โA simple fate:โ Florida Gov. DeSantis promises to veto this license plate rule
Read full article: โA simple fate:โ Florida Gov. DeSantis promises to veto this license plate ruleAfter a license plate law went into effect back in October, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he would deny any legislation implementing another rule if it came across his desk.
Florida lawmakers consider โYa Ya Alert Actโ to improve real-time threat notifications
Read full article: Florida lawmakers consider โYa Ya Alert Actโ to improve real-time threat notificationsThe proposed Ya Ya Alert Act, sponsored by Rep. Rashon Young, would create a mandatory alert system requiring law enforcement to send notifications when a serious threat is within a three-mile radius of schools, childcare facilities, and registered users.
License plate liberation? Florida lawmakers file bills to toss the yellow tag
Read full article: License plate liberation? Florida lawmakers file bills to toss the yellow tagFloridaโs yellow license plate registration decals may soon be a thing of the past with the advent of new legislation calling for an electronic renewal process.
More property tax amendments just hit Florida. Hereโs the full list
Read full article: More property tax amendments just hit Florida. Hereโs the full listAnother two property tax proposals were filed on Wednesday, adding to the growing list of plans that lawmakers want to put in front of voters next year.
CAIR sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over new โterroristโ designation
Read full article: CAIR sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over new โterroristโ designationAfter being labeled a โforeign terrorist organization,โ the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Monday filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Florida's capital city approves plan to sell golf course built on slaves' graves, despite outcry
Read full article: Florida's capital city approves plan to sell golf course built on slaves' graves, despite outcryLocal officials in Floridaโs capital city have voted to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the graves of enslaved people to a once-segregated country club.
โCharlie Kirk Dayโ could be coming to Florida next year. Hereโs why
Read full article: โCharlie Kirk Dayโ could be coming to Florida next year. Hereโs whyA bill bringing a special day of observation for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk just passed its first hurdle in the Florida Legislature on Tuesday.
โSick procedures:โ Florida announces lawsuit over trans treatments on children
Read full article: โSick procedures:โ Florida announces lawsuit over trans treatments on childrenOn Tuesday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that his office filed a lawsuit over what he dubbed โmutilating children.โ
โEliminate them:โ Florida property tax cuts just got closer to becoming real
Read full article: โEliminate them:โ Florida property tax cuts just got closer to becoming realThis week, four proposed constitutional amendments in Florida took another step closer toward becoming reality after getting approved by lawmakers.
Florida universities are cutting their programs. Hereโs the full list so far
Read full article: Florida universities are cutting their programs. Hereโs the full list so farA SUSF spokeswoman said that several degree programs at universities across Florida have been terminated after a review by the state.
Florida lawmaker pushes new amendment on student rights. Hereโs what it says
Read full article: Florida lawmaker pushes new amendment on student rights. Hereโs what it saysThe proposal would give students in public schools more rights โ though it will have to amend the state constitution to do so.
Florida groups seek to speed up social media case
Read full article: Florida groups seek to speed up social media caseAfter a ruling last week allowed Florida to begin enforcing a 2024 law designed to prevent children from having access to certain social-media sites, tech industry groups Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to quickly hear arguments about whether the law violates First Amendment rights.
Can Florida redraw Congressional districts now? Lawmakers to inch toward decision with hearing
Read full article: Can Florida redraw Congressional districts now? Lawmakers to inch toward decision with hearingA Florida House committee is meeting on Thursday as state lawmakers inch their way toward a possible mid-decade congressional redistricting.
Florida investigating Campbellโs after claims of 3D-printed โfake meatโ
Read full article: Florida investigating Campbellโs after claims of 3D-printed โfake meatโThis week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced an investigation into the Campbellโs Company over potential โlab-grown meat.โ
Citizens Property Insurance drops to its lowest number of policies since 2019
Read full article: Citizens Property Insurance drops to its lowest number of policies since 2019The policy count at the stateโs Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has dropped to its lowest level in six years โ and is headed toward the smallest number ever.
Right-wing personality James Fishback announces Florida governor campaign
Read full article: Right-wing personality James Fishback announces Florida governor campaignJames Fishback is positioning himself as an alternative to the Republican frontrunner, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, and as a successor to Gov. Ron DeSantisโ political policies.
Florida is selling your driverโs license data to companies, a state lawmaker says. She filed a bill to stop it
Read full article: Florida is selling your driverโs license data to companies, a state lawmaker says. She filed a bill to stop itA Florida lawmaker has introduced legislation that seeks to end a statewide practice of selling residentsโ driverโs licenses and ID card information to private companies, data brokers, insurance analytics firms, and foreign-owned entities, according to reporting from News 6 sister station WJXT News 4 in Jacksonville.
โRural Renaissanceโ re-emerges in Florida Senate
Read full article: โRural Renaissanceโ re-emerges in Florida SenateIn a top priority of Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, the Senate on Thursday released a wide-ranging bill aimed at boosting such things as health care, education, transportation and economic development in rural areas.
Florida House aims again to lower gun-buying age
Read full article: Florida House aims again to lower gun-buying ageThe bill would reverse a decision made by the Legislature and then-Gov. Rick Scott to increase the minimum gun-purchase age after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Nikolas Cruz, then 19, used a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at the school.
Florida fires back in smoke shop product fight
Read full article: Florida fires back in smoke shop product fightAttorney General James Uthmeier is asking an administrative law judge to toss out a challenge to an emergency rule banning the sale and manufacture of a concentrated byproduct of kratom, known as 7-OH.
โNon-starter:โ Florida Gov. DeSantis says no to seniors on property tax reform
Read full article: โNon-starter:โ Florida Gov. DeSantis says no to seniors on property tax reformDeSantis has been a vocal supporter for property tax reform. But this week, he put his foot down on providing relief to seniors alone.
Florida state offices will be closed even longer for the holidays this year, DeSantis says
Read full article: Florida state offices will be closed even longer for the holidays this year, DeSantis saysThis year, state offices will be closed for three more days alongside the standard holidays, according to the governor's office.
Florida sets execution date for man who fatally shot man and woman during home invasion robbery
Read full article: Florida sets execution date for man who fatally shot man and woman during home invasion robberyA man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings is scheduled to be put to death in December.
Florida lawmaker wants these 2 presidents in childrenโs classrooms
Read full article: Florida lawmaker wants these 2 presidents in childrenโs classroomsA new proposal floating through the Legislature would require these two presidents to be placed in children's classrooms across the Sunshine State.
Tommy Castellanos runs for two TDs, passes for another as Florida St. routs Va. Tech 34-14
Read full article: Tommy Castellanos runs for two TDs, passes for another as Florida St. routs Va. Tech 34-14Tommy Castellanos had a pair of touchdown runs and tossed a 50-yard TD pass to Duce Robinson as Florida State scored on six straight drives to defeat Virginia Tech 34-14.
FSU freshman Ethan Pritchard returns to campus nearly 3 months after getting shot
Read full article: FSU freshman Ethan Pritchard returns to campus nearly 3 months after getting shotFlorida State freshman linebacker Ethan Pritchard, who was shot in the back of the head following the teamโs season opener in August, is expected to attend the Seminolesโ home finale Saturday.
How to use tourist tax dollars in Orange County generates โhottestโ debate
Read full article: How to use tourist tax dollars in Orange County generates โhottestโ debateHow should the tax revenue generated from tourists be spent in Orange County? That is a question that has been at the center of a debate for years.
Florida sets execution date for man who fatally stabbed woman during home invasion robbery
Read full article: Florida sets execution date for man who fatally stabbed woman during home invasion robberyA man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during home invasion robbery is scheduled to be put to death in December.
โSafer than Tylenol:โ Florida sues Planned Parenthood over abortion drugs
Read full article: โSafer than Tylenol:โ Florida sues Planned Parenthood over abortion drugsFlorida's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, accusing the group of deceptively marketing abortion drugs for profit.
News 6 sits down to interview Florida gubernatorial candidate David Jolly
Read full article: News 6 sits down to interview Florida gubernatorial candidate David JollyOrange County Mayor Jerry Demings is officially launching his campaign for Florida governor, but there is already another Democrat in the race: former Florida Congressman David Jolly.
State urges go-ahead for execution of man convicted in rape, murder of Brevard County girl
Read full article: State urges go-ahead for execution of man convicted in rape, murder of Brevard County girlhttps://www.newsserviceflorida.com/latest/headlines/state-urges-go-ahead-for-jennings-execution/article_3c5d9222-e5cc-410d-87b1-d4db3b969faf.html
28 Floridians evacuated from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, Gov. DeSantis says
Read full article: 28 Floridians evacuated from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, Gov. DeSantis saysGov. Ron DeSantis announced on Saturday the evacuation of 28 Floridians from Jamaica following the devastating impacts of powerful Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
New โinsanityโ proposal after man who fatally stabbed child moved next to Marion County elementary school
Read full article: New โinsanityโ proposal after man who fatally stabbed child moved next to Marion County elementary schoolAfter a Kentucky man who fatally stabbed a 6-year-old was released from prison early and moved to Central Florida, the stateโs attorney general is now pushing for changes to the stateโs โinsanity defense.โ
Florida class action OKโd in trans inmate case
Read full article: Florida class action OKโd in trans inmate caseA federal judge has cleared the way for transgender Florida prison inmates to pursue a class-action lawsuit alleging they were improperly denied accommodations as part of treating gender dysphoria.
Florida judge rejects concealed carry age law
Read full article: Florida judge rejects concealed carry age lawSiding with a 19-year-old man who was spotted with a gun in his waistband, a Broward County circuit judge Friday ruled that a state law barring people under age 21 from carrying concealed weapons violates Second Amendment rights.
โSupport for nonsense:โ Florida teacher condemned after using โMx.โ prefix
Read full article: โSupport for nonsense:โ Florida teacher condemned after using โMx.โ prefixA letter issued to the district school board claims that the โMx.โ pronoun โ reportedly pronounced โmixโ โ was intended to obfuscate the teacherโs gender.
Florida sets execution date for man who raped and murdered his former manager at a convenience store
Read full article: Florida sets execution date for man who raped and murdered his former manager at a convenience storeA man convicted of raping and fatally beating his former manager at a Florida convenience store is scheduled to be put to death in November.
Polk County agency fights Tampa Bay water permit
Read full article: Polk County agency fights Tampa Bay water permitRaising the specter of not being able to meet future water needs, a Polk County agency is challenging a decision that would allow the neighboring Tampa Bay region to pull more water from the Alafia River.
Florida CFO blasts Seminole County leaders over taxes. Hereโs their response
Read full article: Florida CFO blasts Seminole County leaders over taxes. Hereโs their responseEarlier this month, Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia blasted Seminole County after it approved its first property tax hike in nearly two decades.
Florida lawmakers refile medical malpractice lawsuit bill DeSantis vetoed
Read full article: Florida lawmakers refile medical malpractice lawsuit bill DeSantis vetoedMore than four months after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the idea, the Florida House on Wednesday began a renewed effort to repeal a decades-old law that has prevented some people from pursuing key damages in medical-malpractice lawsuits.
Mason Heintschel throws for 321 yards, two TDs to Desmond Reid in Pittโs upset of No. 25 Florida St.
Read full article: Mason Heintschel throws for 321 yards, two TDs to Desmond Reid in Pittโs upset of No. 25 Florida St.Mason Heintschel threw for 310 yards and connected with Desmond Reid on a pair of touchdown passes as Pittsburgh defeated No. 25 Florida State 34-31.
DeSantis signs death warrant for killer who kidnapped, raped child in Brevard County
Read full article: DeSantis signs death warrant for killer who kidnapped, raped child in Brevard CountyGov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant to execute a man convicted of kidnapping a 6-year-old girl from her bedroom in 1979 and raping and murdering her in Brevard County.
These 40 Florida roads may be renamed after Charlie Kirk under new proposal
Read full article: These 40 Florida roads may be renamed after Charlie Kirk under new proposalA new bill filed this week could redesignate 40 different roadways across the state after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Florida Lawmakers start filing budget proposals ahead of 2026 legislative session
Read full article: Florida Lawmakers start filing budget proposals ahead of 2026 legislative sessionLawmakers have started to file proposed budget earmarks for local projects as they return to the Capitol to prepare for the 2026 legislative session.
2-week hearing begins on FPL proposal that would increase rates across Florida
Read full article: 2-week hearing begins on FPL proposal that would increase rates across FloridaAfter jettisoning a โcounter proposal,โ state regulators Monday waded into a rate case that could lead to Florida Power & Light customers paying billions of additional dollars in the coming years.
Carson Beck throws 4 TD passes to help No. 3 Miami hold off No. 18 Florida State, 28-22
Read full article: Carson Beck throws 4 TD passes to help No. 3 Miami hold off No. 18 Florida State, 28-22Carson Beck threw four touchdown passes โ two apiece to Malachi Toney and CJ Daniels โ and No. 3 Miami held off No. 18 Florida State 28-22 on Saturday night.
Floridaโs top universities were just revealed. Hereโs how they ranked
Read full article: Floridaโs top universities were just revealed. Hereโs how they rankedThe news comes as the state of Florida received the outletโs top ranking for higher education, drawing out a reaction from Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joins federal, state officials for 287(g) remarks in Tallahassee
Read full article: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joins federal, state officials for 287(g) remarks in TallahasseeFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference at the Florida Sheriffโs Association Headquarters in Tallahassee.