News Service of Florida
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The Division of Emergency Management lists the current threat of wildfires across the state as “low,” but Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said Wednesday people should limit debris on their properties as wildfire season begins.
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Under the proposed House bill, voters in three the counties that have 12-year limits on county commissioners - Broward, Lee and Polk - would be asked to approve an eight-year limit in November.
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The Senate sponsor of the monuments bill, Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, argued that his bill and intentions have been mischaracterized as protecting the Confederacy.
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Chancellor Ray Rodrigues, a former state lawmaker, initially received a three-year contract that took effect in November 2022.
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Equality Florida says the bills "attack the freedoms, the rights and dignity of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Floridians.”
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The Florida House on Friday began moving forward with its version of a plan aimed at boosting the number of physicians in the state and taking other steps to expand access to health care.
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The most COVID-linked deaths this year have been reported in Miami-Dade, Palm Beach County and Broward counties, according to the latest health department data.
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AHCA Secretary Jason Weida told a state House panel he is “cautiously optimistic” the FDA will approve the plan, which the state has been pursuing since 2019.
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The Senate Health Policy Committee will hold a workshop Tuesday “to begin the process of fine-tuning ideas, putting pen to paper, and of course, hearing more input from stakeholders.”
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In issuing the order, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled that the “case will turn almost entirely on common issues” with common answers.