State appeals judges throw a wrench into North Florida Black …
Oct 31, 2023 · Judges of a state appeals court steered arguments over the future of a sprawling Black-dominated North Florida congressional district in a whole new direction Tuesday, raising legal arguments never even uttered by any of the parties in the case. Lawyers for the state, at the behest of Gov. Ron DeSantis, have argued in court filings with the ...
Amendment 5 would lower taxes on homeowners, but others …
May 17, 2024 · Florida provides an exemption from property taxes for the first $25,000 of the assessed value of a homestead, meaning a building where the taxpayer lives. There’s a second exemption of $25,000 of assessed value over $50,000, except for school taxes — in other words, on values between $50,000 and $75,000.
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Appellate court rules the state can continue to enforce 15-week ...
Jul 21, 2022 · A split state appeals court has refused to reinstate a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban, meaning Florida’s 15-week abortion ban remains in effect. In a ruling handed down after 5 p.m. on Thursday, the First District Court of Appeal also rejected the state’s request to send the dispute ...
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FL Board of Medicine to craft new licensure path for foreign …
Jun 6, 2024 · Under the “Live Healthy” initiative Senate President Kathleen Passidomo spearheaded during this year’s legislative session, foreign-trained physicians with active licenses in the countries in which they studied will soon have a new path to practicing medicine in Florida. A committee of the Florida Board of Medicine voted on Thursday ...
Report card: The highest and lowest performing school districts in ...
Jul 24, 2024 · Grading by county shows Lafayette, St. Johns, Nassau, Walton, and Sarasota rounding out the highest scoring counties, with Lafayette scoring 73% in the aforementioned categories.. Twenty-two counties received "A" grades, including Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas, and Broward. The grading scale changed from the previous year to incorporate learning gains on state assessments in the ...
Conflicting polls in Florida’s 13th Congressional District race
Sep 3, 2024 · The new poll was conducted by WPA Intelligence, which surveyed 400 likely voters in Florida’s 13th Congressional District from August 28-29. No other information was provided in the one-page document provided to the Phoenix. Luna, a close political ally to Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, won her seat over Democrat Eric Lynn by eight ...
Lauren Book credits survivors, journalists for release of Epstein …
Jul 2, 2024 · A Miami Herald reporter and sex abuse victims are to credit for Monday’s release of documents from the 2006 state grand jury investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, according to state Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book. The Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis OK’d the release of the Epstein court records — typically they would be shielded ...
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