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After gasoline prices spiked last week, they could come down as fuel outages caused by historic flooding in South Florida get resolved.
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Looking back at 2022′s weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization said last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it.And about as bad as it gets — until more warming kicks in.
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The new death penalty law took effect immediately and represents a major change in Florida’s death-penalty system. Lawmakers moved forward with the issue after Nikolas Cruz was sentenced to life in prison last year in the 2018 shooting deaths of 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The life sentence came after a jury did not unanimously recommend death.
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Immigrant-advocacy groups have dropped a lawsuit filed after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration flew 49 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts last year. Lawyers for the Florida Immigrant Coalition, Americans for Immigrant Justice and Hope CommUnity Center filed a notice Wednesday in federal court in South Florida to dismiss the case.
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The explosion of the giant rocket was not seen as a negative by SpaceX officials since this was considered a developmental flight.
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The numbers reflect county residents who had abortions, not necessarily the counties where abortions took place.
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The Florida Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to shift to holding partisan school-board elections.The proposal (HJR 31) will go on the 2024 ballot and, if approved by voters, would do away with a requirement that school-board candidates run without party labels. Partisan elections could begin in 2026.
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Republican lawmakers Wednesday backed proposals intended to nullify development agreements involving the Walt Disney Co. that incensed Gov. Ron DeSantis.The House State Affairs Committee and the Senate Rules Committee approved amendments to broader development bills (HB 439 and SB 1604) that would override agreements the entertainment giant reached with outgoing board members of the former Reedy Creek Improvement District.
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Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd is backing a House bill to revamp elections laws.