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A Florida House committee has advanced a bill that would make it easier for journalists and their media outlets to be sued.
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Several bills that will harm the LGBTQ and trans community have been filed in the current Florida Legislature.
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House Bill 415 would give the state oversight of the licensing and permitting process of temporary commercial kitchens around the state — think ghost kitchens or kitchens in portable trailers — which grew in popularity for take-out and delivery options as restaurants struggled.
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Dr. Barry Gordon, a Venice-based physician who specializes in medical marijuana care, told the Health Care Regulation Subcommittee that using telehealth for renewals would benefit some of the sickest Floridians.
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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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The Florida Senate unanimously passed a plan to build more affordable housing, the second day of the 60-day regular lawmaking session.
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The proposal lets all K-12 students in Florida become eligible for either a private school scholarship or an education savings account but hesitation about the cost is growing as other states with similar programs face big problems.
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There’s a glaring loophole in the U.S. 13th Amendment: incarcerated Americans can be slaves of the state. Four states recently amended their constitutions to ban unpaid prison labor — but a similar proposal in Florida now isn't moving forward, with lawmakers citing a climate of political fear over race-related issues in the state.
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It came at the start of the 2023 legislative session, in which the Republican supermajority is expected to rubber stamp much of DeSantis' agenda.
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PodcastsOn the South Florida Roundup, we discussed some of the bills headed into the Florida legislative session (1:06), the stalemate between the University of Florida and a key developer over naming rights (26:37), and spoke with Sabina Covo, the city of Miami’s new District 2 commissioner-elect (39:28).
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Two House Republicans filed a proposal Friday that would make it illegal for doctors to provide treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender minors.
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This is the first time in over a century there’s not a single Democrat in statewide elected office. Also: the 2023 legislative session is coming, and the state may preempt local control over water quality, pollution and wetlands.