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Florida lawmakers back lifting a cap on private school vouchers for students with disabilities

Florida lawmakers moved toward temporarily nixing a cap on the number of students who can participate in a private school voucher program.
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Florida lawmakers start special session

The Florida Senate and House on Monday began a special legislative session to address a series of issues.
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Could frequent users of toll highways continue to get a break in Florida?

A program provides 50 percent credits to people who use SunPass or other Florida transponders and make 35 or more toll-road trips a month.
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A Republican in the Florida Legislature seeks to make it more difficult to amend the state constitution

A proposal to require a two-thirds vote to change the Florida Constitution is back for the 2024 legislative session.
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Hamburger Mary’s to Supreme Court: the block on Florida’s drag show law should continue

There's a statewide preliminary injunction against a Florida law aimed at preventing children from attending drag shows.

Florida special session will consider bills to bolster security amid a rise in anti-Semitism

Florida lawmakers plan to steer $25 million to Jewish day schools and preschools and another $10 million to nonprofit organizations.
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Florida special session includes bills for home improvements and hurricane aid

One Florida special session bill provide money to ease a backlog of residents seeking to lower insurance premiums by improving their homes.
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School voucher expansion bills set for Florida special session

The Florida House and Senate released proposals that could lead to more students receiving school vouchers.
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Hearing set in Medicaid eligibility fight in Florida

A federal judge will hear a lawsuit alleging Florida has not provided adequate information before dropping people from the Medicaid program.
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Florida wants a lawsuit by voting rights groups thrown out; the suit challenges how the state is carrying out a 2018 constitutional amendment

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration, county clerks of court and elections supervisors want a federal judge to toss out the lawsuit.
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Seminole Tribe to begin sports betting at its Flordia casinos

Seminole Tribe leaders will allow sports betting at their casinos in December - a first step in a major expansion of gambling in Florida.
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Ashley Moody urges Florida justices to reject an abortion rights measure, saying it would “hoodwink” voters

The Attorney General urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to ensure abortion rights.

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