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The controversial UWF Board chair, Scott Yenor, steps down

In 2021 Scott Yenor called working women “more medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome than women need to be.”
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Florida executes Michael Tanzi for the 2000 kidnapping and murder of Janet Acosta

The Florida Supreme Court rejected an argument that the state’s lethal injection procedure violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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A bill to add hurdles to ballot access is ready for a vote in the Florida Senate

The measure would additional hurdles to the ballot initiative process and heighten penalties for wrongdoing.
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The full Florida House will consider a bill to curb oil drilling near the Apalachicola River

The Florida bill would ban oil and gas drilling within 10 miles of the state’s three National Estuarine Research Reserves.
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A bill on higher ed presidential searches is ready for full House consideration

The bill would repeal a law that shields information about candidates to become Florida college and university presidents.

E-Verify expansion is eyed in the Florida House

The bill would require Florida small businesses to use the federal E-Verify system to check the immigration status of newly-hired workers.
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Private colleges in Florida are concerned about funding cuts

The EASE program provides $3,500 annual grants to undergraduates at Florida private schools.
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A judge halts Florida’s new immigration law

A U.S. district judge Friday temporarily blocked a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants.
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The Florida House votes to change the Gulf’s name to ‘Gulf of America’

Erasing the Gulf of Mexico from state laws and educational materials won Florida House approval in favor of Gulf of America.

The Scoop: Tues. April 1, 2025, Florida and Tampa Bay headlines by WMNF

Round up of WMNF news headlines including Sherriff's Office Deputy-involved shooting, public utility, DeSantis' call for tax relief, and THC regulations.
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Tech groups renew their challenge to Florida’s social media law

The 2024 Florida law aims to keep children off some social media platforms.
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DeSantis targets veto overrides by the Florida Legislature

During a special session in February, the House and Senate overrode a DeSantis veto of $57 million for “legislative support services.”
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