The Florida House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a plan that aims, in part, to ease financial strains on condominium owners, setting up negotiations with the
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Hope Florida controversy
Hope Florida controversy 12:51 Hope Florida controversy Jim DeFede explores the growing controversy surrounding Hope Florida. The chairman of a foundation tied to Hope Florida
Florida lawmakers consider ousting mockingbird as state bird after nearly 100 years
CBS News Miami Live Florida’s mockingbird is fighting to save its title as state bird, which it has held for nearly 100 years, as lawmakers
Bills advance in Florida legislature to ease financial burden on condo owners
CBS News Miami Live Bills to help condo owners manage high costs from safety inspections and structural integrity reserve studies, required for condominium associations after
Tristin Murphy Act passes the Florida Senate
Florida lawmakers pass the Tristin Murphy Act Florida lawmakers pass the Tristin Murphy Act 07:29 Tristin Murphy Act passes the Florida Senate Florida legislators unanimously
Florida House probes DeSantis administration spending amid budget tensions
Amid an escalating feud between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled House, the chamber’s budget chairman on Friday sent letters to six state agencies seeking
Florida legislature approves
The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature has passed bills to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” in response to President Donald Trump’s directive, requiring
Judge temporarily blocks Florida’s immigration law, issues 14-day restraining order against it
Pointing to the federal government’s power to regulate immigration, a U.S. district judge Friday temporarily blocked a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on
Florida Senate unanimously votes to end high-stakes testing for high school diplomas, signaling shift in education policy
The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a wide-ranging education bill that includes eliminating a requirement that high-school students pass algebra and language-arts tests to earn
Florida House proposes sales tax cut, ends 16-year tradition of tax holidays
For the first time in 16 years, the state wouldn’t offer sales-tax “holidays” under a House proposal that calls for an overall cut in sales