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Florida Senate Will Vote on Prohibiting Fluoride in Local Water Services

April 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Palm Coast hasn't used fluoride in its water system since the city's founding in 1999. (© FlaglerLive)

Over objections by the Florida Dental Association and League of Women Voters of Florida, a Senate panel voted Tuesday to bar public water systems from “the use of any additive included primarily for health-related purposes.”

Federal Judge Halts Florida’s New Law Targeting Migrants, Citing Overreach

April 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Miami-based Judge Kathleen Williams issued a 14-page decision granting a request for a temporary restraining order against the law, which the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved in February. The law created state crimes for undocumented immigrants who enter or re-enter Florida.

Florida House Approves Draconian Restrictions on Citizen-Led Constitutional Amendments

April 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A petition drive at the Government Services Building today to legalize recreational marijuana. (© FlaglerLive)

The Republican controlled Florida House of Representatives has passed a measure that will make it prohibitively harder for a citizen-led constitutional amendment to get on the ballot. The vote was 76-31. Its passage comes just five months after two constitutional amendments that would have respectively enshrined abortion rights and legalized recreational cannabis for adults narrowly fell short of passage.

Florida House Committee Approves Sales Tax Cut to 5.25% But Eliminates Tax ‘Holidays’

April 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

House Ways & Means Chairman Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, is helping lead efforts to cut the state's sales-tax rate. Colin Hackley/File

For the first time in 16 years, the state wouldn’t offer sales-tax “holidays” under a House proposal that calls for an overall cut in sales taxes. The House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a $5.43 billion package dominated by House Speaker Daniel Perez’ proposal to lower the state’s sales-tax rate from 6 percent to 5.25 percent.

Three Palm Coast Council Members Return from Tallahassee With Some Hope for City’s Utility Needs

March 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Palm Coast wants one or two more of these "equalization tanks" to help diminish stormwater surges at its Waste Water Treatment Plant 1 in the Woodlands. A recent utility rate increase and a legislative appropriation will help. (© FlaglerLive)

Three of the Palm Coast City Council’s four members–Theresa Pontieri, Charles Gambaro and Ty Miller–returned from a lobbying trip to Tallahassee last week with some potential successes to help pay for the city’s utility-infrastructure needs despite legislative appropriations far more constrained than they’d been the previous two years.

Florida House Speaker Calls for Cutting Sales Tax from 6 to 5.25%, Gutting Revenue by $5 Billion

March 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, called Wednesday for a sales-tax cut. Colin Hackley/File

House Speaker Daniel Perez said Wednesday he wants to lower the state’s sales-tax rate, trimming revenue by almost $5 billion a year. Perez, R-Miami, told House members he has directed Ways & Means Chairman Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, to produce a bill next week that would lower the rate from 6 percent to 5.25 percent.

Holocaust Memorial Is Dedicated in Tallahassee

March 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Rep. Hillary Cassel poses in front of the Holocaust memorial outside the Capitol on March 25, 2025. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)

Floridians visiting the Capitol can now see the names and faces of Holocaust survivors who moved to Florida featured on a memorial unveiled Tuesday. 

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Florida Law Restricting Minors on Social Media

March 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Joseph Woodrow Hatchett U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Tallahassee.

Senior U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee dismissed a challenge against the state’s law barring Floridians younger than 14 from using social media apps with addictive features filed by industry organizations NetChoice and Computer & Communications Industry Association representing companies including Google, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube.

Can Democrats Get Their Act Together Before Its Too Late?

March 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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For more than a century, Democrats were the party of slavery, states’ rights, and Jim Crow, but, gradually and imperfectly, became the party of civil rights, voting rights, and workers’ rights, switching places with Republicans, who once had a strong streak of social progressivism. For 30 years, Florida elected New South governors such as Reubin Askew, Bob Graham, and Lawton Chiles, leaders who believed in education, open government, protecting the environment — crazy stuff like that. Where are they now?

Florida Senate Releases Plan to More Easily Finance Massive Exodus to School Voucher

March 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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With massive growth in school voucher programs, the Florida Senate on Friday released a plan that, in part, would seek to address funding concerns as students move between schools. The Senate Pre-K-12 Education Appropriations Committee is scheduled Wednesday to take up the bill (SPB 7030), which would make changes affecting public schools and voucher programs.

Bill Making It Easier for Exonerated People to Be Compensated Moves to Senate Floor

March 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Many Florida prisons have no air conditioning, leaving prisoners broiling in an ongoing heat wave, and the state has no plans to change the fact beyond cosmetic allowances. (© FlaglerLive)

Legislation to help Florida exonerees seeking compensation for their being wrongly imprisoned is bound for the Senate floor after receiving uniform support through three committee stops.

Measure Deporting Gulf of Mexico Name from State Law Moves to Florida House Floor

March 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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While a public opinion poll conducted last month shows that a majority of Floridians do not support updating changes in the state from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America,” that was of little concern to the House State Affairs Committee on Thursday. The committee voted along party lines to advance two proposals making that change into both state law and state agencies. Both measures will now head to the entire House for floor votes.

Florida Senate Proposal Would Raise Speed Limits to 75 on Interstates

March 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Highway speeds could increase under a bill that has started moving forward in the state Senate. The Republican-controlled Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging measure (SB 462), filed by Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R-Indian Rocks Beach, that includes boosting the maximum speed on interstates and Florida’s Turnpike from 70 mph to 75 mph.

Florida Lawmakers Are About to Roll Back Rural Protections in Favor Of Developers. Don’t Let Them.

March 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The Florida Legislature is once again trying to push through legislation that would take away the rights of area citizens and local government to have any voice in the management of rural and agricultural lands. It is crucial that citizens contact their legislative members and demand that these egregious measures be stopped immediately.

The Sun Is Setting on Government Transparency in Florida

March 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Florida, the “Sunshine State,” once known as a beacon of government transparency, is growing ever darker, and the clouds are spreading throughout the United States. Legislators have passed more than 1,100 exemptions to the Florida Sunshine Law, and growing.

Florida Law Banning Kids off Some Social Media Prevails as Judge Refuses to Block It

March 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A federal judge has rejected a request to block a 2024 Florida law aimed at keeping children off some social-media platforms, ruling that industry groups did not show they had legal standing to challenge the measure.

Florida Bill Would Ban Migrant Children Fleeing Abuse Elsewhere From Seeking Residency in Florida

March 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A bill advancing in the Florida Senate would make it harder for children without legal status who are fleeing abuse in their home countries to become permanent residents. That’s because they could lose the assistance of immigration attorneys and advocates, who say that SB 1626 would stop them from applying for immigration relief on behalf of such children.

Lawmakers Scheme Toward Paying Less Than Minimum Wage to Workers in ‘Job Training’

March 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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The Republican-controlled Commerce and Tourism Committee voted 5-3 along party lines to approve the measure (SB 676), which would provide an exemption to the voter-approved minimum wage when employees are involved in “a structured work-study, internship, pre-apprenticeship program, apprenticeship program or other similar work-based learning opportunity.” The proposal is aimed at helping people gain skills through entry-level work experience, even though the minimum wage is intended for entry-level workers.

Lawmakers’ Circus Returns to Tallahassee

March 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The circus, also known as the Florida Legislature, is back in town. (Photo via FSU Flying High Circus.)

The circus is coming to town. Y’all might know it as the regular session of the Florida Legislature. Don’t even begin to think this year can’t possibly be worse than last year, when lawmakers passed a dumpster full of bills to make Florida worse.

GOP Lawmakers Seek Draconian Obstacles on Citizens’ Ballot Initiatives

March 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The voting line at City Hall in Flagler Beach shortly after polls opened this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

After fierce — and expensive — political battles last year about abortion rights and recreational marijuana, Florida lawmakers Thursday began moving forward with a proposal that would place additional restrictions on the ballot-initiative process.

Defying Science, Florida Lawmakers Prepare to Scrap Later Start Time for High Schools

March 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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With school districts across the state expressing support, Florida senators Monday started moving forward with a bill that would repeal requirements aimed at later daily start times in many high schools. Lawmakers in 2023 approved the requirements, citing a need for older students to get more sleep. [The need is supported by extensive research that points to better academic performance and better health.] The requirements are slated to take effect in 2026, but as the deadline has neared, districts have said they are struggling to comply.

Republican Wants to Repeal Law Keeping Public Off Some Beaches

March 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A Panhandle Republican has filed legislation to repeal a controversial 2018 state law that has limited public access to local beaches in the area and prohibited local governments from adopting ordinances to protect customary use. The term “customary use” refers to a general right of the public at large to possess and use certain dry sand areas for recreational purposes. Flagler County has one such ordinance in effect.

Federal Judge Clears Way for Publishers’ Lawsuit Against Florida and Volusia Boards of Education Over Banned Books

March 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

One of many displays about banned books at The Lynx, a bookshop in Gainesville. (© FlaglerLive)

With major publishing companies and authors arguing a 2023 state law violates First Amendment rights, a federal judge Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against members of the State Board of Education over the removal of school library books. U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza, appointed by President Obama, rejected a state motion to dismiss the case, which also names as defendants members of the Orange County and Volusia County school boards.

Florida Lawmakers Look to End Ban on Compensating Wrongfully Imprisoned If They Have Prior Felonies

February 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Florida is the only state with a wrongful incarceration compensation program that excludes people with prior felonies, a restriction that makes the vast majority of exonerees in the state ineligible for payments. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, 91 people in Florida have been exonerated since 1989. Five of those exonerees have received compensation.

Bill Would Require Schools and State Agencies to Buy Materials Reflecting ‘Gulf of America’ Change

February 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A map of the Gulf of Mexico from the 1920s.

State agencies and Florida schools would have to update materials to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America,” under a measure filed this week in the state Senate.

GOP Lawmaker Wants Working Caps and Mandatory Breaks for Minors Ended

February 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Another day, another heat record. (© FlaglerLive)

Republican Sen. Jay Collins of Hillsborough County has filed a bill allowing employers to schedule minors to work at any time and for more than 30 hours per week.

Randy Fine, in Bigoted Motive Against Muslims, Wants to Let College Students Carry Guns on Campus

February 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Sen. Randy Fine (Photo by Christine Sexton/Florida Phoenix)

Brevard County Republican state Sen. Randy Fine has filed legislation (SB 814) that would extend concealed carry rights to Florida colleges and universities. The state lawmaker — now running for a seat in Congress — has said over the past year that such legislation is necessary to protect students from “on-campus Muslim terror.”

Lawmakers Considering Making Elected Officials’ Home Addresses Secret

February 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Florida's Sunshine Law forecast. (© FlaglerLive)

A Senate committee next week will consider a proposal that would shield from release the home addresses of state and local elected officials. The proposal furthers an accelerating trend toward government secrecy in numerous forms, without documented evidence that th secrecy is necessary or beneficial to the public.

Florida Lawmakers May Ban Hotels, Golf Courses and Pickle Ball Courts in State Parks

February 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Florida lawmakers put any thoughts of hotels and golf courses in state parks in the dog house. (© FlaglerLive)

After a bipartisan uproar last year about a proposal dubbed the “Great Outdoors Initiative,” the Florida Senate on Tuesday began moving forward with a bill that would prevent building such things as golf courses, pickleball courts and hotel-style lodges in state parks. The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved the bill (SB 80), sponsored by Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart.

Florida Senator Files Bill to Americanize El Golfo de México in State Laws

February 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Photo by Ryan Spaulding on Unsplash

Sen. Nick DiCeglie, the Republican who sponsored last year’s ill-fated bill to eliminate local control over vacation rentals, filed a bill that combs through state laws and would replace references to the “Gulf of Mexico” with the “Gulf of America” after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to rename the gulf.

Lawmakers Balk at DeSantis Ask for $350 Million to Transfer Migrants

February 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Migrants seeking asylum in California. (Border Patrol)

The Republican leaders of the Legislature made some concessions to Gov. Ron DeSantis in the immigration bills announced Monday, but the governor still isn’t getting the hundreds of millions he wanted to deport immigrants with a program under his purview.

Spat with DeSantis Resolved, Legislature Begins Third Special Session on Immigration Today

February 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Senate President Ben Albritton, left, Speaker Daniel Perez, left, and Gov. Ron DeSantis, center. (Photos by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican leaders of the Legislature announced Monday evening their agreement on the state’s immigration enforcement response under the Trump administration after a month-long public dispute.

Tallahassee Goes Looney Tunes Over Immigration

February 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Ron DeSantis is spittle-spouting, white boot-stamping, holding-his breath-till-he’s-blue, screaming-till-he’s-sick mad. He’s toddler mad, Elmer Fudd mad: like, vewy, vewy angwy. The Florida Legislature has defied him; dissed him; insulted him on immigration. Whatever his future, these days DeSantis is becoming shrill, declaring he’ll veto the Legislature’s bill, flying around the state (at taxpayer expense, naturally), telling Floridians to get up in their lawmakers’ faces and demand complete capitulation: “You have your marching orders.”

$8.2 Million Will Pay for National Guard Used as Florida Prison Guards

February 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

One of the prison's guard towers. (© FlaglerLive)

A legislative budget panel Wednesday approved transferring $8.2 million to pay for the continued deployment of Florida National Guard members at state prisons until June. National Guard members have worked at prisons for more than two years as the correctional system has struggled with high job-vacancy rates and an increase in the number of inmates.

Senate Proposal Expands Opportunities for Children with Autism and Their Families

February 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

State Sen. Benjamin Albritton (Screenshot, Florida Channel)

The bill (SB 112) filed by Sen. Gayle Harrell, expands a health care grant program established by the Legislature last year to include free screening, referrals, and related services for autism. It also creates two education-related grant programs: one for specialized summer programs for children with autism and the other to support charter schools exclusively serving them.

Ag Commissioner on Heat-Related Farm Deaths: Blame Humans, Not Climate

February 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson told Florida House members on Feb. 4, 2025, that heat safety regulations would hamper the farming industry (Screenshot from Florida Channel)

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson told state lawmakers Tuesday morning that human error was to blame for heat-related deaths on farms, which he described as few and far between. Florida’s sweltering heat became one of the hottest topics for lawmakers last year as the Republican-led Legislature passed a law prohibiting local governments from enacting their own heat-safety protections for employees.

Hillsborough Commissioner Donna Cameron Cepeda Wants Lawmakers To End Sunshine Law for All County Commissioners

January 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Hillsborough County Commissioner Donna Cameron Cepeda would cut cold the Sunshine Law for commissioners. (X)

Among the list of legislative proposals that the Hillsborough County Commission is asking their state lawmakers to enact this year is a request from one commissioner to eliminate the Sunshine Law for county commissioners across Florida. Donna Cameron Cepeda, a Republican first elected in 2022, claims it’s not about reducing transparency but giving county commissioners more room to talk about sensitive subjects out of view of the public.

DeSantis Ramps Up Feud with Legislature, Pledging to Veto Bill Targeting Undocumented Immigrants

January 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday pledged to veto an immigration bill passed during a special legislative session Tuesday, triggering a potential showdown with Republican House and Senate leaders in a tug-of-war over efforts to carry out President Donald Trump’s agenda. The governor’s latest criticism ramped up what has become a brutal — and public — feud between the Republican legislative leaders and DeSantis, who repeatedly called the bill “weak” and “pathetic” and lobbed personal attacks at his foes.

Sharply Rebuking DeSantis, Lawmakers Opt for Special Session on Their Own Terms, and Override Budget Veto

January 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, said Monday the House will "not be moved by threats." (Colin Hackley/NSF)

The House and Senate started and quickly ended a special legislative session that DeSantis called — and then immediately opened their own special session and released proposed immigration legislation. The moves came after DeSantis angered House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, by calling a special session that they said was premature.

Imagine What Will be Left of Florida After Our Leaders Are Done With It

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

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This is the country we’re now living in: dictatorial, unrepresentative, and deeply unkind. What will be left of Florida in four years? What will be left of America?

DeSantis Cant Wait to Get His Hands on ‘Illegal Immigration’ Legislation

January 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

GOP Rep. Kiyan Michael, Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters discussed illegal immigration during a roundtable discussion in Jacksonville on Jan. 23, 2025. (Screenshot DeSantis Facebook)

Gov. Ron DeSantis used the power of his bully pulpit on Thursday to once again lean on the Florida Legislature to come together for a special legislative session next week to further restrict illegal immigration, vowing to fight like a “junkyard dog” that just won’t stop until he sees results. The governor has said repeatedly over the past couple of weeks that the Legislature must not wait until the regular session opens in March to address the newly implemented executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on reducing the number of the undocumented in Florida.

Protesters Disheartened and Disbelieving at an Abortion-Rights Rally in St. Pete: ‘Florida Is Gone’

January 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Bree Wallace with the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan 22. 2024 (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)

Two months after a proposal to repeal Florida’s six-week abortion law and enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution failed to gather the 60% required for passage, more than 100 people gathered Wednesday on four street corners in downtown St. Petersburg to advocate for the cause. But it was a dispirited and disbelieving protest.

Florida Lawmakers Are Looking for Money, Now that Biden’s Covid Aid Has Dried Up

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Sen. Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, advised constituents to not expect as much money for local projects this year. (Colin Hackley/NSF)

Florida lawmakers have started filing what are expected to be hundreds of proposals seeking money for local projects and programs — but legislative leaders are cautioning not to expect as much spending as in the past few years. As of Tuesday morning, House members had filed 40 funding proposals, while one had been filed in the Senate, according to legislative websites. Lawmakers will consider the proposals as they negotiate a budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year during the legislative session that will start March 4.

Senator Files Bill to Scrap Later Start Times for High School Students, Putting Transportation Ahead of Student Needs

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Transportation issues, not student health or best practices--which call for later start times for older students--are driving the renewed debate on school schedules. (© FlaglerLive)

With Florida school districts facing a 2026 deadline, a Senate Republican on Friday filed a proposal that would repeal requirements aimed at later start times for many high schools. The proposal would benefit Flagler County schools, where officials in 2023 devised a new start times, but in the opposite direction. Supporters of later start times have argued that the changes would help high-school students get more sleep. But the requirements have faced concerns from school districts about issues such as bus schedules.

Howard Holley Presses Legislators for Money for Florida Museum of Black History

January 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Howard Holley. (© FlaglerLive)

Howard Holley, a board member of the Museum of Black History and member of the state task force establishing the museum, pressed the St. Johns County legislative delegation to fund the new Florida Museum of Black History.

Christian Pressure Group Pushing Lawmakers to Ban Freedom of Personal Pronouns in Local Governments

January 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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John Labriola, a lobbyist for Christian Family Coalition Florida, told Marion County lawmakers Wednesday that his organization would like to see restrictions in the 2023 education law extended to city and county governments. Labriola said he hopes the issue will be considered during this year’s legislative session, which will start March 4.

Florida Legislators Cold to DeSantis Call for Special Session

January 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Two days after Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wanted the Florida Legislature to call a special session to be “prepared to act” on immigration and tackle soaring condominium assessments lawmakers on both side of the aisle are questioning why the rush.

Flagler’s New Legislative Delegation, Meager in Money and Seniority, Tells Locals: Don’t Expect Much

January 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The much-diminished Flagler County Legislative Delegation took its seats for the first time this afternoon in Bunnell, cautioning of a new, poorer day in Tallahassee: Sen. Tom Leek, left, and Rep. Sam Greco. Both are Republicans, each in his first term, though Leek brings eight years of service in the House, where he rose to the appropriations committee chairmanship before he was term-limited. (© FlaglerLive)

The much-diminished Flagler County Legislative Delegation took its seats this afternoon in Bunnell, cautioning local government and organization representatives seeking state aid for numerous projects that it’s a new, poorer day in Tallahassee, where federal Covid aid and legislative seniority are gone. Sen. Tom Leek and Rep. Sam Greco are each in his first term, though Leek brings eight years of service in the House, where he rose to the appropriations committee chairmanship before he was term-limited.

Drag Show Case Still Has Legs, Orlando Restaurant Challenging Florida Ban Argues

January 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A show at Hamburger Mary as pictured in a Facebook post by the venue last September.

As an appeals court considers the constitutionality of a 2023 Florida law banning children from attending drag shows, it is pondering whether the case moot after Hamburger Mary’s, the Orlando restaurant challenging the law closed. An attorney for Hamburger Mary’s argued in a brief to the court that the business has continued to produce drag shows with other venues and plans to host shows when it reopens in Kissimmee.

Doctor Faces $10,000 Fine for Violation Abortion Waiting Period

January 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Detail from the original cover of Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" (1985).

After the state Department of Health called for revoking the doctor’s license, the Florida Board of Medicine this week issued a final order imposing a $10,000 fine and reprimanding a physician who did not comply in 2022 with a law requiring 24-hour waiting periods before abortions can be performed.

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