As the investigation continues into the deadly condominium collapse in Surfside, a top Republican Florida House leader said Monday that lawmakers don’t need to make immediate changes to state building codes.
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As the Florida legislative session is slated to end April 30, many measures to reform policing proposed in February have yet to be heard in committees.
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The bill creates four key changes to current policies.
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Florida lawmakers Wednesday passed a controversial bill to require Florida’s public universities to ask students and faculty to complete yearly surveys to identify political bias in college classrooms. It passed the Senate in a 23-15 vote and awaits the governor's signature.
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Florida is currently one of 18 states that allow school districts the option of implementing a moment of silence at the beginning of the day.
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As House Bill 1 “Combating Public Disorder” passed the Florida House of Representatives Friday, activist groups rallied in Orlando to protest the legislation.
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Under the proposal, which would cover all K-12 public school classrooms, teachers can not recommend what students do with that time but should encourage parents to have that conversation with their children.
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Republican lawmakers are backing bills that would require students and faculty at Florida’s public universities to complete yearly surveys to identify political bias inside college classrooms. It would also allow students to record their professors during lectures. The bills would measure whether college instructors – widely perceived as skewing left …
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Many questions about the proposed county, including its viability, remain unanswered.
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Lawmakers in Florida, where private firm SpaceX is increasingly launching missions to outer space, are considering a bill to add criminal penalties for anyone who finds a spacecraft or parts of one and tries to keep it.
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