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Florida Supreme Court considers abortion ban, special session will address Iran and flood mitigationThis week on The Florida Roundup, we talk about the legal limbo around abortion access as the Florida Supreme Court considers a challenge to the state’s 15-week ban. Plus, a preview of November’s special legislative session. And later, a collection of stories about coastal communities' efforts to mitigate flooding.
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Talks are ongoing in advance of a special legislative session about how much money would be needed to reduce a backlog of grant applications from Floridians looking to upgrade their homes to help lower insurance premiums.
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The special session is being called because Iran supports Hamas who attacked Israel two weeks ago, though no government worldwide has offered direct evidence supporting that Iran orchestrated the attack.
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Amid criticism from Democratic lawmakers and other groups, DeSantis administration officials went before a Senate committee Wednesday to discuss a process that has led to hundreds of thousands of people being dropped from the Medicaid program.
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A key senator said Tuesday he does not expect lawmakers to make major property-insurance changes during the 2024 legislative session, as they continue to watch the results of an overhaul passed last year.
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The new law restricts certain people from "countries of concern" from owning property in Florida. A court brief says the law is unconstitutional and violates the federal Fair Housing Act.
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The Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee is scheduled to hear presentations from AHCA, DCF and Florida Healthy Kids Corp.
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Don Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who served in the Senate from 2006 to 2016, is seeking a return to the Legislature as his son, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, makes waves in Washington, D.C.
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The Florida House held a ceremony to formally designate Miami Republican Rep. Daniel Perez as the next House Speaker. He will succeed Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, after the 2024 elections.
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Amid multiple excessive heat warnings, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district is emphasizing heat protocols for athletes and students who do activities outside as the new year begins.
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A man shot in the neck by a Lakeland police officer more than two decades ago and a woman who was critically injured and later died after a Florida Highway Patrol officer used a stun gun on her are among the subjects of 10 newly filed “claim” bills in the state Senate.
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“Florida is always in the political spotlight ... so, I think we also see some political experiments being tried here, in terms of what campaigns are catching fire, and what words are really buzzworthy and that voters are responding to," said Alissa Schafer with the Energy and Policy Institute.