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Immigration and petition bills filed for special session

By Jim Saunders ©2025 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — On the eve of a special legislative session called by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican lawmakers Sunday filed a flurry of bills to crack down...
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A new recreational marijuana proposal emerges for Florida

A political committee bankrolled by Florida’s largest medical marijuana company has launched a new effort to allow recreational pot.
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Florida’s abortion rights amendment is defeated

A ballot proposal that would have enshrined abortion rights in the Florida Constitution failed Tuesday.
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A judge refuses to block Florida from publisihing infromation opposing the abortion rights amendment

A circuit judge refused to block the Florida Agency for Health Administration from disseminating what critics call “misinformation.”
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Florida urges justices to nix a case over state interference in the abortion amendment

An attorney alleges that top Florida officials have improperly tried to interfere with a November referendum on abortion rights.
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A judge will hear arguments Wednesday over the Florida AHCA’s campaign against an abortion rights amendment

The AHCA government website says things like, “Current Florida Law Protects Women, Amendment 4 Threatens Women’s Safety.”
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Petition gathering in the crosshairs in Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis contends additional steps could be needed on top of stringent requirements for gathering petition signatures,
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The Florida battle over an abortion rights amendment financial impact statement ratchets up

The Floridians Protecting Freedom committee, says Legislative leaders did not have authority to direct a state panel to revise the statement.
Marijuana. By Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, May 2011.

Statewide sheriffs and police chiefs organizations oppose Florida’s cannabis initiative

Florida Sheriffs Association and Florida Police Chiefs Association oppose a proposed constitutional amendment on recreational marijuana use.
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Florida Supreme Court justices get a second case challenging the abortion rights amendment’s financial impact statement

Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Republican leaders spearheaded controversial revisions in the financial impact statement.
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Medical cannabis company Trulieve adds $5 million to a campaign to legalize pot in Florida

The Smart & Safe Florida political committee is leading efforts to pass a recreational marijuana initiative on Florida's November ballot.
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A court dismisses a case challenging the financial impact statement associated with Florida’s abortion rights amendment question

The court says the case is moot because the financial impact statement was revised last week.
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