Sam Sachs
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Tampa, FL, United States
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Florida looks to eliminate law requiring students take online course to graduate
A requirement that all state public school students complete an online course in middle or high school to graduate could be repealed in the latest version of Florida’s voucher program expansion bill. → Read More
Florida rape victims must show proof, police report to get abortion after 6 weeks
Florida lawmakers started the March legislative session by introducing a six week abortion ban, intended to further restrict the ability for Florida mothers to undergo the procedure from 2022’s 15-week ban. → Read More
Parents seeking treatments for trans kids could lose custody of child under new Florida bill
Child custody may become a political football amid Florida’s political process, with a state lawmaker filing legislation to allow divorced parents to remove a child from a parents’ care if they are believed to be facilitating or “subjecting” a child to have sex-reassignment treatments or surgeries. → Read More
Duke, FPL reduce planned rate hikes for April electric bills, filings show
Duke Energy and Florida Power & Light announced plans to reduce how much they want to raise rates in April and May for consumers. No news yet on if TECO will follow suit. → Read More
DeSantis signs state takeover of land around Walt Disney World into law
Gov. Ron DeSantis will speak at Reedy Creek Fire Station #4 in Lake Buena Vista at 9:45 a.m. → Read More
Florida responds to threats against Jewish community ahead of ‘National Day of Hate’
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has placed additional resources across the state amid reports of a planned “National Day of Hate” in the United States. The event is said to target the Jewish community and other faith-based organizations. → Read More
Florida bill would ban CRT and gender studies degrees, give trustee boards more power
A bill proposed for March’s legislative session would specifically target and ban any degree focused on Critical Race Theory, Gender Studies, or Intersectionality. → Read More
‘Reverse Woke Act’: Florida bill would require employers to cover detransition care
Florida Senator Blaise Ingoglia (R)) filed new legislation to require that private businesses who offer coverage of gender dysphoria treatment also pay for reversal of those treatments, no matter if the company is in Florida, or the employee was in Florida, during treatment. → Read More
Florida bill would make it easier for people to sue media outlets
Florida Republicans want to make it easier for people to sue media outlets for defamation and for legal purposes make anonymous sources “false” by default in related court cases. → Read More
Judge dismisses suit challenging Florida’s controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law
A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit contesting Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, saying that the plaintiff lack standing. → Read More
DeSantis promises Florida tort reforms for 2023 legislative session
Gov. DeSantis and top legislative leadership will speak in Jacksonville at 10:30 a.m. → Read More
Disney plans to follow Florida’s rules for Reedy Creek takeover, company says
Disney intends to work within Florida’s new legal framework for the land containing Walt Disney World, according to new information from a company spokesman. → Read More
FHSAA board votes to remove questions on menstrual periods from health survey
The Florida High School Athletic Association’s board of governors held a special meeting to reconsider changes to its health questionnaires for athlete participation. A previous draft of an update to the form made answering questions on menstrual periods for female athletes mandatory. → Read More
DeSantis, legislative leaders to discuss tax relief plans for Floridians in Ocala
Gov. Ron DeSantis and legislative leaders discussed tax relief plans for Floridians in 2023. → Read More
FHSAA survey asks high school athletes: ‘Have you had a menstrual period?’
A draft of a questionnaire for high school athletes from the Florida High School Athletic Association also asks students if they’ve had a menstrual period, making related questions mandatory. → Read More
Florida moves to rename Disney’s Reedy Creek; DeSantis to appoint board members
Florida Rep. Fred Hawkins filed the bill to cement state control of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the central bill for the February special legislative session. → Read More
Florida special session: Bill would give state prosecutors more power to investigate election crimes
Florida lawmakers are expected to give more power to the statewide prosecutor in cases involving election crimes during February’s special legislative session. → Read More
DeSantis still working to raise Florida teacher pay 4 years later
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been working to increase teacher salaries for Florida educators since he took office in 2019. Working together, DeSantis and the state legislature passed a law to set minimum teacher salary levels at $47,500. Four years after the fact, not every county has met that requirement, despite […] → Read More
Florida sales tax holidays 2023: New & permanent savings proposed in DeSantis’ budget
The newly announced budget plan for Florida, the “Framework for Freedom,” includes $2 billion in tax cuts with a nearly $115 billion spending plan. → Read More
DeSantis proposed budget seeks $12M more to transport migrants out of the state
The controversial 2022 migrant relocation program in Florida will be renewed, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ budget proposal for 2023. → Read More