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Manatee County among local governments that will be audited by Florida’s DOGE team, DeSantis says

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference in Bradenton Thursday afternoon alongside Florida Department of Financial Services Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia.

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Gov. DeSantis announces first round of ‘DOGE efforts’ to audit local governments across Florida

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Tuesday morning to announce the rollout of what he called “DOGE efforts” to review local governments across the state.

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Gov. DeSantis appoints Sen. Blaise Ingoglia as state’s new chief financial officer

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis appoints Sen. Blaise Ingoglia as state’s new chief financial officer

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference on Wednesday morning in Tampa.

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Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked

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Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit.

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‘How is this not unconstitutional?‘: Florida Senate higher education bill faces questions as it heads to full vote

Read full article: ‘How is this not unconstitutional?‘: Florida Senate higher education bill faces questions as it heads to full vote

In the state capital, a bill now heading to the Senate floor could change the way leadership is chosen within Florida’s higher education system. The 15-page Senate Bill 1726 bill addresses various topics related to governance and accountability in Florida’s higher education institutions

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Florida Senate committee approves proposal to set term limits for county commissioners, school board members

Read full article: Florida Senate committee approves proposal to set term limits for county commissioners, school board members

The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee on Monday voted 6-2 to approve a proposal (SJR 802) that would put in the Florida Constitution eight-year term limits for county commissioners and school board members. The Legislature in 2023 approved eight-year term limits for school board members, but those limits are not in the Constitution.

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Florida lawmakers propose constitutional amendment to set county commission term limits, cement school board limits

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House and Senate Republicans are proposing a constitutional amendment about eight-year term limits for county commissioners and school board members.

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Florida lawmakers file extensive immigration reform bills ahead of special session

Read full article: Florida lawmakers file extensive immigration reform bills ahead of special session

Republican lawmakers Sunday filed a flurry of bills to crack down on undocumented immigrants and place additional restrictions on the ballot initiative process.

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Florida lawmakers to kick off week with special session addressing illegal immigration, condo regulation and more

Read full article: Florida lawmakers to kick off week with special session addressing illegal immigration, condo regulation and more

On the eve of a special legislative session called by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican lawmakers Sunday filed a flurry of bills to crack down on undocumented immigrants and place additional restrictions on the ballot initiative process.

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Duval County Supervisor of Elections weighs in on legislation that would limit access to voting by mail

Read full article: Duval County Supervisor of Elections weighs in on legislation that would limit access to voting by mail

Duval County’s Supervisor of Elections is talking to News4JAX about proposed legislation that would limit access to Floridian’s voting by mail. Senate Bill 1752 would create new eligibility requirements for voters by imposing a strict set of conditions for every Florida resident.

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Florida Republicans oust state party chairman facing rape allegations in critical election year

Read full article: Florida Republicans oust state party chairman facing rape allegations in critical election year

The Republican Party of Florida has ousted Chairman Christian Ziegler and has replaced him with a new leader as police investigate a rape accusation against him.

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DeSantis signs school bus camera bill

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a bill that will allow school districts to use cameras designed to capture images of drivers who illegally pass school buses.

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Florida GOP gives DeSantis control of Disney district

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon take control of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district.

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Lawsuits challenging Florida’s new voting law argue it was politically motivated

Read full article: Lawsuits challenging Florida’s new voting law argue it was politically motivated

A record 4.8 million Floridians voted by mail in the 2020 election, and because right now a single request for an absentee ballot is good for two election cycles, they’ll be getting absentee ballots again in 2022.

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Theme park loophole creates way to skirt social media censorship bill

Read full article: Theme park loophole creates way to skirt social media censorship bill

Disney World could face new competition if social media companies take advantage of a loophole included in legislation aimed at cracking down on social media censorship, which awaits the governor’s signature.

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House property insurance bill put on hold

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A House committee Monday postponed consideration of a bill that would make changes in Florida’s property insurance system, after the Senate passed a significantly different measure this month.

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GOP lawmakers take aim at ballot initiatives

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“It eliminates those that have over-influence and who can influence these ballot initiatives through their dollars,” Payne said. That is not what these ballot initiatives are,” Jenne, D-Dania Beach, said. Ad“The plain fact of it is that they don’t like these ballot initiatives that have passed,” she said. Lawmakers also made sweeping changes last year to the petition-gathering process to make it harder to put initiatives on the ballot. “Here and across the country, state legislators are attempting to dismantle democracy just because they haven’t liked the outcome of recent elections and ballot initiatives.

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Election reforms advance in the Florida House

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TALLAHASSEE – On the heels of the 2020 election, Florida lawmakers are working to make changes to the state’s election laws. The sponsor of the House’s election reform legislation says Florida’s 2020 election was a success. The bill would prevent election supervisors from taking private grants. Mail ballot drop boxes would have to be monitored at all times and only family members or a roommate could drop off another person’s ballot. It would ban mail ballot drop boxes altogether.

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Suppression or security? Proposed voting changes cause uproar

Read full article: Suppression or security? Proposed voting changes cause uproar

AdThe proposed voting changes, which come after millions of voters in Florida and throughout the country opted to cast mail-in ballots amid the COVID-19 pandemic, are causing alarm for elections experts as well as Democrats. Election supervisors in Florida also encouraged the use of mail-in ballots in advance of the November election, and the numbers of mail-in ballots skyrocketed. The measure would require voters to request mail-in ballots prior to every general election. AdTrump has frequently voted by mail, but the former president and his allies have asserted that mail-in ballots are vulnerable to fraud. Ingoglia defended the provision in the Senate proposal that would require voters to sign up for mail-in ballots more frequently.

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