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Florida Legislature

Disney

Special District defends cutting off Disney perks

The chair of the special district that includes Walt Disney World defended eliminating perks that provided access for district employees and their families.
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Courts grapple with Florida’s death penalty change

A new state law lowering the number of jurors required to recommend death sentences has spurred a rash of litigation.
books

Magistrates could weigh school book disputes in Florida; State backs Escambia Board in book fight

Florida education officials approved rules that could help set the stage for special magistrates to hear disputes about objections to books.
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Bill by a Democratic state representative seeks a minimum $65K teacher pay in Florida

A House Democrat on Tuesday filed a bill for the 2024 legislative session that seeks to raise teachers’ minimum base salaries to $65,000.
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Florida is considering a rule that would force state colleges to require restroom use “based on biological sex at birth”

State education officials will weigh approval of a rule that deals with the designation of bathrooms at Florida colleges.
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Parenting With Pride: a new group fighting “right-wing extremism” in Florida

Parenting With Pride is Florida partnership involving groups like the Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG and Equality Florida.
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Escambia School Board seeks to end a lawsuit over its book removals

The Escambia County School Board urged a judge to toss out a lawsuit challenging the removal or restriction of books in school libraries.
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Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ restricts businesses from training on some race-related issues; a court will hear a challenge

A judge previously agreed with businesses and a consultant that Florida's Stop WOKE restrictions violated the First Amendment
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Florida tax projections get a $2.77 billion bump

Economists added $2.77 billion to Florida’s general-revenue tax projections for the current fiscal year and next fiscal year.
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Federal judge refuses to block Florida law that restricts people from China from owning land

A judge says plaintiffs are unlikely to be able to show the measure was motivated by discrimination or lacks a “rational basis.”
University of South Florida

USF faculty sue Florida over its new ‘arbitration ban’

Laid-off University of South Florida faculty members & unions have challenged the constitutionality of a new state law giving university presidents the final say in employment disputes.
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Court date set to determine if Florida drew Congressional districts that violated state Constitution by diminishing minority representation

A judge will hear arguments over a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022.
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