Florida ballot initiatives

UPDATE:  On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker imposed a preliminary injunction on a major provision of HB 1205, according to a press release from Florida Decides Healthcare, a non-profit trying to get Medicaid expansion...

A Florida appeals court rules that a law allowing minors to have abortions without a parent's consent is unconstitutional.

Listen: On Tuesday, two more advocacy groups joined in on a federal lawsuit against Florida’s new law targeting citizen-led ballot initiatives.  The organizations say the law is an attack on voters’ rights.  The League of...

The cost of living tops $100,000 for many Pinellas and Sarasota families in Tampa Bay.

Advocacy groups push back on Governor Ron DeSantis' attempts to make it harder for citizen campaigns to change the Florida constitution.

Listen: Advocacy groups are pushing back on Governor DeSantis’ attempts to make it harder for citizen campaigns to change the constitution. The law, signed by the Governor last week, requires people who collect over 25...

They still have to hammer out a budget, but Florida lawmakers finished most of the business of the 2025 legislative session.

It's a renewed effort to pass a constitutional amendment to allow recreational use of marijuana in Florida.

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

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

The Florida House approved a controversial measure that would impose new requirements on the ballot-initiative process.

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