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The battle between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led House of Representatives continues.  The latest jab came Wednesday when he was speaking at a National Home Rental Council event in Orlando.  DeSantis touted Florida’s...

This past February, Republican House Representative Rachel Saunders Plakon filed HB 1505. This bill, known as the Parental Rights Bill, seeks to amend parental rights regarding parental consent. The bill would also remove exceptions that...

Listen: An organization tied to a program led by Casey DeSantis received $10 million donation stemming from a settlement with the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration.  Leaders of that agency faced heated questioning about...

The bill requires the Florida DEP to use a “balancing test” for proposed drilling permits within one mile of rivers and lakes.

Meteorologists say DOGE cuts to NOAA impact weather forecasting and hurricane readiness and may damage national and international commerce.

The bill drew debate because it would expand the “Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities."

Roundup of news headlines produced for WMNF Community Radio: Hurricane recovery, Russell Brand, sargassum, and proposed budgets.

The Florida Senate budget proposal (SB 2500) totals $117.36 billion. The House proposal (HB 5001) has a bottom line of $112.95 billion.

In 2021 Scott Yenor called working women “more medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome than women need to be.”

Forget the Gulf of Mexico. In Florida, it’s the Gulf of America.

But the House version of the Florida Museum of Black History bill has not moved through committees.

The bill would create a “categorical” budget fund for the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, a major voucher program.