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The state's Coordinated Opioid Response network, established in 2022, will cover 17 more counties, including Lake, Orange, Polk and Seminole, for a total of 29.
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Lawmakers unanimously passed the skin-cancer screening bill after limiting it to state employees. The governor also signed a bill that designates April as “Hot Car Death Prevention Month.”
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Tech expert Jason Frankovitz and lawyer Timothy Shields speaks with WFSU News to understand how and whether Florida can enforce its law.
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The law goes into effect July 1. Bill sponsor Sen. Jay Collins says it will help ensure children's safety.
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Florida is already preparing to defend its new social media ban for kids under 14. The law targets features like infinite scrolling and likes, which House Speaker Paul Renner believes feed addictive behaviors
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County commissioners withdrew the bill because they couldn’t legally pass it after the Legislature advanced a measure banning any local government from setting its own heat enforcement rules.
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The initiative was a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, who touted plans to help grow Florida’s health care workforce, increase access and incentivize innovation.
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These hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal money a year., but the catch is there are zero inpatient beds. .The Florida Legislature recently passed a bill that to create a category of “rural emergency hospitals" and help keep facilities open.
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The bill would bring to six the number of potentially lucrative licenses earmarked for Black farmers with ties to decades-old litigation about discriminatory lending practices by federal officials.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis indicates it would be unhealthy to allow children to remain "wedded to a handful of social media apps.”