Jim Turner
Jim Turner is a reporter for the News Service of Florida.
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The Florida House gave final approval to a bill that would lead to the state Department of Transportation inspecting Walt Disney World’s monorail system.
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The Republican-controlled Senate voted 28-12 along party lines on House Bill 3 that would prohibit consideration of “environmental, social and governance” standards in investing government money.
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The Florida Senate moved forward with a package that would provide $973 million in tax breaks next fiscal year.
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Under a controversial proposal continuing to move forward in the Florida Senate, the act of damaging or removing monuments or memorials would be open to civil lawsuits.
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Florida's Senate Judiciary Committee backed a proposal (SB 764), which seeks to prevent people from benefiting financially from disrupting sports or entertainment events.
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A Florida House subcommittee unanimously supported a bill (HB 723) that would provide $250 to “recruiting assistants” for each new member referred to the Florida National Guard and an additional $250 upon a recruit’s enlistment.
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Lawmakers are questioning legislation that would close the doors on the business-recruitment agency Enterprise Florida. Several lawmakers raised concerns about including the Office of Film and Entertainment, which provides services to Florida’s entertainment industry.
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A subcommittee backed a plan that, in part, would separate the Space Florida Board of Directors from the public-private Enterprise Florida.
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A bill designed to stem efforts that have increased during the past few years to remove monuments and markers has started to advance in the Florida Senate.
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The Florida House began moving forward with a bill that would extend liability protections to aerospace companies when crew members are injured or killed in spaceflights.
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In a priority of House Speaker Paul Renner and other Republican leaders, the House began moving forward with a proposal that would prevent considering “environmental, social and governance” standards in investing government money.
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Local environmentalists targeted numerous bills filed for the upcoming legislative session that could damage land-use planning and run counter to conservation efforts backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.