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Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Food across Florida is being highlighted…

By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida. TALLAHASSEE — An effort to restrict what flags can be flown at schools and other public buildings…

From The News Service of Florida: Data posted online by the state Department of Health showed that 725 Florida resident deaths had been linked to…

©2024 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. The industry group Florida Realtors released a report showing the statewide median sales price…

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida. TALLAHASSEE — After high natural gas costs helped push up electric bills over the past year, many…

The Republican Party of Florida’s executive committee met this weekend and approved a motion to fire its chair, Christian Ziegler, at its next regular meeting…

By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State higher-education officials on Thursday moved toward making changes to “general education core courses” at…

In September, I wrote about how crowded Florida circuit court dockets could get even more packed, Florida House Speaker Paul Renner got his way in…

From The News Service of Florida: The Florida Senate and House on Monday began a special legislative session to address a series of issues, including…

By the Numbers: County COVID-19 Deaths ©2023 The News Service of Florida State numbers show that a reported 7,441 Florida resident deaths this year have…

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Amid mass shootings in Maine and Ybor City, Florida Democrats filed bills last week that…

Democrat Phil Ehr on Wednesday said he is leaving the 2024 race for a U.S. Senate seat and will run against U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez,…

Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Former Florida Senate President Don Gaetz,…

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The son of Cuban immigrants, state Rep. Daniel Perez, R-Miami, was formally selected Monday to…

By Ryan Dailey TALLAHASSEE — Nearly 123,000 new students have received private-school vouchers after state lawmakers this year passed a major expansion of voucher programs,…

From The News Service of Florida: Florida lawmakers were required to file annual financial-disclosure reports by Friday or face fines. Here are the senators who…

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Recovery efforts, including restoring power and searching damaged properties, began Wednesday after Hurricane Idalia made…

From The News Service of Florida: A House Republican on Thursday proposed a constitutional amendment that would impose eight-year term limits on county commissioners. Rep….

By Jim Saunders ©2023 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. TALLAHASSEE — The Escambia County School Board on Monday urged a…

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida -TALLAHASSEE — Transportation officials have started working on a proposal that could lead to a new toll…