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On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to conclude a legislative session that establishes him as perhaps the most aggressive and accomplished conservative governor in the nation’s bitter culture wars just as he prepares to enter the 2024 presidential contest as a top rival to former President Donald Trump.

In 2021, Florida lawmakers passed the Telemarketing Act to protect residents from nuisance robocalls. Now legislation is being proposed that would make big changes, including making all telemarketing calls legal.

A nonprofit known as the Florida Immigrant Coalition issued a travel advisory against immigrants coming to Florida, as it believes the state is unsafe for people from outside the U.S.

Republican State Rep. Webster Barnaby likened transgender people to “mutants” and “demons” while discussing a bill that seeks to prevent transgender men and women from using bathrooms that don’t line up with their sex assigned at birth.

The Florida Senate has unanimously passed a bill aimed at curbing thefts of catalytic converters from cars and trucks.

On Monday, the Florida Senate passed a bill imposing a six-week ban on abortions. Protests outside Tallahassee City Hall saw multiple people arrested, including Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried and Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book.

A Senate panel on Thursday moved Florida one step closer to allowing people to carry concealed firearms without licenses, as critics on opposite sides took aim at the proposal.

Florida Republicans have introduced three separate expansion bills that would build upon the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, which was enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis nearly a year ago.

The Florida Legislature will tackle issues including affordable housing, the death penalty and school board races when its regular legislative session opens Tuesday morning.

About $99 million in unspent rental assistance meant to help Floridians living in affordable housing was returned to the state after the agency overseeing the program struggled to disburse the money. The Florida Housing Finance Corporation, which was established by the Florida Legislature to help develop and support affordable housing, received $120 million in federal […]