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Round up of WMNF news headlines including elections at Plant City and Pasco County, affordable housing, and immigration notifications from DHS.

The Florida Supreme Court rejected an argument that the state’s lethal injection procedure violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

The measure would additional hurdles to the ballot initiative process and heighten penalties for wrongdoing.

The fluoride bill would also allow rules to prohibit plant-based products from being “mislabeled” as meat and poultry products in Florida.

The group pushing a recreational pot initiative would need to submit 880,062 valid signatures to get on Florida's November 2026 ballot.

The bill calls for the maximum speed on interstate highways and Florida’s Turnpike to be increased from 70 mph to 75 mph.

On Monday, the Florida House of Representatives’ House Commerce Committee supported House Bill 955, which would require all private businesses to use an E-Verify system to check a new employee’s legal status. The bill was...

Listen: Dave Easby has been coming to Dunedin from New Brunswick, Canada for the last 15 years.  He likes to watch the Toronto Blue Jays spring training.   But this year, he opted for Mexico.  “This...

It seeks to prevent “unintended development within the state park system” after widespread opposition to the “Great Outdoors Initiative.”

The Florida bill would ban oil and gas drilling within 10 miles of the state’s three National Estuarine Research Reserves.

Round up of WMNF news headlines including elections at Plant City and Pasco County, affordable housing, and immigration notifications from DHS.

Pacifica compiled reports from community radio reporters across the country, including WMNF and WSLR, of Hands Off demonstrations