Florida lawmakers approved a 45 percent increase in spending for university and college construction and maintenance for the 2018-19 academic year, totaling $487 million. The largest project on the list is $50 million for a data-science and information-technology building at the University of Florida.
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The Florida House and Senate ended the 2018 legislative session Sunday by passing a budget and a tax-cut package for the upcoming year. The session was largely dominated by the aftermath of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, sparking debate about state gun laws and school safety. Here's a recap of the big issues.
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DeSantis, who filed paperwork for the race early this month, is running to replace Gov. Rick Scott, who faces term limits and is widely expected to run for the U.S. Senate.
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An administrative law judge will hold a multi-day hearing in January about a state move to revoke the license of a Broward County nursing home where residents died after Hurricane Irma.
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Duke Energy Florida expects to restore power to most of its coverage area by this weekend but hasn't projected a date for electricity to come back on in Hardee and Highlands counties, which it described as “severely impacted” by Hurricane Irma.
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Florida's price-gouging hotline — 1-866-9-NO-SCAM — had received more than 3,000 calls tied to Irma as of Thursday morning, with some 1,100 coming in Wednesday night.
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A federal appeals court has ordered a review of the Sabal Trail pipeline, saying that the initial approval did not take greenhouse-gas emissions from Florida power plants into account. The pipeline goes from Alabama, through part of Southwest Georgia and then through Florida to Osceola County.
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Gov. Rick Scott commented on President Donald Trump's plans to ban transgender Americans from military service.
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Florida is one of four states where texting while driving is a secondary offense, meaning that law enforcement cannot pull over motorists for texting at the wheel, but one Florida representative is pushing to make it a greater offense.
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Estimates from Triple A suggest that more Americans will travel this Independence Day weekend than ever before.
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