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Florida Moving To Ban References to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

February 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Florida lawmakers are moving toward approving an overhaul of state energy laws, including eliminating references to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and imposing a ban on offshore wind-energy generation.

Proposal to Allow Chaplains in Florida Schools Advances

February 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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A proposal continued advancing Tuesday in the Senate to allow school districts to authorize chaplains to provide services for students. Under the bill (SB 1044), districts and charter schools could adopt policies to allow volunteer school chaplains “to provide supports, services and programs to students as assigned by the district school board or charter school governing board.”

Moms for Liberty’s Book of Morons

February 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Empty Library book burning moms for liberty

The moms of Moms for “Liberty” are feeling a little touchy, put-upon, even diminished. Their do-boy DeSantis crashed out of the presidential race. They’re losing school board elections. They’re making idiots of themselves in the national media, as when Moms co-founder Tiffany Justice simultaneously defends taking books off school library shelves while denying that Moms want books taken off school library shelves, unless they’re by Black writers or gay writers, or ones dealing with the Holocaust, racism, or any sex.

Senate Backs Paul Renner Initiative Banning Children Younger Than 16 From Social Media, With Caveats

February 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Paul Renner, the Palm Coast Republican and House Speaker, is enthusiastically leading a House that has lurched further to the right than under any administration since the Jim Crow era. (© FlaglerLive)

The House overwhelmingly passed the initial version last month, and the newly revised version does not change the basic components. It would prevent children under 16 from creating accounts on at least some social-media platforms; require platforms to terminate existing accounts that they know or have “reason to believe” are held by minors younger than 16; and allow parents to request that minors’ accounts be terminated.

Immigrant Activists Rally Against ‘Consistent Dehumanization’ in Florida as They Face More Bills Targeting Them

February 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A sign held by immigration activists at the state capitol in Tallahassee on Feb. 15. (Mitch Perry)

Seven months after one of the strictest immigration laws in the nation went into effect, dozens of immigrant rights activists gathered in the state Capitol building on Thursday to speak out about what one person called the “never ending attacks on immigrants” in Florida.

GOP Proposal to Teach Tendentious ‘History of Communism’ in K-12 Draws Heated Debate

February 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Red Menace returns.

An at-times tense meeting of a House panel exposed a simmering debate about whether a proposal to teach about the history of communism in grades as low as kindergarten is a polarizing idea or, as a supporter said, “not divisive in any way.”

Florida House Moves Toward Banning Local Governments from Regulating EV Charging Stations, and Banning ‘Cultivated Meat’

February 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

One of the free electric vehicle charging stations at Palm Coast City Hall. The free ride may be ending. (© FlaglerLive)

The Florida House on Monday continued moving forward with a wide-ranging bill that includes banning sales of lab-grown meat in the state and preventing local governments from regulating electric-vehicle charging stations. Florida has 3,230 public charging stations in 44 of the 67 counties, and a staff analysis of the bill said electric vehicles made up nearly 3 percent of cars sold in Florida from July 2020 to July 2021.

Federal Judge Ends Challenges to Florida’s Election Law Targeting Black Voters

February 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Florida law makes certain Americans less than 100 percent so. Above, officials from the Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections Office in an undated Florida Memory photo believed to be from the 1950s.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a 17-page order after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year overturned a ruling in which he found the law improperly discriminated against Black voters. Walker appeared to criticize the appeals court for “reweighing” facts in the case.

Florida House Approves Nearly Doubling Governor’s Salary

February 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ $141,400 annual salary doesn’t make it in the top ten highest paid governors in the country. That needs to be corrected, say state Republican lawmakers, which is why on Thursday they approved a proposal (HB 5007) that would raise the annual salary of the governor to “at least 100%” of what a member of the Florida Supreme Court makes, now $251,414.

Lab-Grown Meat Companies Push Back Against Florida Lawmakers’ Attempt to Ban Their Product

February 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Two California companies can now offer lab-grown meat in restaurants and eventually supermarkets following approval of their products by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last June. But those same products would be banned in Florida if lawmakers approve a proposal moving through the Legislature. The bill by Tampa Bay-area Republican Jay Collins (SB 1084) would make it unlawful for anyone to manufacture, sell, hold or offer for sale, or distribute “cultivated” meat in Florida. A violator could be charged with a second-degree misdemeanor.

Some Florida Justices Skeptical About State’s Attempt to Keep Abortion Rights Amendment Off the Ballot

February 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A Florida Supreme Court hearing Wednesday on a proposed constitutional amendment about abortion rights drew demonstrators on each side of the issue. (Tom Urban)

Some justices questioned how far the court can go to prevent initiatives from being placed on the ballot as they heard arguments about whether a proposal to ensure abortion rights in the state should be placed on th November ballot. “People in Florida aren’t stupid. I mean, they can figure this out,” Chief Justice Carlos Muniz said.

DeSantis Lends Support to Proposal Banning Local Governments from Giving Refuge to Homeless on Public Property

February 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Saying that while no city in Florida is contending with the issues of homelessness that are prevalent in places like San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday came out in support of a proposal moving through the Florida Legislature that would ban local governments from allowing people to sleep on public property without a permit.

Florida’s Open Season on Civil Liberties

February 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

A bear at rest. (FWC)

Florida lawmakers don’t care about the insurance crisis; they don’t care about runaway rents; they don’t care about hungry children or sick women or the climate crisis or pollution or the teacher shortage or anything that you and I and anyone else with two brain cells to rub together would identify as pressing problems here in the increasingly dysfunctional State of Florida. What they care about is ending your liberties. Here’s a list.

Law Restricting Chinese People From Owning Property in Florida Doesn’t Pass Smell Test, Court Rules

February 3, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Comparison of European immigrants, represented in the left panel as virtues, while Chinese immigrants are represented by a serpent representing maladies, The Wasp (San Francisco), Vol. 7, 1881

A federal appeals court said a Florida law restricting people from China from owning property in the state likely is trumped by federal law and blocked its enforcement against two plaintiffs who have been in the midst of real-estate transactions.

Vacation Rental Bill Weakening Local Control Passes Senate and Now May Depend on Renner in the House

February 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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While one bill passed the Senate on a 27-13 vote, the House version may depend on House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, on whose authority the bill may–or may not–eventually come to a vote on the floor. Sen. Travis Hutson, who represents Flagler County, voted against Flagler County priorities opposing deregulation, and in favor of the Senate bill last month.

Federal Judge Rules Against Palestinian Students on Florida Campuses, Saying They’ve Not Been Silenced

February 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A demonstration organized by Students for Justice in Palestine. (Facebook)

Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida and Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of South Florida filed lawsuits in November alleging that efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis and state university leaders to disband the groups violated their First Amendment rights.

Disney Is Appealing Decision Dismissing Its Free-Speech Lawsuit Against DeSantis

February 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Disney is not at war with Florida. Only with its vengeful governor. (© FlaglerLive)

Disney filed a notice of appeal on Thursday, one day after U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor ruled against the company’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the governor’s replacement of the old Reedy Creek Improvement District with another governing entity that DeSantis personally controls.

Judge Dismisses Disney Lawsuit That Claimed DeSantis Had Retaliated Against the Company

January 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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In a win for Gov. Ron DeSantis, a federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the state unconstitutionally retaliated against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts because of the company’s opposition to a controversial education law.

Threatening Charges, Florida Forbids Trans’ Preferred Gender Identity on Driver’s Licenses

January 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Transgender people can no longer obtain a driver’s license that reflects their gender identity under a new policy that treats “misrepresenting one’s gender, understood as sex, on a driver license” as fraud punishable by civil and criminal penalties plus cancellation, suspension, or revocation of the license.

Bill Would Impose $100 Fee on Non-Parents Who Want Books Banned, But Only If They Lose the Challenge

January 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

As in the rest of the country, the books targeted for bans by Flagler County School Board member Jill Woolbright are by or about marginalized people. (© FlaglerLive)

An earlier version of the bill (HB 7025) proposed a $100 “processing” fee for people who file more than five book objections in a calendar year if the people do not have students enrolled in the schools where the books are challenged. But under the change approved Tuesday by the House Education & Employment Committee, the fees would only be assessed if book challenges are unsuccessful. The House panel unanimously approved the revised bill.

Targeting Homeless, Lawmakers Want to Forbid Local Governments from Allowing Sleeping on Public Property

January 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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A Senate committee Monday backed a proposal that would prevent counties and cities from allowing people to sleep or camp on public property without permits. Bill sponsor Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, called his proposal (SB 1530) a way to address a mental-health crisis in the state and to assist the “chronically homeless.”

Florida Lawmakers Want to Raise Constitutional Amendment Approval Threshold to 66.67%

January 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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A House panel Monday approved a proposal that would make it harder to pass state constitutional amendments. Under the proposal, constitutional amendments would need support from 66.67 percent of voters to pass, up from the current 60 percent.

Bill Lowers Florida State Guard Training Standards, Allows Use Outside the State, and Broadens In-State Mission

January 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Rep. Mike Giallombardo, R-Cape Coral, is sponsoring a bill about the Florida State Guard. (Colin Hackley/NSF)

The Florida State Guard, revived by Gov. Ron DeSantis, could operate outside Florida and be called into service anytime he “deemed necessary,” under a bill approved Thursday by a House panel. The bill also removes a requirement that state guard standards and training be equivalent to the Florida National Guard.

Youth Climate Activists in Tallahassee Demand ‘Immediate and Bold Action,’ but Lawmakers Aren’t Interested

January 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Kim Ross with ReThink Energy Action Florida speaking at a press conference in Tallahassee on Jan. 24, 2024 (photo credit: Mitch Perry)

Youth climate activists gathered on the steps of the Old Capitol building in Tallahassee Wednesday morning with a direct message for state lawmakers: Start taking “immediate and bold action on climate change.” But there’s a quantum distance between what the activists desire and what the GOP-controlled Legislature is actually doing in the 2024 session regarding the issue.

Defense Calls Out Sharp Inaccuracies in Arrest Account of Migrant Facing Manslaughter Charge in Death of Deputy

January 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

"After suffering various choke holds, being kneed to his ribs and tased multiple times, Virgilio's hands were cuffed," a motion describing the arrest of migrant worker Virgilio Mendez reads. (Still from body cam footage)

The defense lawyer for Virgilio Aguilar Mendez, the 18-year-old migrant held for over eight months on an aggravated manslaughter of an officer charge in the death of a St. Johns County deputy, is calling his arrest “legally insufficient,” describing his arrest report as a series of misrepresentations and misapplications of the law, and citing the medical examiner’s report to conclude that the death of the deputy was unrelated to the arrest.

DeSantis, Seeing No ‘Clear Path to Victory,’ Drops Out and Endorses Trump

January 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination for president on Sunday, saying in a video posted on X that didn’t see “a clear path to victory” in light of his poor showing in the Iowa caucuses, and endorsing Donald Trump in the election.

Proposal to Limit County Commission Terms to 12 Years Advances in Florida House

January 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Flagler County Commission hasn't lacked for turnover in the past decade. (© FlaglerLive)

A House panel Friday approved a proposal that would impose 12-year term limits on county commissioners in most of the state, after changing an earlier version of the bill that would have led to eight-year limits.

Ex-GOP Chief Christian Ziegler Won’t Face Rape Charge But Voyeurism Probe Continues

January 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Sarasota police Friday said they do not have “probable cause” to charge former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler with sexual battery but are asking prosecutors to review allegations of video voyeurism. The announcement came less than two weeks after state party leaders removed Ziegler from the chairmanship amid the police investigation into Ziegler’s sexual encounter with a woman in October.

In Free Florida, the Dictionary Is Dangerous to Your Children

January 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

A simple pleasure Florida tends to deny its schoolchildren. "Out to Lunch," above, is by J. Seward Johnson Jr. (© FlaglerLive)

A few people who call themselves parents but are really frustrated bullies who want everyone else to lead the miserable lives they do, at least when they’re not engaging in threesomes, have successfully made black holes of Florida’s school and classroom libraries and further marginalized slews of children whose one solace might have been that one book. 

Flagler County Ends Year with 3.7% Unemployment, 12th-Highest Rate in Florida

January 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A very slight trend in the wrong direction. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County ended 2023 with an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent and an average unemployment rate of 3.5 percent for the year, down slightly from the average of 3.6 percent in 2022. It is the 12th highest in the state. While the monthly report indicates continued healthy employment, it also hints at a couple o concerning underlying trends, with a slow-down in the growth of Flagler’s workforce and a significant jump in the number of people collecting unemployment. 

Palm Coast’s Sen. Hutson Votes with Majority in Latest Bid to Scale Back Local Vacation-Rental Regulations

January 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Sen. Travis Hutson. (© FlaglerLive)

Almost every year since 2014, Florida lawmakers have been trying to reduce local regulatory control on the booming vacation-rental industry or shift it to the state–what’s called “pre-emption.” The state would then bar local governments from enacting many of their own regulations. A Senate panel today cleared the way for the latest such attempt, with Sen. Travis Hutson in the majority. The bill goes to the Senate floor next.

Stop the LGBTQ Cheap Shots

January 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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There are some feel-good bills and cheap shots that require no courage to vote for and bring the political bonus of being difficult for an opponent to argue against this summer, when most legislators will be back home running for re-election. And no topic makes for easier demagoguery than sex, specifically any activity that makes strait-laced Republicans a little squeamish.

Trump Trounces DeSantis and Haley in Iowa

January 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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DeSantis bet heavily on Iowa as he tried to become the alternative candidate to Trump. But as of midnight Eastern time, Trump had won about 51 percent of the vote — with a chance to win all 99 Iowa counties — while DeSantis was at about 21 percent.

Welcome to the Old South, The Myth that Refuses to Die

January 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

A Confederate memorial stands on the lawn in front of the Florida Historic Capitol building on April 27, 2022. (Danielle J. Brown)

In Florida, we prefer not to discuss ‘slavery’ unless we are enlightening the ignorant about how it was Not That Bad. You have only to read Miss Margaret Mitchell’s brilliant and perfectly accurate novel to see the Truth of this.

Bill That Would Allow Kids 16 and 17 to Work Over 30 Hours a Week During School Year Advances

January 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Jessica Ramirez with the Farmworkers Association of Florida said she feared that weakening child labor laws could hurt her 17-year-old’s education pursuits (photo credit: Mitch Perry)

The proposal by Tampa Bay area Republican Rep. Linda Chaney (HB 49) would allow 16 and 17-year olds to work more than 30 hours a week during the school year and allow for fewer mandatory work breaks. The proposal was approved on a party-line vote in a House committee and is one committee stop away from making it to the House floor for final approval.

Diverting from Iowa for a Moment, DeSantis Orders to ‘Stay the Course’ in State of the State Address

January 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The governor's cameo in Tallahassee Tuesday. (DeSantis Facebook)

With his presidential campaign in the background, Gov. Ron DeSantis used his annual State of the State address Tuesday to tout Florida’s accomplishments — while offering few new details of priorities for the 2024 legislative session.

‘Call It a Culture War If You Want’: Paul Renner’s Opening-Day Speech Cites Reagan, Churchill and Children

January 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

House Speaker Paul Renner. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

In his opening-day speech before the Florida Legislature, House Speaker Paul Renner spoke of what he termed the “devastating effects” of social media on children, invoked culture war rhetoric and made a reference to Churchill saving Britain from Nazis, and pledged to punish “flash mobs that target retailers.” Here’s the full text of his speech.

Lawmakers File Bills to Prohibit Youths Under 16 From Having Social Media Accounts, and End Existing Ones

January 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Social media controls are a priority of House Speaker Paul Renner, the Palm Coast Republican. (© FlaglerLive)

The bills would require social-media platforms to bar minors under 16 from creating social-media accounts and use “reasonable age verification” methods to check the ages of people when accounts are created. The bills also would require social-media platforms to terminate existing accounts that are “reasonably known” by the platforms to be held by minors younger than 16 and would allow parents to request that minors’ accounts be terminated.

GOP Measure Would Forbid Government Agencies from Using Individuals’ Preferred Pronouns

January 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Mirroring a House bill filed in November, a Senate Republican on Thursday proposed a measure that would place restrictions on government agencies in the use of personal pronouns.

Lawmakers, in Longshot Over Feud with DeSantis, Seek to Return Disney District to the Company

January 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Orange County lawmakers backed a longshot proposal that could essentially return to the Walt Disney Co. control of a special taxing district that was revamped after Gov. Ron DeSantis got into a feud with the entertainment giant.

With 3,500 Petitions from Flagler Voters, Abortion-Right Ballot Measure Meets Signature Requirements

January 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Pro-abortion protesters gather in front of the Florida Supreme Court on May 3, 2022. (Danielle J. Brown)

Some 910,946 valid signatures have been tallied for a constitutional amendment proposal that would protect the right to an abortion in Florida until the viability of a fetus. That topped a requirement of submitting 891,523 signatures to qualify for the ballot. Flagler County alone submitted 4,800 petitions, 3,543 of them valid.

UF’s Extension Office in Flagler Offers 4-Week Florida 101 Course on State’s Ecology and How to Protect It

January 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The wonders of Pellicer Creek. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida 101 is an introduction to Florida designed for both new and seasoned residents of Flagler County who are interested in learning about the ecology of Florida, how to best take advantage of our unique climate, flora, and fauna, and how to protect it.

Lawsuit Blames DeSantis for Wresting Control from FDLE to Keep Travel Records Secret

January 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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A legal battle has intensified about public records related to travel by Gov. Ron DeSantis, as The Washington Post accused the governor’s office of taking “control” of Florida Department of Law Enforcement compliance with the state’s Sunshine Law. A lawsuit about the records has roiled the FDLE, resulting in whistleblower complaints and the ouster of two high-ranking officials.

Social Media Regulation, AI, ‘Deregulation’ of Public Schools and Child Labor: 10 Top Issues of Legislative Session

January 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

With Ron DeSantis distracted by his presidential campaign, House Speaker Paul Renner, the Palm Coast Republican, may wield more power than his powerful post usually does. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida lawmakers will start the annual 60-day legislative session on Jan. 9, with Gov. Ron DeSantis giving his State of the State address before shuttling back to Iowa ahead of the caucus there on Jan. 15, with a slate of proposals–on artificial intelligence, the elimination of numerous regulations in public schools, allowances for 16 and 17 year olds to work longer hours–crowding the legislative agenda.

Students Are Not Showing Up for Class. Lawmakers Want To Do Something About It. But What?

December 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Sure it's Christmas, but absenteeism when school is in session has been a problem. (© FlaglerLive)

In measuring student attendance, the department looks at students who miss 21 or more days and students absent for 10 percent or more of the academic year. The 2021-2022 data showed that 32.3 percent of students, or more than 1 million students, were absent for 10 percent or more of the year.

From Abortion to Disney, Guns, Pot, Trans and Social Media Law: 10 Florida Court Cases to Watch in 2024

December 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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High-profile Florida cases in state and federal courts in 2024 include a challenge to the 15-week abortion ban, Disney’s claim that the DeSantis administration illegally retaliated against it, a challenge to the state’s age-restriction on buying long guns, whether the wording of a constitutional amendment legalizing recreational pot can head for the ballot, and several more.

Florida State Sues Atlantic Coast Conference, Banking on $1 Million in Taxpayer-Funded Legal Coffer

December 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Florida State University on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference, alleging the conference has “persistently undermined its members’ revenue opportunities” and damaged FSU. The Seminoles became the first undefeated champion of one of the Power 5 football conferences to be left out of the College Football Playoff. Gov. Ron DeSantis recommends the state offer $1 million for any legal action about the snub.

Taking On Artificial Intelligence, Florida Legislature Will Contend Unpredictable Scenarios in Coming Session

December 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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As access to artificial intelligence, or AI, continues to spread, state lawmakers are poised to consider ways to set up guardrails around a technology that one senator said has “outpaced government regulation.” Measures filed by Senate and House Republicans target issues such as potential defamation of people using AI in media, use of the technology in political advertising and the creation of a state council that would look at potential legislative reforms.

Ban on Felons Owning Guns Survives as Florida Supreme Court Rejects Challenge

December 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The ban on felons owning or possessing guns prevails. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida Supreme Court Justices on Monday issued an order rejecting an appeal by William Edenfield, who was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after a 2020 shooting incident in Leon County. Edenfield went to the Supreme Court in August after the 1st District Court of Appeal rejected his Second Amendment arguments.

An Affair to Dismember: The Tawdriness of Florida’s GOP Chair and His Moms for Liberty Phony

December 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Republicans cast themselves as the party of piety, traditional gender roles, and family values. This is at odds with reality. Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler is accused of rape. His wife Bridget, co-founder of Moms for Liberty and member of the Sarasota School Board who has vowed to bring “religious values” to education, also admits to having an affair with her. Gov. Ron DeSantis had said he wished he could put a Bridget Ziegler on every school board “in every county in Florida.”

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