News Service of Florida
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The Biden administration is moving forward with a proposal that would require heat protections for workers across the country, after Gov. Ron DeSantis this spring signed a controversial law barring Florida local governments from imposing such requirements on businesses.
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Nearly a decade after the event was held amid a crime spree, a federal judge Wednesday ruled that the city of Ocala violated the U.S. Constitution in organizing and carrying out a prayer vigil.
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Florida’s 2024-2025 fiscal year will arrive next week with a fresh $116.5 billion budget and nearly 200 new laws.
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The Florida Department of Commerce report said 361,000 people qualified as unemployed last month, the same number as in April. The labor force of 11.08 million declined by 14,000 from April to May.
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The Florida Supreme Court said Thursday that peaceful protesters are not threatened by a measure that Gov. DeSantis passed in 2021 to quell on violent demonstrations.
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A federal judge has blocked a 2023 Florida law that required municipal elected officials to disclose detailed information about their personal finances, ruling that the law likely violated First Amendment rights.
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The Supreme Court weighed whether a UF graduate student could seek to require the school to refund money for services not provided during a campus shutdown in 2020.
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The FHSAA’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve a seismic change in the organization’s bylaws to allow athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness, or NIL. The changes will be in effect for the upcoming school year.
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U.S. Sen. Rick Scott called the verdict a “political witch hunt” U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson said it shows “our justice system at work.”
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Carrying out a controversial law signed last week by Gov. Ron DeSantis, officials have started moving to repeal state renewable-energy goals.