Darryl Rouson

Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign into law a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed gun without a permit after it passed the state Senate on Thursday.

Senators voted mostly along party lines to approve the bill prevents credit card companies from using a code that could help track firearm and ammunition sales.

Business and insurance groups have said Florida is plagued by excessive litigation that drives up costs.

The bill's sponsor says it's an effort to avoid one “protest juror” from preventing a death sentence.

The housing bill could create tax exemptions for developments that set aside at least 70 units for affordable housing, speed permits and development orders for affordable housing projects, and bar local rent controls.

Voters will decide on three constitutional amendments, including two that would provide property-tax breaks and a third that will decide on the future of the Constitution Revision Commission.

Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, compared conditions in the industry to having “Stage 4 cancer and failing” but that the proposals were like treating “Stage 1 cancer.”

The Senate could vote Wednesday to approve the plan, which could reduce the number of seats held by Black Democrats.

Recruiters have complained about the difficulty in getting sitting presidents to apply for jobs elsewhere.

It comes amid rising cases of harassment among elected leaders, including one in which a group used foul language and coughed in the face of a Broward County school board member.

Grandparents currently may be awarded visitation rights under very limited circumstances, such as when both parents are deceased.

State Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, said “too many have died and have not been made whole."