(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a preemption bill last year that would have prohibited local governments from banning plastic straws, citing it as an example of legislative overreach.
(The Center Square) – More than 100 new statutes went into effect in Florida on Wednesday, including dozens signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
(The Center Square) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that increases fines by 50 percent for wastewater discharges, effective Wednesday, adding a substantial penalty boost to his four-year, $2.5 billion environmental water quality plan.
(The Center Square) – As Memorial Day neared, Florida cities were issuing celebratory announcements that local beaches would open for the traditional first weekend of summer.
(The Center Square) – With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis using veto power to trim $1 billion before signing a $92.2 billion fiscal year 2021 budget, there was no special session to vet the plan before it goes into effect Wednesday.
(The Center Square) – Florida lawmakers had adopted a $93.2 billion fiscal year 2021 budget that, for the first time in years, fully funded the state’s affordable housing programs at $387 million.
(The Center Square) – Gov. Ron DeSantis used an 18-page list of at least 620 cuts to slash $1 billion from the fiscal year 2021 budget lawmakers approved in March before the COVID-19 emergency dramatically reduced revenue forecasts built into the spending plan.
(The Center Square) – The same federal judge who ruled requiring felons to pay legal obligations before being eligible to vote in Florida is a poll tax has determined asking voters to pay postage to mail ballots is not.
(The Center Square) – Hours after Florida suspended alcohol sales at bars after another record-setting day for new coronavirus cases, Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterated he will not issue a statewide mask order nor scale back the state’s reopening plan.
(The Center Square) – Rebekah Jones, the geographic information system analyst fired by the Florida Department of Health in May, says she will file a formal whistleblower complaint and other lawsuits against the state.
(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a preemption bill last year that would have prohibited local governments from banning plastic straws, citing it as an example of legislative overreach.
(The Center Square) – More than 100 new statutes went into effect in Florida on Wednesday, including dozens signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
(The Center Square) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that increases fines by 50 percent for wastewater discharges, effective Wednesday, adding a substantial penalty boost to his four-year, $2.5 billion environmental water quality plan.
(The Center Square) – As Memorial Day neared, Florida cities were issuing celebratory announcements that local beaches would open for the traditional first weekend of summer.
(The Center Square) – With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis using veto power to trim $1 billion before signing a $92.2 billion fiscal year 2021 budget, there was no special session to vet the plan before it goes into effect Wednesday.
(The Center Square) – Florida lawmakers had adopted a $93.2 billion fiscal year 2021 budget that, for the first time in years, fully funded the state’s affordable housing programs at $387 million.
(The Center Square) – Gov. Ron DeSantis used an 18-page list of at least 620 cuts to slash $1 billion from the fiscal year 2021 budget lawmakers approved in March before the COVID-19 emergency dramatically reduced revenue forecasts built into the spending plan.
(The Center Square) – The same federal judge who ruled requiring felons to pay legal obligations before being eligible to vote in Florida is a poll tax has determined asking voters to pay postage to mail ballots is not.
(The Center Square) – Hours after Florida suspended alcohol sales at bars after another record-setting day for new coronavirus cases, Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterated he will not issue a statewide mask order nor scale back the state’s reopening plan.
(The Center Square) – Rebekah Jones, the geographic information system analyst fired by the Florida Department of Health in May, says she will file a formal whistleblower complaint and other lawsuits against the state.
(The Center Square) – More than 23 million Americans, including 1.75 million Floridians, would lose their health insurance if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed, a Center for American Progress (CAP) analysis found.
