Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida
Jim Saunders is the Executive Editor of The News Service Of Florida.
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The bill would allow a death recommendation if eight of 12 jurors agree. Judges would still have discretion to sentence defendants to life in prison.
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With judges divided about what it means to post threats, a state appeals court upheld the detention of a Duval County public school student who had a “kill list” of teachers.
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A Florida House panel approved a bill (HB 1417) that would lead to state law trumping local regulations governing landlords and tenants.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis made no dramatic policy announcements Tuesday but promised to crack down on illegal immigration, buck COVID-19 restrictions and block certain medical treatments for transgender minors.
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The new proposals come after the Republican-controlled Legislature last year passed a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Republican Reps. Bobby Payne of Palatka and Tyler Sirois of Merritt Island filed a proposal this week that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and other "long" guns.
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FPL filed a petition at the state Public Service Commission that would trim increases proposed to take effect in April.
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A Florida Senate committee backed a proposal that would ease some requirements of a law passed after the Surfside condo collapse.
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Lawmakers started moving forward Thursday with a proposal that could lead to renters paying non-refundable monthly fees instead of security deposits.
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The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments in two challenges to the Florida Public Service Commission’s approval in late 2021 of the four-year settlement, which began increasing FPL customers’ rates last year.