Florida House Passes Bill Creating Homeless Camps, Banning Public Sleeping

Florida House Passes Bill Creating Homeless Camps, Banning Public Sleeping

Liv Caputo
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March 1, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FL—The Florida House has passed a Republican-led bill banning sleeping on public property and requiring local governments to fund homeless camps, leading Democrats to claim this will criminalize homelessness and lead to economic dependency on the federal government. "The status quo is not acceptable," Republican Rep. Sam Garrison, HB 1365's sponsor, said on the […]
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Gaetz Calls On State Legislators to Reject Bill Potentially Harmful to the Environment

Gaetz Calls On State Legislators to Reject Bill Potentially Harmful to the Environment

Jackson Bakich
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March 1, 2024
Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) called on his fellow Floridians in the State Legislature to reject HB 789/SB 738 – legislation that “revises construction relating to causes of action for damages to real or personal property directly resulting from certain discharges or other conditions of pollution.” Some believe this bill would make it easier for polluters […]
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The Lounge?—3.10.2024—SINE DIE! Legislative Session in Florida Ends—More...

The Lounge?—3.10.2024—SINE DIE! Legislative Session in Florida Ends—More...

Liv Caputo
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March 1, 2024
SINE DIE! The final week of the Legislative Session has come and gone, and with it a series of scraps as Lawmakers rushed to pass their last-minute bills. Sine Die officially came at 2:27 PM on Friday, marked by the signature hanky-drop from the Capitol's sergeants, signifying session is over—and a flurry of bill signing […]
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DeSantis Signs Law Publicizing Sealed Epstein Court Documents

DeSantis Signs Law Publicizing Sealed Epstein Court Documents

Liv Caputo
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February 29, 2024
PALM BEACH, FL—The grand jury documents from Jeffrey Epstein's 2006 Florida trial will be released in less than five months, due to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a new law mandating grand jury testimony of dead pedophiles be publicly available. “The public deserves to know who participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking,” DeSantis said at a […]
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DeSantis to Veto Republican-Led Social Media Ban for Kids

DeSantis to Veto Republican-Led Social Media Ban for Kids

Liv Caputo
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February 29, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Senate President Kathleen Passidomo told reporters that she believes Gov. DeSantis will veto Republicans' highly controversial social media ban for minors, and the Legislature will instead craft new language that the Governor agrees to. HB 1, sponsored by Republican Rep. Tyler Sirois and Republican Sen. Erin Grall, was passed by the Florida Legislature last […]
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Florida Prepared to Send a Platoon of State Guardsmen to Texas Border

Florida Prepared to Send a Platoon of State Guardsmen to Texas Border

Liv Caputo
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February 26, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FL—The newly confirmed Director of the Florida State Guard announced that only five members of the organization are currently at the Texas border, though the Guard is prepared to send up to a platoon to shore up the southern border. "The support that we still think we may send is about a platoon-level: that's […]
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The Lounge?—2.24.2024—Florida Lawmakers Square off With DeSantis Over Social Media Ban—More...

The Lounge?—2.24.2024—Florida Lawmakers Square off With DeSantis Over Social Media Ban—More...

Liv Caputo
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February 25, 2024
Social Media Ban Puts Parental Rights in Crosshairs The past week at the Capitol has been a flurry of activity, with Lawmakers rushing to turn their bills into Florida law. With only a week and a half left in the 2024 Legislative Session, big bills related to Jeffrey Epstein and—in the most controversial news of […]
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DeSantis Pushes 'Years-Long Effort' to Help Texas at the Border

DeSantis Pushes 'Years-Long Effort' to Help Texas at the Border

Jackson Bakich
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February 24, 2024
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) held a press conference in Pensacola, Florida regarding his recent to deploy additional Highway Patrolmen and National Guardsmen to the southern border to aid the state of Texas during the current migrant crisis at the southern border. The Florida governor described this decision as a “years-long effort” to help the Lone […]
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Frost Torches Florida Social Media Bill, Calls It 'Lazy Legislating' and 'Brazenly Unconstitutional'

Frost Torches Florida Social Media Bill, Calls It 'Lazy Legislating' and 'Brazenly Unconstitutional'

Grayson Bakich
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February 24, 2024
Despite facing continued criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike, Florida House Bill 1, which would ban minors under the age of 16 from accessing social media, is headed for Governor Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) desk after passing the Florida House. Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) issued an inflammatory message after the bill's passing, calling it "a blatant and disturbing […]
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DeSantis Doesn't Rule out 2028 Presidential Run

DeSantis Doesn't Rule out 2028 Presidential Run

Daniel Molina
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February 24, 2024
Governor DeSantis has turned down the idea of a Trump-DeSantis ticket, and he’s also not ruling out a possible 2028 presidential run.
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DeSantis: 'If You Don't Have a Border You Don't Have a Country'

DeSantis: 'If You Don't Have a Border You Don't Have a Country'

Liv Caputo
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February 23, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FL—During yet another press conference,  Gov. Ron DeSantis hit on hot topics like troops at the Texas border, Hurricane Idalia relief, and Jeffrey Epstein, announcing in Cedar Key his plans to increase security, relief, and transparency for Floridians. "If you don't have a border you don't have a country...There's a lot of people from […]
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DeSantis Marks One Year After Eliminating Disney's Reedy Creek

DeSantis Marks One Year After Eliminating Disney's Reedy Creek

Grayson Bakich
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February 23, 2024
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) held a press conference Thursday in Lake Buena Vista highlighting the changes brought by eliminating the Disney-owned Reedy Creek Improvement District, now the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. "We were here almost a year ago signing legislation to bring an end to really an anomaly of local government, which was the Reedy Creek Improvement District […]
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DeSantis Says 'Parents Need to Have a Role' on Controversial Social Media Bill

DeSantis Says 'Parents Need to Have a Role' on Controversial Social Media Bill

Grayson Bakich
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February 22, 2024
Florida HB1, which would ban minors from accessing social media, has faced considerable controversy since its introduction at the beginning of the year. During a press conference in Lake Buena Vista, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) stated "There are legitimate issues that [have] got to be worked out," and reiterated the importance of parental rights. "I am […]
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Governor DeSantis Calls Book Banning Accusations a Myth

Governor DeSantis Calls Book Banning Accusations a Myth

Jim McCool
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February 22, 2024
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has been criticized by Democrats nation-wide for being authoritarian when it comes to education.  Now the governor is attempting to debunk book banning accusations, calling it a "hoax." Governor DeSantis has now called on the legislature to amend current laws that allow people to abuse standards which are said to be […]
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DeSantis Pursues Epstein Grand Jury Documents

DeSantis Pursues Epstein Grand Jury Documents

Daniel Molina
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February 22, 2024
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is throwing his support behind the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s grand jury documents.
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Alina Garcia is Running for Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections

Alina Garcia is Running for Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections

Daniel Molina
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February 21, 2024
Florida Rep. Alina Garcia (R) has officially announced that she will be running for Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Election.
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The Lounge?—2.18.2024—Florida Lawmakers Tackle Immigration, Abortion, and Communism—More...

The Lounge?—2.18.2024—Florida Lawmakers Tackle Immigration, Abortion, and Communism—More...

Liv Caputo
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February 18, 2024
It's all About Immigration. Still. In the wake of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives, Florida hit hard on the topic of immigration this week, taking steps to demand action at the border. The sixth week of the nine-week Legislative session is over, and lawmakers are scrambling to pass […]
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DeSantis Supports New Legislation to Crack Down on Retail Theft

DeSantis Supports New Legislation to Crack Down on Retail Theft

Christian Pitten
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February 14, 2024
In an effort to boost more law and order in the state, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came out supporting legislation to “protect Floridians from retail theft and porch pirates.”  The proposed legislation would crack down on porch privacy, a type of theft where an individual will take packages left outside doors by couriers, often valuable […]
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