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“This bill would directly harm consumers, deprive them of rights currently held in many states, and prevent State AGs fr...
20/05/2025

“This bill would directly harm consumers, deprive them of rights currently held in many states, and prevent State AGs from fulfilling their mandate to protect consumers.”

A footnote in a budget bill U.S. House Republicans are trying to pass before Memorial Day is the first major signal for how Congress may address artificial intelligence legislation, as they seek to create a moratorium on any AI laws at the state level for 10 years. The measure, advanced Wednesday, M...

“While dozens of other states are enacting limitations on the use of noncompete agreements, this legislation would take ...
19/05/2025

“While dozens of other states are enacting limitations on the use of noncompete agreements, this legislation would take Florida in the opposite direction – locking in talent, stifling wage growth, and undermining efforts to build a cutting-edge ecosystem in the Sunshine State.”

While several states have imposed bans on noncompete agreements, the Florida Legislature went the opposite way during its recent session and made it easier for employers to impose these agreements on workers. That’s prompted a coalition of organizations and law professors to ask Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

In all, 562 state lawmakers from 50 states and the District of Columbia signed the letter a letter.
19/05/2025

In all, 562 state lawmakers from 50 states and the District of Columbia signed the letter a letter.

Nine Florida Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Monday calling on members of Congress to oppose efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. In all, 562 state lawmakers from 50 states and the District of Columbia signed the letter a letter. The effort was organized by the State Innovation Exchange’s Repr...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Democrat of Washington state, wrote on social media that Venezuelans “face extreme oppression, arb...
19/05/2025

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Democrat of Washington state, wrote on social media that Venezuelans “face extreme oppression, arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killings, and torture — the exact type of situation that requires our government to provide TPS.”

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday will allow, for now, the Trump administration to terminate temporary protections for a group of 350,000 Venezuelans, striking down a lower court’s order that blocked the process. The order still means the group of Venezuelans on Temporary Protected Stat...

“People are actually honoring his legacy and respecting it. It’s a show of understanding of who he was and what he means...
19/05/2025

“People are actually honoring his legacy and respecting it. It’s a show of understanding of who he was and what he means to North Omaha, the city, and the world.”

OMAHA — State Sen. Terrell McKinney recalls Nebraska’s rockier relationship with Malcolm X, the rather rough road to getting the Omaha-born human rights leader into the state’s Hall of Fame. John Ewing Jr., who last week became Omaha’s first elected Black mayor, was a toddler when Malcolm X ...

Long a Democratic stronghold, the majority-Latino area has been trending more politically right over the past decade but...
19/05/2025

Long a Democratic stronghold, the majority-Latino area has been trending more politically right over the past decade but continued to back Democrats at the top of the ticket until the past couple of election cycles.

The latest evidence of the Republican Party’s growth in Florida is news announced on Monday that registered Republicans now outrank Democrats in Miami-Dade County, the most populous in Florida. The latest voter rolls in the county now show 464,370 registered Republicans, or 34% of voters, 440,790 ...

As written, the bill cuts more than $600 billion over the next decade from Medicaid, the government health program for l...
19/05/2025

As written, the bill cuts more than $600 billion over the next decade from Medicaid, the government health program for low-income individuals as well as those with disabilities.

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on the Budget Committee moved the “one big, beautiful” reconciliation bill a step closer to the chamber floor in a rare Sunday night vote after a handful of conservatives blocked the bill Friday. The massive deal squeaked through on a 17-16 vote, with four f...

“The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”
19/05/2025

“The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”

WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with “a more aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his office on Sunday. The statement said Biden, 82, last week was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptom...

The Legislature can stick any amendment they favor on the ballot. You, Floridian, have to jump through hoops of fire, sp...
19/05/2025

The Legislature can stick any amendment they favor on the ballot. You, Floridian, have to jump through hoops of fire, spin straw into gold, and answer the Riddle of the Sphinx.

You’ve heard of the U.S. Constitution, right? You can see one of the 1789 originals right there in the National Archives. At least until the current regime shuts the place down for harboring wokey documents. You can get yourself a cheap copy of the newest iteration — the one with the freedom of ...

“Unfortunately, this bill will make college more expensive for families and students and will make it significantly more...
17/05/2025

“Unfortunately, this bill will make college more expensive for families and students and will make it significantly more risky for students and families just trying to pay for college, and it’s also going to make student loan debt significantly more expensive for millions of borrowers across the country." l

WASHINGTON — Students and families could see significant changes to how student loans are repaid as well as cuts to federal student aid as congressional Republicans look to slash billions of dollars in federal spending to offset the cost of President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda. Republicans a...

“Men and women old enough to fight and die for our country should be able to purchase fi****ms to defend themselves and ...
16/05/2025

“Men and women old enough to fight and die for our country should be able to purchase fi****ms to defend themselves and their families.”

The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to Florida’s ban on firearm purchases by adults under 21. It’s the latest move by the gun-rights group in its four-year-battle to override the 2018 Florida law that bans 18-to-20-year-olds from purc...

For Hawley, expanding the child tax credit is about combating the “decline of the American family.” “There’s something f...
16/05/2025

For Hawley, expanding the child tax credit is about combating the “decline of the American family.” “There’s something fundamentally wrong with an economy where the working people, who power that economy, cannot afford to have children that they want."

WASHINGTON — As the “one big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill soon heads to the Senate, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is pushing to significantly expand the child tax credit beyond what House Republican tax writers offered. Hawley, who’s getting a cool reception so far from t...

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The Florida Phoenix, rising from the ashes of corporate journalism. We’re new, nonprofit, online-only and have veteran journalists reporting in Tallahassee on state government, policy and politics, plus progressive commentary. Editor-in-Chief Diane Rado, Deputy Editor Michael Moline, and reporters Lloyd Dunkelberger and Laura Cassels are digging into news you need. Plus, we’re free! Sign up for our daily email roundup of stories to get the latest.