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House Speaker Paul Renner. File photo

House Speaker Paul Renner. File photo

House panel backs curbing minors’ social media use

News Staff
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
The Florida House on Thursday began moving forward with a plan to restrict minors’ use of social media, with House Speaker Paul Renner saying that the sites are “highly addictive and also highly damaging” to youths.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Jan. 9.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Jan. 9.

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DeSantis message: 'Stay the course’

News Staff
Thursday, January 11, 2024
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.
Rep. Fiona McFarland, R-Sarasota, is helping sponsor a bill designed to prevent social-media use by minors under age 16. Colin Hackley/File

Rep. Fiona McFarland, R-Sarasota, is helping sponsor a bill designed to prevent social-media use by minors under age 16. Colin Hackley/File

Updated: Child social media use targeted

News Staff
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
In a priority of House Speaker Paul Renner, House and Senate Republicans have filed bills designed to prevent minors under age 16 from having social-media accounts.
Capital building, Tallahassee, Fl. File photo

Capital building, Tallahassee, Fl. File photo

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Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida

News Staff
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Home for the holidays Gov. Ron DeSantis was able to leave the presidential campaign trail and go south for “a few days” over the holidays. “We did get to go to Florida for Christmas,” DeSantis said during an interview on “Max & Amy In The Morning,” on the Des Moines, Iowa, radio station WHO.
Gov. Ron DeSantis gave a State of the State address to start the 2022 legislative session. Tom Urban/File

Gov. Ron DeSantis gave a State of the State address to start the 2022 legislative session. Tom Urban/File

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10 big issues in the 2024 session

News Staff
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Florida lawmakers will start the annual 60-day legislative session on Jan. 9, with Gov. Ron DeSantis giving his State of the State address.
Rep. Dana Trabulsy, R-Fort Pierce, chairs a House panel looking at the problem of chronic student absenteeism. File photo

Rep. Dana Trabulsy, R-Fort Pierce, chairs a House panel looking at the problem of chronic student absenteeism. File photo

Lawmakers look to curb student absenteeism

News Staff
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Florida lawmakers during the upcoming legislative session could look to address the problem of chronic absenteeism among public-school students.
Capitol building, Tallahassee. File photo

Capitol building, Tallahassee. File photo

Lawmakers look at recognizing tribes

News Staff
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
State recognition of three Native American tribes in the Panhandle has been proposed in the Florida House and the Senate for the 2024 legislative session.

House panel backs easing teen job rules

News Staff
Friday, December 15, 2023
A House panel Wednesday approved a proposal that would loosen regulations about the numbers of hours that 16-year-old and 17-year-old youths can work, rolling back parts of a decades-old child labor law.