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Florida lawmakers pass final budget nearly unanimously, avoids government shutdown
WFTS Tampa Bay - Florida
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June 17, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After over a month of delays, Florida lawmakers passed their final state budget. The Senate's vote was unanimous, while the House's vote was 103-2. This, just two weeks before a government shutdown would have taken effect....
Florida lawmakers near final budget vote after weeks of delay
WTSP - Florida
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June 16, 2025
Florida lawmakers are expected to vote on a $115 billion state budget late Monday, ending weeks of legislative gridlock and concluding a long-extended session. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After weeks of delay and the looming threat of an unprecedented...
Florida Positioned to Eliminate the Business Rent Tax
National Law Review
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June 16, 2025
On Monday, June 16th, the Florida Legislature is scheduled to vote on the final budget and annual tax proposal, bringing an end to the extended 2025 Regular Session. An amendment to House Bill 7031 has been filed containing the details of the tax...
Florida budget puts millions in reserves as economic uncertainty brews. Here’s a look by the numbers
Associated Press
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June 17, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — On the 105th day of what was supposed to be a 60-day session, Florida lawmakers gave final approval to a leaner state budget totaling $115.1 billion, marking the end of a lawmaking season that was largely defined by...
Senate GOP hits roadblocks in push to pass Trump’s tax and spending bill by July 4
Crossroads Today - Texas
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(CNN) — Top Senate Republicans are running into some resistance from several key senators about the details of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” potentially complicating plans to deliver that package by their own July 4 deadline....
Florida budget deal denies all sides their main tax win
Marco Eagle - Florida
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Florida lawmakers are slated to pass a $1.3 billion tax cut package that includes ending a business rent tax, and cutting sales taxes on disaster preparedness items and back-to-school supplies. The final budget deal did not include the broader...
Florida legislature faces deadline to pass $115 billion budget
ABC7 - Florida
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June 16, 2025
Florida lawmakers are facing a high-stakes deadline Monday night as the state’s budget, totaling $115 billion, heads to the floor for a final vote. The session, extended six weeks past its scheduled end, must conclude with a vote or risk...
From Hope Florida to Ron DeSantis-House feud, Ben Albritton takes questions
Florida Politics
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June 17, 2025
Senate President Ben Albritton defended his spending priorities and argued the state’s plan will help average Floridians as he spoke to reporters ahead of the state budget vote. Meanwhile, he also denied that he sided with Gov. Ron DeSantis over...
Florida children sentenced to prison as adults, now advocating against the use of solitary confinement
WFTS Tampa Bay - Florida
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June 16, 2025
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Ian Manuel, sentenced to life in prison in 1991 for attempted murder in a downtown Tampa botched robbery at 14 years old, is now sharing his story as an adult. Manuel is advocating against solitary confinement, where he...
RENT-A-RIOTS happening in Florida wonât last long after Governor DeSantis affirms civil protections for drivers fleeing mobs now allowed to drive over attackers
Natural News
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June 16, 2025
RENT-A-RIOTS happening in Florida won’t last long after Governor DeSantis affirms civil protections for drivers fleeing mobs now allowed to drive over attackers Most folks who protest something do it peacefully, bringing signs and chanting for or...
Full Episode: Florida budget deal appears imminent, and Trump demands more deportations
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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June 17, 2025
Florida lawmakers prepare to finalize and approve the state budget Monday, and President Donald Trump directs Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities. After months of negotiations, the Florida House and...
As Trump Cuts Conservation Funds, Florida’s Miccosukee Tribe Will Purchase Land for Wildlife Corridor
EcoWatch
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June 16, 2025
A Florida panther at Gatorland in Orlando, Florida. Kirsty Nadine / iStock / Getty Images Plus Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality,...
Here's what's onstage at Southwest Florida theaters the week of June 16
WGCU - Florida
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June 16, 2025
This week, five shows close, nine continue their runs at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters and there is a limited engagement of a student directed and staged musical at Fort Myers Theatre. LIMITED ENGAGEMENT Courtesy of Fort Myers...
Bonita Estero Rail Trail added to state’s Florida Forever Program
WGCU - Florida
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June 16, 2025
The Florida Acquisition and Restoration Council has voted to add phase 1 of the Bonita Estero Rail Trail to the Strategic Managed Area Lands List Florida Forever Project. Adding the BERT project to the Florida Forever program’s acquisition list...
Lawmaker says new Florida budget won’t help teacher salaries, emphasizes school privatization
WFTV - Florida
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June 17, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. — As Florida legislators get ready to vote on the budget later this evening, state Rep. Anna Eskamani addressed how it will affect schools in central Florida. “Our school district is going to continue to struggle to make ends meet....
Last Call for 6.16.25 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida
Florida Politics
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June 16, 2025
Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The countdown has begun. The first block in Florida Politics’ 12th annual list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians kicked off today with the reveal of the No....
Former Oklahoma resident sentenced to 33 months for CARES Act bank fraud in Florida
KTUL - Oklahoma
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TULSA, OKLA. (KTUL) — Shawn Ray Murnan, a former Oklahoma resident now living in Windemere, Florida, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for bank fraud related to the CARES Act, U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced. Murnan, 57, was also ordered...
Indian scientist in Florida to help Shukla conduct experiments aboard space station
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 17, 2025
Eyeing a successful Axiom-4 mission, the government is extending all help to Group Captain Shubanshu Shukla to ensure that all seven scientific experiments by India on the International Space Station (ISS) are a success. A scientist from the...
SBA Relief Still Available for Florida Private Nonprofits Affected by Hurricane Milton
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in the Florida area of the July 16 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by...
PM Holness calls on regional governments to escalate collective diplomatic engagement as part of efforts to stem flow of illicit arms
Irie FM
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June 16, 2025
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has called on regional governments to escalate collective diplomatic engagement as part of efforts to stem the flow of illicit arms throughout the region. His call follows a recent ruling by the United States...