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Florida election supervisors once again ask lawmakers to make it easier to vote by mail floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/19/f...
Florida election supervisors once again ask lawmakers to make it easier to vote by mail • Florida Phoenix
Florida election supervisors are again asking state lawmakers to change state law to make it easier for Floridians to vote by mail, but whether the GOP-controlled Legislature will act on the request i...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Florida election supervisors once again ask lawmakers to make it easier to vote by mail floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/19/f...
Seven Florida cities receive perfect scores on LGBTQ inclusive polices and services for equality floridaphoenix.com/briefs/seven...
Seven Florida cities receive perfect scores on LGBTQ inclusive polices and services for equality • Florida Phoenix
The Human Rights Campaign, one of the largest LGBTQ+ civil rights group in the nation, has released its annual report evaluating cities across the country on how inclusive their municipal laws, polici...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Seven Florida cities receive perfect scores on LGBTQ inclusive polices and services for equality floridaphoenix.com/briefs/seven...
Pasco Republican Kevin Steele to take on Blaise Ingoglia in GOP race for CFO floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/18/p...
Pasco Republican Kevin Steele to take on Blaise Ingoglia in GOP race for CFO • Florida Phoenix
Pasco County Republican House member Kevin Steele announced Tuesday that he is running for Florida chief financial officer (CFO), setting up a contested Republican primary election against incumbent B...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pasco Republican Kevin Steele to take on Blaise Ingoglia in GOP race for CFO floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/18/p...
AG Uthmeier says he supports federal ban of hemp-derived THC products floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/17/a...
AG Uthmeier says he supports federal ban of hemp-derived THC products • Florida Phoenix
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Monday that he supports the nationwide ban on most hemp-derived THC products that Congress approved last week and that is scheduled to take effect late nex...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
AG Uthmeier says he supports federal ban of hemp-derived THC products floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/17/a...
Experts debate potential property tax measure at USF: ‘This is policy malpractice’ floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/13/e...
Experts debate potential property tax measure at USF: 'This is policy malpractice' • Florida Phoenix
Gov. Ron DeSantis and CFO Blaise Ingoglia’s campaign to scale back or eliminate homesteaded property taxes drew a rebuke from a former Republican state lawmaker Wednesday night during a discussion wit...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Experts debate potential property tax measure at USF: ‘This is policy malpractice’ floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/13/e...
Proposal would impose timelines for governor to set special election dates floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/12/p...
Proposal would impose timelines for governor to set special election dates • Florida Phoenix
Because of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ delay in announcing special election dates to fill two vacancies in the Florida Legislature, voters in parts of Palm Beach and Hillsborough counties will not have represe...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Proposal would impose timelines for governor to set special election dates floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/12/p...
Floridians react to federal legislation that could ‘devastate’ state’s hemp industry floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/11/f...
Floridians react to federal legislation that could 'devastate' state’s hemp industry • Florida Phoenix
Florida’s multi-billion dollar hemp industry is in jeopardy of collapsing due to federal legislation approved by the U.S. Senate on Monday night, and both proponents and critics are only now grasping ...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Floridians react to federal legislation that could ‘devastate’ state’s hemp industry floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/11/f...
Pasco tax collector tells lawmakers property tax reduction will have major impact on his office floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/11/p...
Pasco tax collector tells lawmakers property tax reduction will have major impact on his office • Florida Phoenix
NEW PORT RICHEY — While Florida lawmakers continue to consider reducing or eliminating property taxes, Pasco County state legislators learned Monday that they would need to find an alternative source ...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pasco tax collector tells lawmakers property tax reduction will have major impact on his office floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/11/p...
Uthmeier: Open carry ruling doesn’t impact regs for private investigators, security officers floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/30/u...
Uthmeier: Open carry ruling doesn’t impact regs for private investigators, security officers • Florida Phoenix
The recent Florida court ruling allowing for the open carrying of firearms doesn’t change the fact that private investigators and security officers in the state still must get a specific license to ca...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Uthmeier: Open carry ruling doesn’t impact regs for private investigators, security officers floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/30/u...
Florida couple pushes to allow ‘granny cams’ at all long-term care facilities floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/30/f...
Florida couple pushes to allow 'granny cams' at all long-term care facilities • Florida Phoenix
Stephanie Sifrit is on a mission to persuade the Florida Legislature to require nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to allow residents to install video monitoring devices in their rooms. Sifr...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Florida couple pushes to allow ‘granny cams’ at all long-term care facilities floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/30/f...
DeSantis says he wants just one constitutional amendment on property taxes in 2026 floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/29/d...
DeSantis says he wants just one constitutional amendment on property taxes in 2026 • Florida Phoenix
TAMPA —Gov. Ron DeSantis continued to jab at House Republicans over property taxes on Wednesday and insisted that voters should be given just one proposed constitutional amendment to overhaul the syst...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
DeSantis says he wants just one constitutional amendment on property taxes in 2026 floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/29/d...
Survey shows Florida Republicans leading Democrats in top 2026 races by double digits floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/28/s...
Survey shows Florida Republicans leading Democrats in top 2026 races by double digits • Florida Phoenix
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds and First Lady Casey DeSantis enjoy nearly identical leads in prospective one-on-one gubernatorial matchups versus Democrats David Jolly and Jerry Demings in a public opinion p...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Survey shows Florida Republicans leading Democrats in top 2026 races by double digits floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/28/s...
‘You betrayed us’: Manatee County residents beg for repeal of Florida’ planning restriction law floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/27/y...
'You betrayed us': Manatee County residents beg for repeal of Florida' planning restriction law • Florida Phoenix
BRADENTON — State lawmakers representing Manatee County heard harsh criticism on Monday regarding a law that critics maintain blocks local governments from regulating development now and for years to ...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
‘You betrayed us’: Manatee County residents beg for repeal of Florida’ planning restriction law floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/27/y...
Florida Senate Democrat Mack Bernard offers his own property tax changes floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/24/f...
Florida Senate Democrat Mack Bernard offers his own property tax changes • Florida Phoenix
After Gov. Ron DeSantis dismissed a slate of proposed constitutional amendments from House Republicans to lower or eliminate property taxes, a South Florida Democrat has unveiled his own ideas for the...
floridaphoenix.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Florida Senate Democrat Mack Bernard offers his own property tax changes floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/24/f...
DeSantis dismisses House proposals on property tax reduction in 2026 floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/23/d...
DeSantis dismisses House proposals on property tax reduction in 2026 • Florida Phoenix
A week after Republican members of the Florida House offered seven proposed constitutional amendments to address property tax reform on the 2026 ballot, Gov. Ron DeSantis has dismissed all of them, sa...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
DeSantis dismisses House proposals on property tax reduction in 2026 floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/23/d...
Florida’s political parties call on each other to denounce political violence and hateful rhetoric floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/22/f...
Florida's political parties call on each other to denounce political violence and hateful rhetoric • Florida Phoenix
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) called upon two congressional Democrats Wednesday to condemn extremist rhetoric they said was exhibited at some “No Kings” rallies held across the country last S...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Florida’s political parties call on each other to denounce political violence and hateful rhetoric floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/22/f...
Physicians plead with Florida lawmakers to resist ban on vaccine mandates floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/21/p...
Physicians plead with Florida lawmakers to resist ban on vaccine mandates • Florida Phoenix
TAMPA — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers heard from nearly a dozen doctors on Tuesday who called on them to reject any proposed legislation that would remove vaccine mandates from Florida schools...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Physicians plead with Florida lawmakers to resist ban on vaccine mandates floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/21/p...
Florida crowds throng to denounce Trump, ‘facism,’ on No Kings Day floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/18/f...
Florida crowds throng to denounce Trump, 'facism,' on No Kings Day • Florida Phoenix
Floridians massed throughout the state Saturday for the second national No Kings day demonstrations against the increasingly authoritarian second Trump administration, marked as it is by aggressive im...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Florida crowds throng to denounce Trump, ‘facism,’ on No Kings Day floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/18/f...
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Florida’s closed primaries floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/17/u...
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Florida's closed primaries • Florida Phoenix
Among the dozens of petitions the U.S. Supreme Court rejected this week was one from a Sarasota resident who challenged Florida’s closed primary election system. Michael J. Polelle is a former attorne...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Florida’s closed primaries floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/17/u...
Florida House members file a slate of property tax reduction proposals floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/16/f...
Florida House members file a slate of property tax reduction proposals • Florida Phoenix
After months of Gov. Ron DeSantis and Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia promising Floridians a chance to substantially reduce if not outright eliminate property taxes, eight Republican members o...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Florida House members file a slate of property tax reduction proposals floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/16/f...
Citing safety concerns, Commission on Ethics chair requests public records exemption for staff floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/15/c...
Citing safety concerns, Commission on Ethics chair requests public records exemption for staff • Florida Phoenix
Saying that this week alone an individual has called more 35 times making threats to the Florida Commission on Ethics, the chairman of that state agency is requesting that lawmakers provide a public r...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Citing safety concerns, Commission on Ethics chair requests public records exemption for staff floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/15/c...
Florida Dept. of. Corrections secretary asks for ‘staggering’ $500+ million to maintain operations floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/15/c...
Corrections secretary asks for 'staggering' $500+ million to maintain operations • Florida Phoenix
Sounding as desperate as he ever has since being appointed four years ago, Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) Secretary Ricky Dixon asked a panel of state lawmakers Wednesday for more than $512 m...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Florida Dept. of. Corrections secretary asks for ‘staggering’ $500+ million to maintain operations floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/15/c...
Florida’s manufacturing workforce is ‘aging out,’ says Commerce Secretary Alex Kelly floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/14/f...
Florida's manufacturing workforce is 'aging out,' says Commerce Secretary Alex Kelly • Florida Phoenix
While Florida leads the nation in attracting and developing skilled workers, headwinds are approaching, according to Florida Commerce Secretary Alex Kelly. Florida is now third in the nation in terms ...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Florida’s manufacturing workforce is ‘aging out,’ says Commerce Secretary Alex Kelly floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/14/f...
Floridians with felony convictions can now contact the state to learn if they are eligible to vote floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/14/f...
Floridians with felony convictions can now contact the state to learn if they are eligible to vote • Florida Phoenix
For the first time since Floridians voted to restore voting rights to most people with felony convictions, the state has agreed to provide timely information about which of them have paid the financia...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Floridians with felony convictions can now contact the state to learn if they are eligible to vote floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/14/f...
Survey says Florida Dems and NPA voters support open primary elections floridaphoenix.com/briefs/surve...
Survey says Florida Dems and NPA voters support open primary elections • Florida Phoenix
As the Florida Democratic Party continues to consider opening its primary elections to independent voters, a survey backed by proponents finds strong support for the idea. Florida Open Primaries, an a...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Survey says Florida Dems and NPA voters support open primary elections floridaphoenix.com/briefs/surve...