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Politics & Elections

• Politicians weakened state ethics laws. Investigators are now closing cases
  Seeking Rents - 01/17/25
• Recreational marijuana amendment proposed for 2026 ballot
  Sun-Sentinel - 01/16/25
• The slow, steady decline in Florida statesmanship
  Sun-Sentinel - 01/13/25
• ‘You can’t deport them’: Mario Díaz-Balart says non-criminals shouldn’t fear Trump’s expulsion plan
  Florida Politics - 01/13/25
• Report: Kevin Guthrie to lead FEMA
  Florida Politics - 01/13/25
• Donald Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample
  Associated Press - 01/13/25
• Jimmy Patronis points to partisan gerrymandering as only reason he doesn’t live in CD 1
  Florida Politics - 01/13/25
• Disgraced Florida Man Eyes Governor's Mansion
  Mother Jones - 01/09/25
• State takes aim at Senate redistricting case
  News Service of Florida - 01/09/25
• A 'Business-Friendly' Lawyer's Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General
  New York Times - 01/08/25
• New Orange elections chief seeks return of millions Gilzean gave to nonprofits
  Orlando Sentinel - 01/08/25
• Worrell case a test for Orlando
  Orlando Sentinel - 01/08/25
• After Democrats lost Miami-Dade, how will Mayor Levine Cava lead a red county?
  Miami Herald - 01/07/25
• ‘We’re not Lawton Chiles’ party anymore’: Audrey Gibson makes case for FDP Chair run
  Florida Politics - 01/07/25
• Media Need to Look in the Mirror
  News Service of Florida - 01/07/25
• The race for vice chair of Florida Democratic Party begins
  Florida Phoenix - 01/06/25
• Campaign behind Florida’s abortion rights amendment disbands after measure fails
  Florida Politics - 01/04/25
• ‘Whore’-calling, Special Olympics-threatening Randy Fine for Congress?
  Orlando Sentinel - 12/11/24
• Susan Valdés dumps Democrats, joins Republican Party
  Florida Politics - 12/10/24
• Trump’s Florida-heavy cabinet upends 2026 governor race
  USA Today News Network - 11/15/24
• Trump may have won Florida but not every county. Will one of them surprise you?
  USA Today News Network - 11/12/24
• Florida Democrats fail to break Republican supermajority in Legislature
  Orlando Sentinel - 11/07/24
• DeSantis’ elections officials recommend tighter restrictions on ballot amendment initiatives
  Orlando Sentinel - 11/04//24
• Florida is the Most Dangerous State in the Country if You’re a Black Woman
  New York School Talk - 05/28/24
• Following North FL, Tampa Bay redistricting concerns, ACLU lawsuit targets South Florida maps
  Florida Phoenix - 05/29/24
• New racial gerrymandering lawsuit argues Florida treats Latino voters as political monolith
  The Tributary - 05/24/24
• Another illegal voting restriction is struck down
  Sun-Sentinel - 05/22/24
• Florida voters win a few victories against the assault on rights
  Orlando Sentinel - 05/21/24
• Residents sue to stop ‘gerrymandered’ Tampa Bay Senate districts
  Tampa Bay Times - 04/15/24
• How to request public records in Florida
  Axios - 03/13/24
• Judge strikes down part of Florida elections law
  News Service of Florida - 03/05/24
• The new Selma? Activists say under DeSantis Florida is 'ground zero' in civil rights fight
  USA Today 
• Want flattering coverage in a top Florida politics site? It could be yours for $2,750
  NPR
• The Ron DeSantis Assault on Democracy
  MCI Maps
• Democrats think in the moment. Republicans think in decades
  The Hill

Ron's Inbox

• John Morgan trashes Gov. DeSantis over killing marijuana amendment 
  USA News Network - 01/16/25
• Governor blames faulty ‘resign to run’ law for lack of elections to replace Randy Fine, Joel Rudman
  Florida Politics - 01/14/25
• Ron DeSantis wants NASA HQ relocated to Florida
  Florida Politics - 01/09/25
• Trump hands DeSantis task to pick Florida’s next U.S. senator
  Sun-Sentinel - 11/14/24
• Can DeSantis appoint himself to U.S. Senate if Rubio joins the Trump administration?
  Miami Herald - 11/13/24
• DeSantis Seeks To Silence Brain Cancer Patient Speaking Out About Her Abortion
  Rolling Stone - 10/09/24
• How Ron DeSantis let thousands of Florida kids go hungry this summer
  Salon - 07/16/24
• Capitol makeover moves Gov. DeSantis administration to temporary digs
  Florida Politics - 04/18/24
• Support of DeSantis policy is disrespectful to Black community
  Orlando Sentinel 
• Ron DeSantis’s Long War on Black Political Power
  New York Magazine 
• On DeSantis' Warpath to the White House, Black Floridians are the Targets
  Miami Herald 

Energy, Enviro & Ag Action

• DeSantis wants authority over federal funds for Everglades under Trump administration 
  Orlando Sentinel - 01/10/25
• The Public Service Commissions Favors Profits Over People
  WMNF - 01/09/25
• Former lobbyist to help oversee Florida utility watchdog
  Florida Times-Union - 01/07/25
• Florida citrus grower to shout down operations
  News Service of Florida - 01/07/25
• Biden bans new offshore drilling along most of the U.S. coastline
  NBC News - 01/07/25
• The behind-the-scenes story of the Florida state park scandal
  Tampa Bay Times - 01/06/25
• Voices rise against oil drilling in the fragile Apalachicola River Basin
  NPR - 12/16/24
• Democrat Lindsay Cross predicts a bear hunt in 2025 would be ‘wildly unpopular’
  Florida Phoenix - 12/16/24
• Solar power continues to shine brightly in Florida
  News Service of Florida - 12/16/24
• Florida eyes possible bear hunt, the first since 2015
  Orlando Sentinel - 12/12/24
• How pythons and other invasive species may have spread farther in Florida due to hurricanes
  Sun-Sentinel - 12/11/24
• New database helps show which Florida politicians are owned by which polluters
  Florida Phoenix - 10/28/24
• Large python swallows 77-pound deer, stunning researchers with the size of its mouth
  Sun-Sentinel - 10/25/24
• Florida lacks language laws for disaster communications, leaving counties, residents on their own
  WLRN - 09/26/24
• There’s Something Funny Going on With Florida’s Lead Pipe Numbers
  The New Republic - 08/01/24
• How a Republican election sweep could transform U.S. climate policy
  Washington Post - 07/18/24
• After DeSantis scrubs 'climate change' from state law, Florida begins repealing renewable-energy goals
  News Service of Florida - 05/23/24
• The obscure but powerful politicians who control Florida’s energy
  Tampa Bay Times - 04/18/24
• A look at some of the environmental laws passed during this year's legislative session
  WUSF - 03/21/24

Economy, Budget & Labor's Latest

• Two years after reforms, lawmakers share insurance horror stories
  Sun-Sentinel - 01/15/25
• Florida sues after accidentally overpaying COVID-19 contractor
  USA Today News Network - 01/08/25
• Tax-funded non-profit spent $5 million on ads amid abortion ballot battle
  Seeking Rents - 01/08/25
• 2025 to bring another bump in the minimum wage for Florida workers
  Florida Politics - 01/06/25
• Florida lawmakers file bipartisan bill encouraging construction grocery stores in food deserts 
  Florida Phoenix - 01/06/25
• Florida’s insurance commissioner urging legislators not to enact any more reforms next spring
  Sun-Sentinel - 12/05/24
• A gambling underworld: Illegal casinos thrive in Florida despite raids
  Sun-Sentinel - 12/04/24
• Trump Immigration Targets: Ukrainians, Venezuelans, Haitians
  New York Times - 11/18/24
• Florida Faces Exodus as Residents Declare Insurance Crisis Final Straw
  Newsweek - 10/30/24
• Report: Targeted for deportation by Trump, undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes
  USA Today News Network - 08/01/24
• Half the households in Florida struggle to make financial ends meet, major report shows
  WLRN - 07/12/24
• Thinking about going bare? What to know before you cancel your property insurance
  Miami Herald - 10/30/23
• Installing rooftop solar panels can get your home insurance canceled
  Sun-Sentinel

Legal Briefs

• Appeals court dismisses Andrew Warren's lawsuit against DeSantis
  Tampa Bay Times - 01/10/25
• Florida voters sue DeSantis for failing to call special elections
  Democracy Docket - 01/10/25
• Miami U.S. Attorney, first Haitian-American to take post, to resign before Trump takes office
  Miami Herald - 01/08/25
• Civilian police oversight in Florida crumbles after new law kicks in
  Fresh Take Florida - 01/07/25
• 'The shield that protects our democracy': Democrats celebrate Biden judicial nominations
  Florida Phoenix - 01/06/25
• Banks lobbyists want to slash funding for legal support programs
  Seeking Rents - 01/06/25
• Anti-union law union is unconstitutional and ‘unreasonable,’ judge finds
  Florida Phoenix - 11/12/24
• Lansing C. Scriven elected FLMC chair designate
  The Florida Bar News - 11/05/24
• Tech associations sue over Florida’s social media restrictions for kids under 16
  Florida Phoenix - 10/29/24
• Civil rights groups, state drop legal dispute over DeSantis’ ‘Anti-Riot’ law
  Florida Phoenix - 10/17/23
• The Supreme Court Has Grown Too Powerful. Congress Must Intervene.
  New York Times - 10/14/23
• Federal appeals court backs Florida on protest law, saying peaceful protesters are not threatened
  News Service of Florida - 10/10/24
• How sparing the Parkland shooter's life changed Florida's death penalty
  The Marshall Project - 09/20/24
• Florida’s high court poised to protect DeSantis’ congressional map that helps GOP
  Politico - 09/13/24
• Court to weigh ‘Legislative Privilege’
  News Service of Florida - 08/14/24
• Judge takes final step to overturn part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’
  Sun-Sentinel - 07/29/24
• Black woman to become president of Florida Bar
  Florida Courier - 07/02/24
• Harsh Florida law sees more Black kids tried as adults than white kids
  Miami Herald - 07/01/24
• Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access after tossing challenge
  Axios - 06/13/24
• US Supreme Court rejects challenges to Florida’s use of 6-member juries
  News Service of Florida - 05/30/24
• Florida’s three female Supreme Court justices explain dissent of allowing abortion ballot access
  Florida's Voice - 04/08/24
• The Dobbs v. Jackson Decision, Annotated
  New York Times 

Legislative Updates

• Do Florida lawmakers serve citizens or lobbyists and legislative bosses?
  Florida Trident - 01/10/25
• House Democrats roll out ranking member assignments
  Florida Politics - 01/08/25
• Florida bills to watch in 2025: boat crashes, park protections, Parkland law reversal
  Axios - 01/08/25
• The nine laws go into effect on Jan. 1
  Florida Phoenix - 01/03/25
• FEA Legislation Priorities
  FEA Web - 12/18/24
• A great idea, and two bad ones, in Tallahassee
  Sun-Sentinel - 12/16/24
• New faces and trading places in the Florida Legislature
  News Service of Florida - 12/03/24
• Incoming House leader announces new communications policy and website
  Florida Phoenix - 11/15/24
• Incoming legislative leaders release details of how things will run the next two years
  Florida Phoenix - 11/15/24
• Republicans hang onto super majority in Florida Legislature
  Florida Phoenix - 11/15/24
• What you should know about the dozens of new Florida laws taking effect
  Miami Herald - 10/01/24
• The think tank behind Project 2025 is also behind some of Florida's most extreme laws
  Seeking Rents - 08/26/24
• Florida free speech advocates say they killed several censorship bills this year
  USA Today News Network - 03/18/24
• Florida knows best? In 2024, the legislature overruled a host of local laws
  Orlando Sentinel - 03/18/24
• What happened and what's to come: A First Amendment recap of Florida's legislative session
  USA Today News Setwork - 03/12/24
• Here are 25 bills that died this Session. Will they come back next year?
  Florida Politics - 03/07/24
• Republicans now have supermajority in Florida. Here’s what it means.
  Tallahassee Democrat 

Mary Jane, M.D.

• Florida's pot industry suffered a major loss in November. But, it won't easily be dethroned
  Politico - 01/07/25
• Push for government worker medical marijuana rights reignites
  Florida Phoenix - 01/07/25
• Most voters supported marijuana, abortion. Will Florida lawmakers make any changes?
  Miami Herald - 11/08/24
• Could failure to legalize recreational weed change future of medical marijuana in Florida?
  News Service of Florida - 11/07/24
• DeSantis aligns with companies selling high-potency cannabis while fighting Amendment 3
  Sun-Sentinel - 11/04/24
• Bipartisan group blasts DeSantis for using taxpayer money to fight Amendment 3
  Florida Phoenix - 10/28/24
• Cannabis is about to be ‘re-scheduled’ by feds. What does that mean for FL Amendment 3 prospects?
  Florida Phoenix - 05/17/24

Health, Safety & Social Justice

• Read the decision: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortions
  Orlando Sentinel
• Tina Polsky files suite of gun control bills
  Florida Politics - 01/15/25
• Whooping cough in Florida sees eight-time increase
  USA Today News Network - 01/13/25
• Abortion Pills Prescribed by Pharmacists Are Newest Effort in Abortion Fight
  New York Times - 01/13/25
• An effort may begin to extend Florida's pronoun rule to local governments
  News Service of Florida - 01/09/25
• Florida again leads the nation in Obamacare enrollment
  Florida Phoenix - 01/09/25
• For second year, florida turns down federal summer food program benefits for children
  WLRN - 01/06/25
• 'Pro-life' Florida isn't so pro-life when it comes to children's health insurance
  Florida Times-Union - 01/06/25
• DeSantis, Cabinet approve rules for veterans’ dental care program
  Florida Phoenix - 12/18/24
• Congressional candidate Fine seeks to ban flags promoting Palestine, Black Lives Matter and gay pride
  Orlando Sentinel - 12/17/24
• UnitedHealthcare’s second largest market is Florida. What does that mean for insurance denials?
  Orlando Sentinel - 12/16/24
• A new Orlando dorm will help homeless LGBTQ+ teens and young adults
  Orlando Sentinel - 12/16/24
• The Fall of Roe, Through the Eyes of High School Girls
  Mother Jones - 12/16/24
• Leading Florida Democrat urges DeSantis administration to say yes to children’s health care
  Florida Phoenix - 12/13/24
• Floridians working for small businesses pay more for health insurance, report finds
  Florida Phoenix - 12/13/24
• Florida state senator fine with rolling back ban on people under 21 buying rifles, long guns
  Orlando Sentinel - 12/11/24
• Joel Rudman files open carry bill before departing to run for Congress
  Florida Politics - 12/10/24
• Biden administration OKs Florida KidCare waiver
  Florida Phoenix - 12/04/24
• Florida fluoride debate sparks controversy, but no quick change expected in Tallahassee
  Tallahassee Democrat - 12/04/24
• Tampa company is helping Planned Parenthood relaunch another birth control service—vasectomies
  Creative Loafing - 12/03/24
• Advocates battle DeSantis law that has spread fear in immigrant communities
  WLRN - 12/03/24
• ‘Hungry for this kind of food.’ Raw milk use surging in Florida despite law banning sales for human consumption
  Sun-Sentinel - 11/26/24
• Winter Haven to remove fluoride from water supply, cites incoming HHS Secretary RFK Jr.
  Florida's Voice - 11/19/24
• Scientists fear what’s next for public health if RFK Jr., is allowed to ‘go wild’
  Florida Phoenix - 11/18/24
• 6 Reproductive Rights Groups You Can Support in Florida
  Miami New Times - 11/18/24
• What’s next in Florida’s battle over abortion 
  The Hill - 11/18/24
• DACA immigrants can start applying for ACA marketplace insurance
  Central Florida Public Media - 11/12/24
• Florida abortion funds have faced a surge in requests for help since May, but their job is about to get even harder
  Orlando Weekly - 11/12/24
• What’s next for abortion access in Florida
  Sun-Sentinel - 11/12/24
• A majority of Floridians voted for abortion rights, but GOP lawmakers aren’t swayed
  Orlando Sentinel - 11/08/24
• Backers of Florida abortion amendment struggle with failure despite widespread support
  Miami Herald - 11/07/24
• Why this Florida mom had to go out-of-state for abortion care, despite exceptions
  WUSF - 11/04/24
• Infants died from birth defects at higher rates after abortion ban was imposed in Florida
  Sun-Sentinel - 10/31/24
• ‘Emphasize abstinence’ in sex ed, Florida tells schools, skip lessons on contraception
  Orlando Sentinel - 09/23/24
• Consulting police and lawyers has become a part of Florida abortion providers’ work
  Florida Phoenix - 09/19/24
• Florida’s physician assistants want to practice primary care independently: What to know about PAs
  Sun-Sentinel - 09/13/24
• The sad state of primary care in Florida: Frustrated patients want doctors to devote more quality time to their health
  Sun-Sentinel - 08/26/24
• Nearly 30% of Florida women don’t know what the state’s abortion restrictions are, says survey
  Florida Phoenix - 08/19/24
• Shock, frustration, anger, desperation: The real-life toll of Florida’s six-week abortion ban
  Orlando Sentinel - 08/16/24
• The fallout of Florida’s abortion ban has been "chaos," experts say
  Salon - 08/08/24
• The medical realities of Florida’s 6-week abortion ban can’t be dismissed
  Miami Herald - 08/08/24
• Project 2025: what does the rightwing blueprint say about abortion?
  The Guardian - 08/06/24
• 'Rape' not defined in Florida law. How will doctors know if they can perform an abortion?
  Tallahassee Democrat - 05/24/24
• Some doctors say Florida's abortion ban exceptions aren't enough
  WUSF - 05/07/24
• Many Florida women can’t get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?
  Associated Press - 05/06/24
• The First Six Weeks of Pregnancy, Explained
  New York Times - 05/01/24
• Florida hospitals will now ask about your immigration status. What to know, how to answer
  Miami Herald - 07/05/23
• Issue #59: A History of Abortion on Florida's Ballot
  MCI Maps Report 
• Florida has a unique right protecting abortion. Its framers designed it that way.
  Florida Today

Quality Education

• Florida professors file federal lawsuit challenging DEI restrictions, law to curb 'woke ideologies'
  Orlando Sentinel - 01/21/25
• Florida graduation rate hits record-high following COVID dip
  Orlando Sentinel - 01/10/25
• DeSantis appoints conservative think tank members to a university board
  Associated Press - 01/07/25
• Lawmaker wants to reverse parts of Florida’s controversial teacher merit pay law
  Orlando Sentinel - 01/06/25
• Fine-filed bill would repeal waiver allowing undocumented immigrants in-state tuition
  Florida Phoenix - 12/10/24
• Ron DeSantis' Florida had the most book bans in the 2023-24 school year
  USA Today News Network - 11/04/24
• Florida’s sorry pre-K program defies voters, shortchanges kids
  Orlando Sentinel - 09/30/24
• The Imperiled Right To Learn
  AFT - 09/25/24
• PEN America: Books Bans Doubled In 2023-2024 School Year, Most From Florida, Iowa
  Florida Times-Union - 09/25/24
• Home Education On The Rise In Florida, Experts Shares Challenges And Considerations
  CBS News - 09/25/24
• Democrats call for increased transparency of school vouchers’ hit to state budget
  Fresh Take Florida - 09/16/24
• Judge to Consider School Board ‘Privilege’
  News Service of Florida - 08/29/24
• Why did New College really throw away all those books?
  Tampa Bay Times - 08/26/24
• Florida education officials offer ‘model policy’ for volunteer school chaplains
  Sun-Sentinel - 8/26/24
• Faith leaders warn schools of dangers of optional, voluntary chaplain program
  Florida Phoenix - 08/13/24
• Project 2025’s Plan to Eliminate Public Schools Has Already Started
  Time Magazine - 07/24/24
• Satanists in Florida offer to fill school counselor roles after DeSantis law
  The Hill - 07/09/24
• Textbook authors told climate change references must be cut to get Florida’s OK
  Orlando Sentinel - 07/08/24
• Governor DeSantis Vetoes Funding For Free Pads And Tampons In Schools
  Central Florida Public Media - 06/14/24
• Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers
  Washington Post - 06/04/24
• Florida voucher program for home-schoolers on pace to at least double this year
  Orlando Sentinel - 05/30/24
• School choice programs have been wildly successful under DeSantis. Now public schools might close.
  Politico - 05/28/24
• School chaplains law crosses a sacred line in Florida
  Sun-Sentinel - 04/22/24
• With State Bans on D.E.I., Some Universities Find a Workaround: Rebranding
  New York Times - 04/15/24
• Florida could soon put volunteer chaplains in schools. Here's what to know about new bill
  Pensacola News Journal - 04/08/24
• NAACP calls on Black student-athletes to boycott Florida public colleges over anti-DEI policy
  NBC News - 03/12/24
• Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill settlement
  Associated Press - 03/12/24
• Fed up with Florida Legislators, faith leaders create Black history program for churches
  Miami Herald - 03/01/24
• The Campaign Against DEI
  The New Yorker - 01/22/24
• The Heavy Cost of Banning Books About Black Children
  Time Magazine 
• DeSantis bans diversity, equity and inclusion in Florida colleges
  Orlando Sentinel 
• Ron DeSantis’s war on “woke” in Florida schools, explained
  Vox 
• The secret plan behind Florida's "don't say gay" bill: Bankrupting public education
  Salon 

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