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children

Autism Awareness

Tampa Bay’s only sensory-friendly science festival is returning

"Sensational SciFest," is for children with sensory sensitivities and hosted by Scientists Inc. & Center for Autism and Related Disabilities.
kids social media

Tech groups renew their challenge to Florida’s social media law

The 2024 Florida law aims to keep children off some social media platforms.
Florida Capitol

The Florida Senate passes a child welfare plan

The Florida bill includes $3.3 million to establish a foster-care pilot program and attract workers to investigate child abuse reports.
kids social media

A court refuses to halt Florida’s law prohibiting kids from some social media platforms

Tech groups sued, contending that the Florida social media law violates First Amendment rights.
Life jacket giveaway by SPFR for pool safety

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue to host free life jacket giveaway to promote water safety

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue, in collaboration with Safe Kids Florida Suncoast, will host a free life jacket giveaway today, March 12.
kids social media

Groups challenge Florida’s law forbidding kids from some social media platforms

A federal lawsuit says the Florida law violates First Amendment rights and that parents should make decisions about children’s social media.
banned books, First Amendment

A judge says a 7-year-old can be forced to testify about library book access in a Florida school district

The U.S. Magistrate Judge rejected a request that would have shielded the child from having to testify in a deposition.
teenage laborer

Ron DeSantis signs into law a relaxation of teen labor rules in Florida

The new law will ease decades-old regulations on the hours that 16- and 17-year-old Floridians can work.
teenage laborer

The Florida Legislature sends its bills to relax child labor laws and to keep kids off social media to the governor

Gov. Ron DeSantis has until April 5 to act on the bills to keep kids off some social media sites and to loosen child work regulations.
kids social media

The revised Florida bill to forbid children under 14 from having some social media accounts will become law, DeSantis says

After vetoing an earlier version, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday made clear he will sign HB 3 to keep kids off social media platforms.
no smoking sign

A scaled-back vaping bill clears the Florida Legislature

Florida lawmakers approved a watered-down bill targeting vaping products geared toward children.
social media

Group urges DeSantis to veto Florida’s bill to keep kids off social media

A tech-industry group Thursday quickly urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto a bill that seeks to prevent children off social media platforms.
Jazz in the Night
Jazz in the Night