit rate increases for customers, the state-backed insurer remains on a path to grow to 1.7 million policies by the end of the year
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Florida Power & Light filed a motion in Miami-Dade County circuit court asking a judge to toss out a class-action lawsuit stemming from power outages in Hurricane Irma.