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Sergiy Bykhunenko/A bill that passed its first committee stop today would require the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to procure technology capable of removing harmful algae, toxins, and nutrients from water bodies. -
Shuttershudder/The Department of Corrections says the change will reduce the amount of contraband coming into prisons. Florida prisons are in the process of converting incoming snail mail to a digital-only format.
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After the Florida Senate tweaked its proposed new congressional maps, the House on Monday rolled out its first efforts for the once-a-decade redistricting process. -
Promoting Florida as “greener pastures” for law-enforcement officers, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday teased a plan for salary increases and bonuses as part of his upcoming budget proposal.
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A lawsuit about whether a transgender male student should have been allowed to use boys’ bathrooms at a Northeast Florida high school has become a battleground for states across the country.
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The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season was the third most active on record, but Florida was largely spared significant impacts and the last two months of the season were strikingly quiet.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis wants lawmakers to spend $1 billion in surplus revenue next year to give Floridians a six-month break from paying state gas taxes. DeSantis says the proposal won’t take away funding for transportation projects.
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In 1977, NASA sent out two Voyager probes to study Jupiter and Saturn.
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The Seminole Tribe of Florida is appealing a federal judge's decision to block its deal with the state to expand gambling and online sports betting throughout Florida.
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Paul Graves Williams remains in custody at a treatment center until he's deemed competent to stand trial. Said his sister-in-law: “If he wasn’t crazy when he went in, he may be crazy now.”
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A Washington, D.C.-based judge late Monday ruled that a deal giving the Seminole Tribe control of online sports betting in Florida violates a federal law that regulates gaming on tribal lands.
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Reaffirming someone's right to an abortion is what a new pair of bills filed in the Florida legislature would do. One of the bill's sponsors, Sen. Lori Berman (D-Boynton Beach), says even if neither bill gets a hearing, it will be a way to start conversations with Republicans that abortion is healthcare.
