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In a final flurry of activity from the legislative session, Gov. Rick Scott this week will take action on heavily debated health, education and tax bills. Scott faces deadlines to act this week on 25 bills, including 22 of them on Thursday. After that, one deadline will remain next week …

Gov. Rick Scott signed 20 bills into law Wednesday, including a long-discussed repeal of the state's rarely enforced ban on unmarried men and women living together.

Supporters argue the lower pay rate was a legacy of an earlier era, when women held the overwhelming majority of supervisors' offices.

The bill prohibits state money for any service by an organization that also provides abortions. It will affect half a dozen clinics, including Planned Parenthood facilities that serve the poor under Medicaid and other federal programs.

The expansion of the Right To Try Act will allow dying Florida patients access to non-FDA approved medical marijuana starting July 1.

Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday signed nine bills, including a high-profile measure requiring local law-enforcement agencies to submit "rape kits" to be tested. Until Wednesday, Florida had not required law-enforcement agencies to submit rape kits for testing

The citrus industry is "in a struggle for our survival," facing its worst growing season in a half-century due in large part to citrus greening disease. The Florida Citrus Commission will start building a budget for next fiscal year that projects a much-smaller crop than in the current year.

Voter registration for the presidential primaries closed a month ago. More than 8 million Floridians are registered as Republicans or Democrats, while nearly 3 million voters in the state are registered with no party affiliation, according to data from the state Division of Elections.

The bill, which increases clinic regulations and bans public funding for organizations associated with clinics, will now to Gov. Scott's desk for final approval.