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Outraged at the new Black history standards in Florida, Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday blasted what she called revisionist history.
The former senator, Brandes, says he believes the GOP-controlled legislature is "not spending any time on the right problems."
This has occurred amid sharp divisions between Republicans and Democrats, the report indicates.
It is a synthetic opioid that has led to "a massive number of drug overdoses," the report states.
The report indicates it was a party line vote of 27-12.
"The very intent of this bill is to discriminate against folks,” Democrat Rayner-Goolsby said.
The Orange County Democrat objurgated the bill, saying it's nothing more than an "intimidation tactic" on immigrants.
The governor signed legislation Tuesday to ban such investment policies, the report states.
For almost a decade, Florida lawmakers have attempted to pass new regulations for short-term vacation rentals, but have come up short.
The bill is the provenance of the GOP-controlled Statehouse.
At the end of last week, the Florida House approved a nearly 100-page elections bill.
In 2022, lawmakers approved 12-year term limits for local school board members in Florida.
One of the most sweeping bills targeting undocumented immigration in the country is closer to becoming law.
“I think this is really important because this is about life or death” -- Democrat Robin Bartleman
A measure that will prohibit hemp-derived products such as Delta-8 from being sold to individuals under 21 years of age, passed.
Suspended state's attorney Andrew Warren accuses DeSantis in a legal brief of asserting authority in violation of the First Amendment.
It occurs after weeks of gut-wrenching debate on the fate of Florida's public universities.
In March of last year, 14-year-old Tyre Sampson fell to his death from a 400-foot tower ride operated by Orlando Slingshot.
Saying that senators wanted to avoid any confusion about current state law, the Florida GOP-controlled Senate passed a provision Wednesday.
The League of Women Voters of Florida and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday.