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A federal judge Friday permanently blocked restrictions that Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers placed on addressing race-related issues in workplace training — part of a controversial 2022 law that DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.” Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a two-page order granting a permanent injunction against the workplace-training part of the law.
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There are 5 million National Flood Insurance Program policy holders in the country, many will likely would go without insurance because of the cost on the private market
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Facing potential First Amendment challenges, Florida has proposed details about how it will carry out a new law aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms and blocking minors from accessing online pornography.Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office on Tuesday published three proposed rules that include addressing one of the most closely watched issues in the law: age verification.
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Tens of thousands of federal flood insurance policy holders in Cape Coral, Fort Myers Beach, Bonita Springs, Estero and unincorporated Lee County will continue to get steep discounts on its premiums, government leaders announced Friday.
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An appeals court Wednesday rejected a request by abortion-rights supporters to allow a circuit judge to rule on the legality of a revised “financial impact statement” that would appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion.The 1st District Court of Appeal quickly denied a request filed Wednesday by Floridians Protecting Freedom, a political committee sponsoring the proposed constitutional amendment. The request came two days after a state panel issued a revised financial impact statement that Floridians Protecting Freedom contended was “highly politicized and unlawfully inaccurate.”
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Amendment 4 supporters accused the members of the Financial Impact Estimating Conference of misleading voters by including that the measure could lead to Medicaid-funded abortions and costly lawsuits.
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A second reading will be July 23 on an ordinance to put a referendum on the November ballot amending the North Port City Charter.If approved it would allow the commission to issue debt to respond to emergencies or pay for safety and public health projects.
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Florida Highway Patrol kicked off Operation Southern Slow Down. It’s part of a regionwide effort to reduce the number of speeders, aggressive drivers and crashes on Florida roads and highways.
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In an exclusive story, The Florida Center for Government Accountability's Florida Trident reports that Trump VP hopeful Byron Donalds’ ex-wife shares her story, says what he’s doing is “super-dangerous.”
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At issue are changes Lee County's government made to the Land Development Code freeing South Seas from density and height limits.