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FLORIDA GOVERNOR SIGNS SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR MINORS BILL; A LEGAL BATTLE COULD FOLLOW

A bill prohibiting children from accessing certain social media platforms was signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a March 25 press...
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FLORIDA KEYS BRACE FOR POTENTIAL MASS MIGRATION FOLLOWING DISARRAY IN HAITI

Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered a wave of state officers and guardsmen to the Florida Keys in preparation for possibly more maritime voyages among migrants...
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STATE BUDGET COULD BENEFIT FLORIDA KEYS BY THE TENS OF MILLIONS

Florida legislators approved a $117.5 billion budget to conclude a 60-day session in Tallahassee on March 8.  Funds for a number of Florida Keys projects...
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DeSANTIS SENDING NATIONAL GUARD TO THE KEYS FOR POTENTIAL HAITIAN MIGRANT ARRIVALS

Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering additional state assets to the Florida Keys and Florida’s southern waters in anticipation of a potential influx of illegal...
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FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL’S MEASLES RESPONSE IN BROWARD COUNTY DRAWS CRITICISM FROM LOCAL PEDIATRICIAN

By late February, nine cases of the highly-infectious measles were reported in Broward County. The outbreak began at an elementary school in Weston on...
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GOVERNOR URGES LEGISLATORS TO COME BACK WITH BETTER SOCIAL MEDIA BAN BILL

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the legislature produce a different, yet “superior” bill that proposes to keep minors off social media platforms which...
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STATE BILL COULD BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR KIDS UNDER 16

Kids under 16 in Florida could soon be barred from accessing certain social media platforms that allow users to create profiles, upload content and...
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NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW LAWS IN FLORIDA

Florida rang in the new year with fireworks displays and celebrations from the Panhandle to the Southernmost City. The start of 2024 also brought...
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FLORIDA KEYS OFFICIALS SPEAK LOUD AGAINST COURT CONSOLIDATION IDEA AT TAMPA HEARING

Inside a Hillsborough County courthouse, state attorneys, public defenders, sheriffs and residents provided three hours of testimony to a committee tasked with recommending whether...
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SPEAK YOUR MIND ABOUT CHANGES TO LOCAL LEGAL SYSTEM

Have you ever considered what it would be like NOT to have any local representation on our judiciary or through our locally elected state...