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Proposed Florida Constitution amendment would require supermajority to adopt single-payer health care system

Proposed Florida Constitution amendment would require supermajority to adopt single-payer health care system

Proposed Florida Constitution amendment would require supermajority to adopt single-payer health care system
Proposed Florida Constitution amendment would require supermajority to adopt single-payer health care system

Proposed Florida Constitution amendment would require supermajority to adopt single-payer health care system

U.S. representative's bill would ban QAnon supporters, Capitol rioters from getting security clearances

U.S. representative's bill would ban QAnon supporters, Capitol rioters from getting security clearances

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • 6 hrs ago

(The Center Square) – Florida U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy will introduce a bill to revise the federal background-check process to bar QAnon believers and those who participated in the Capitol insurrection from receiving security clearances necessary to hold government positions.

Illinois Facebook users who joined class-action to get nearly $350 each from settlement

Illinois Facebook users who joined class-action to get nearly $350 each from settlement

  • By Cole Lauterbach | The Center Square
  • 7 hrs ago

(The Center Square) – About 1.6 million Illinoisans with a Facebook page who joined a class-action lawsuit could get about $350 in the coming months as part of a settlement. 

Gun owners’ rights versus gun control: Many Florida bills filed, few likely to pass

Gun owners’ rights versus gun control: Many Florida bills filed, few likely to pass

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 18, 2021

(The Center Square) – Firearms regulation will remain a hot topic when Florida’s legislative session convenes March 2, with dozens of gun-control proposals and several gun owners’ rights bills already filed.

Tallahassee mayor calls for National Guard troops to boost Capitol security

Tallahassee mayor calls for National Guard troops to boost Capitol security

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 15, 2021

(The Center Square) – Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday to call out the National Guard this weekend after the FBI arrested a local man for calling for violence in confronting President Donald Trump supporters during an expected rally Sunday at the state …

Publix expands COVID-19 vaccine offerings as Florida ramps-up inoculations for seniors

Publix expands COVID-19 vaccine offerings as Florida ramps-up inoculations for seniors

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 14, 2021

(The Center Square) – Pharmacies in 105 Publix grocery stores across Florida each will offer between 100 and 125 COVID-19 vaccine inoculations a day as part of the state's ramped up vaccine distribution plan.

Committees get first look at Florida budget projections, 2021 session bills

Committees get first look at Florida budget projections, 2021 session bills

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 14, 2021

(The Center Square) – With preliminary legislative committee meetings underway in Tallahassee, it’s clear a theme of the 2021 legislative session will be finding money to plug pandemic-induced budget holes.

Senate committee warned Florida taxpayers at risk unless state helps private property insurers

Senate committee warned Florida taxpayers at risk unless state helps private property insurers

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 13, 2021

(The Center Square) – Florida’s 6.2 million homeowners face significant rate increases from ballooning reinsurance costs, 2017-18 hurricane loss creep, coastal flooding and excessive litigation.

Florida officials say they’re ready if Tallahassee Trump rallies get violent

Florida officials say they’re ready if Tallahassee Trump rallies get violent

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 13, 2021

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump supporters are expected to rally in Tallahassee against President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, but the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) said it knows of no threats of violence against lawmakers and officials.

Florida to consider divesting from tech companies that pulled plug on Trump

Florida to consider divesting from tech companies that pulled plug on Trump

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 12, 2021

(The Center Square) – Florida will consider divesting from technology companies that ban or suspended President Donald Trump’s social media accounts when Gov. Ron DeSantis next meets with his Cabinet.

Revived vacation rental bill signals renewed Florida preemption push

Revived vacation rental bill signals renewed Florida preemption push

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 12, 2021

(The Center Square) – Preemption has been a percolating issue in Florida since 2011, when the Republican-controlled Legislature inserted political penalties into the state’s 1987 preemption law banning municipalities from adopting their own gun laws.

U.S. representative's bill would ban QAnon supporters, Capitol rioters from getting security clearances

U.S. representative's bill would ban QAnon supporters, Capitol rioters from getting security clearances

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • 6 hrs ago

(The Center Square) – Florida U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy will introduce a bill to revise the federal background-check process to bar QAnon believers and those who participated in the Capitol insurrection from receiving security clearances necessary to hold government positions.

Illinois Facebook users who joined class-action to get nearly $350 each from settlement

Illinois Facebook users who joined class-action to get nearly $350 each from settlement

  • By Cole Lauterbach | The Center Square
  • 7 hrs ago

(The Center Square) – About 1.6 million Illinoisans with a Facebook page who joined a class-action lawsuit could get about $350 in the coming months as part of a settlement. 

Gun owners’ rights versus gun control: Many Florida bills filed, few likely to pass

Gun owners’ rights versus gun control: Many Florida bills filed, few likely to pass

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 18, 2021

(The Center Square) – Firearms regulation will remain a hot topic when Florida’s legislative session convenes March 2, with dozens of gun-control proposals and several gun owners’ rights bills already filed.

Tallahassee mayor calls for National Guard troops to boost Capitol security

Tallahassee mayor calls for National Guard troops to boost Capitol security

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 15, 2021

(The Center Square) – Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday to call out the National Guard this weekend after the FBI arrested a local man for calling for violence in confronting President Donald Trump supporters during an expected rally Sunday at the state …

Publix expands COVID-19 vaccine offerings as Florida ramps-up inoculations for seniors

Publix expands COVID-19 vaccine offerings as Florida ramps-up inoculations for seniors

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 14, 2021

(The Center Square) – Pharmacies in 105 Publix grocery stores across Florida each will offer between 100 and 125 COVID-19 vaccine inoculations a day as part of the state's ramped up vaccine distribution plan.

Committees get first look at Florida budget projections, 2021 session bills

Committees get first look at Florida budget projections, 2021 session bills

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 14, 2021

(The Center Square) – With preliminary legislative committee meetings underway in Tallahassee, it’s clear a theme of the 2021 legislative session will be finding money to plug pandemic-induced budget holes.

Senate committee warned Florida taxpayers at risk unless state helps private property insurers

Senate committee warned Florida taxpayers at risk unless state helps private property insurers

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 13, 2021

(The Center Square) – Florida’s 6.2 million homeowners face significant rate increases from ballooning reinsurance costs, 2017-18 hurricane loss creep, coastal flooding and excessive litigation.

Florida officials say they’re ready if Tallahassee Trump rallies get violent

Florida officials say they’re ready if Tallahassee Trump rallies get violent

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 13, 2021

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump supporters are expected to rally in Tallahassee against President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, but the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) said it knows of no threats of violence against lawmakers and officials.

Florida to consider divesting from tech companies that pulled plug on Trump

Florida to consider divesting from tech companies that pulled plug on Trump

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 12, 2021

(The Center Square) – Florida will consider divesting from technology companies that ban or suspended President Donald Trump’s social media accounts when Gov. Ron DeSantis next meets with his Cabinet.

Revived vacation rental bill signals renewed Florida preemption push

Revived vacation rental bill signals renewed Florida preemption push

  • By John Haughey | The Center Square
  • Jan 12, 2021

(The Center Square) – Preemption has been a percolating issue in Florida since 2011, when the Republican-controlled Legislature inserted political penalties into the state’s 1987 preemption law banning municipalities from adopting their own gun laws.

$1.4B in emergency federal rental assistance headed to Florida

$1.4B in emergency federal rental assistance headed to Florida

  • By Jason Schaumburg | The Center Square
  • Jan 12, 2021

(The Center Square) – Florida is in line to receive $1.4 billion in federal COVID-19 emergency rental assistance, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday.

U.S. representative's bill would ban QAnon supporters, Capitol rioters from getting security clearances

U.S. representative's bill would ban QAnon supporters, Capitol rioters from getting security clearances

  • 6 hrs ago
Illinois Facebook users who joined class-action to get nearly $350 each from settlement

Illinois Facebook users who joined class-action to get nearly $350 each from settlement

  • 7 hrs ago
Gun owners’ rights versus gun control: Many Florida bills filed, few likely to pass

Gun owners’ rights versus gun control: Many Florida bills filed, few likely to pass

  • Jan 18, 2021
Tallahassee mayor calls for National Guard troops to boost Capitol security

Tallahassee mayor calls for National Guard troops to boost Capitol security

  • Jan 15, 2021
Publix expands COVID-19 vaccine offerings as Florida ramps-up inoculations for seniors

Publix expands COVID-19 vaccine offerings as Florida ramps-up inoculations for seniors

  • Jan 14, 2021
Committees get first look at Florida budget projections, 2021 session bills

Committees get first look at Florida budget projections, 2021 session bills

  • Jan 14, 2021
Senate committee warned Florida taxpayers at risk unless state helps private property insurers

Senate committee warned Florida taxpayers at risk unless state helps private property insurers

  • Jan 13, 2021
Florida officials say they’re ready if Tallahassee Trump rallies get violent

Florida officials say they’re ready if Tallahassee Trump rallies get violent

  • Jan 13, 2021
Florida to consider divesting from tech companies that pulled plug on Trump

Florida to consider divesting from tech companies that pulled plug on Trump

  • Jan 12, 2021
Revived vacation rental bill signals renewed Florida preemption push

Revived vacation rental bill signals renewed Florida preemption push

  • Jan 12, 2021
$1.4B in emergency federal rental assistance headed to Florida

$1.4B in emergency federal rental assistance headed to Florida

  • Jan 12, 2021
Florida bill targets ‘monopolized monster social media companies’

Florida bill targets ‘monopolized monster social media companies’

  • Jan 11, 2021
Lead Florida Senate Democrat wants Trump investigate as ‘subversive person’ under state law

Lead Florida Senate Democrat wants Trump investigate as ‘subversive person’ under state law

  • Jan 11, 2021
Pandemic outpacing vaccinations as post-holiday surge hammers Florida

Pandemic outpacing vaccinations as post-holiday surge hammers Florida

  • Jan 8, 2021

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