preemption

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that gives Florida regulatory control over food-delivery platforms.

The bill would prevent local governments from imposing requirements on contractors about wages and worker heat-exposure protections.

The Florida Legislature sent 18 bills to DeSantis, including one to prevent local regulations on food-delivery platforms.

Two powerful industry groups disagree on the Florida bill that would restrict how local governments can oversee vacation rentals.

Florida’s agriculture industry hopes the bill to preempt local regulations on farmworker housing will help bring in more foreign workers.

HB 57 would require most counties to impose eight-year term limits for county commissioners, aligning the proposal with the Senate version.

The Florida House continued moving forward with a bill that could make it harder for cities and counties to approve property tax increases.

Regulation of electric-vehicle charging stations would be controlled by the state -- what is known as a “preemption” of local authority.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 170 that could boost legal challenges to local ordinances; critics hoped for a veto of this preemption bill.

A commissioner in Manatee County Tuesday called voting to fund two pro-life pregnancy centers a “huge win” in his push to make Manatee the first county in Florida to ban abortions. The vote came as...

Tampa unveiled its newly-remodeled Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park Friday morning for Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s State of the City address. Buckhorn praised the $35 million renovation and the city staff who worked on it. Before...

In 2011 the Florida Legislature passed a bill that was signed into law by Governor Rick Scott that penalized local governments and elected officials that tried to pass gun safety rules that are stricter than...