News Service of Florida
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Brevard and Lee are also in the top 10 for number of registered boats in Florida. Lee ranks third with 48,139 and Brevard is seventh with 35,001. -
Senate Appropriations Chair Ed Hooper said he and House Budget Chair Lawrence McClure have committed to having a budget in time for Monday votes. -
Tampa-area cab companies challenged a 2017 law that dissolved the county Public Transportation Commission, which had long regulated the industry. -
The law prohibits cellphone use throughout the school day in elementary and middle schools and creates a pilot program that prevents cellphone use in some high schools. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis and other professionals argued that a repeal of a 1990 law would need to be coupled with broader caps on non-economic damages in malpractice lawsuits. -
The vote came two days after senators angrily objected to the House amendment that killed the funding for a Sen. Darryl E. Rouson Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research. -
The Legislature passed a bill barring elementary and middle school students from using cellphones during the school day and testing the idea in high schools. -
Northwest Florida lawmakers have said the 2018 law created fierce battles in Walton County between waterfront property owners and other people seeking to use beaches. -
Lawmakers have moved forward with a repeal after widespread complaints about waterfront property owners in Walton County preventing people from using beaches. -
The bill also would require the Department of Health to recertify patients’ eligibility for the medical marijuana program every two years instead of annually.
