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Steve Newborn/WUSF Public MediaLouis Virelli says the suspension by Gov. Ron DeSantis was premature and created to send a chilling effect to other elected officials. -
Huguette Roe/hroephoto/stock.adobe.comThe state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has surpassed 1 million policies for the first time since 2014. Citizens has been absorbing an influx of policies as private insurers drop customers and push for large rate increases.
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WUSF's Steve Newborn talks with Brian Corley, supervisor of elections for Pasco County, to answer some questions about the process. -
The St. Petersburg City Council withdrew a resolution to put a rent stabilization proposal on the ballot in November. Council members also failed to pass a motion to reconsider the measure next year.
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That reduction wouldn’t result from cuts in benefits. Instead, Medicare would be empowered to leverage its market power to pay lower prices for certain drugs.
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They want an appeals court to uphold a district judge’s ruling that said increased “solicitation” restrictions near polling places violate speech rights.
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The agencies serving Florida's two largest metropolitan areas report that more seniors are seeking housing assistance, citing circumstances like rent increases at an address they've lived at for years.
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Voters will decide on property tax increases to fund public schools in Hillsborough and Pasco counties. A 1% sales tax to go to transportation projects in Hillsborough County and a half-cent sales tax in Hernando County would go to roads and parks. And a property tax to resurrect Polk County's program to preserve environmentally sensitive lands.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says a plate featuring the Revolutionary War-era Gadsden flag sends a "clear message to out-of-state cars." Others say the flag symbolizes a dangerous far-right extremist ideology.
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Among them is a measure to abolish the Constitutional Revision Commission. At least 60% of voters would have to approve the amendment in November.
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Susan Lopez reversed a previous ruling by suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren and said Matthew Terry should face the death penalty if convicted in the stabbing death of Kay Baker.
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Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that the law, which DeSantis calls the "Stop WOKE Act," violates the First Amendment and are seeking a preliminary injunction to block its enforcement.
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Sen. Lori Berman, D-Delray Beach, said her colleagues need to quickly review the suspension but added that she hopes they don't “rubber-stamp anything.”
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A proposed amendment has been filed with the state's Division of Elections in an effort to get it placed on the 2024 ballot.
