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World-renowned artist and creator Romero Britto talks about the art world’s emergence post-pandemic. A new proposed tobacco law could raise the smoking age in Florida from 18 to 21. Plus, we hear from Palm Beach County's teacher of the year.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all local-government coronavirus emergency orders on Monday as he signed a bill that makes permanent his ban on COVID-19 vaccine “passports” and limits the authority of cities and counties in future health-care crises.
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From abortion restrictions to vacation rentals, many high-profile bills died Friday when the Florida legislative session ended.
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Florida lawmakers marked the end of the 2021 legislative session on Friday. Representatives discussed a wide range of controversial issues from mail ballots to vaccination passports to protests.
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Transgender women and girls would effectively be banned from playing on secondary school and college female sports teams under a bill approved by both the House and Senate. LGBTQ advocates and allies are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto the proposal.
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Environmental advocates are asking for a veto on one of the bills, but are breathing easier after another preemption bill was gutted.
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The Senate Rules Committee scheduled a last-minute meeting to hear a bill aimed at policing. The proposal is a compromise between the Legislative Black Caucus and Republicans, and comes after high-profile deaths of Black Americans by law enforcement.
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House sponsor Spencer Roach, R-North Fort Myers, postponed consideration of the bill on the House floor Tuesday for the second consecutive day. With the session scheduled to end Friday, the postponement would make it procedurally difficult to take up the bill (SB 426), which passed the Senate last week.
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Because of a legally required 72-hour “cooling off” period, the budget is required to be finalized and printed Tuesday for the annual legislative session to end on time Friday.
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The Florida Senate on Monday gave final approval to a measure that seeks to limit increases in impact fees, which many local governments collect to help pay for growth-related costs.
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With Democrats likening the measure to Jim Crow-era practices aimed at keeping Black people from voting, the state Senate on Monday passed an elections package that would make it harder for Floridians to cast ballots by mail.
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LGBTQ advocates are speaking out against proposals in the legislature they say could harm LGBTQ youth.