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1 month ago | sun-sentinel.com | Jim Saunders |Tom Urban

TALLAHASSEE — Florida House Republicans on Wednesday backed a proposal that would repeal part of a law passed after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and allow people under age 21 to buy rifles and shotguns. The GOP-controlled House Criminal Justice Subcommittee voted 13-5 along straight party lines to approve the proposal (HB 759). The House passed such bills in 2023 and 2024, but the Senate did not go along. Rep.

1 month ago | yoursun.com | Jim Saunders |Tom Urban

TALLAHASSEE — Florida House Republicans on Wednesday backed a proposal that would repeal part of a law passed after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and allow people under age 21 to buy rifles and shotguns. The GOP-controlled House Criminal Justice Subcommittee voted 13-5 along straight party lines to approve the proposal (HB 759). kAm%96 w@FD6 A2DD65 DF49 3:==D :?

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Tom Urban

The BriefJames Uthmeier was sworn in as Florida’s new attorney general. Uthmeier is taking the reins after DeSantis tapped former Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio’s former U.S. Senate seat in January. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - With Gov. Ron DeSantis describing him as a "bulldog," James Uthmeier was elevated Monday to become Florida attorney general after serving as the governor’s chief of staff.

Jan 13, 2025 | floridatrend.com | Jim Turner |Tom Urban

TALLAHASSEE --- With a major grower set to exit the business, Florida’s struggling citrus industry saw little change Friday in a production forecast for the hurricane-damaged growing season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released an updated forecast that kept projections for orange and grapefruit production the same as in a December forecast. The December numbers were the first projections after Hurricane Milton pounded citrus-growing areas in October.

Jan 10, 2025 | orlandosentinel.com | Jim Turner |Tom Urban

TALLAHASSEE - With a major grower set to exit the business, Florida's struggling citrus industry saw little change Friday in a production forecast for the hurricane-damaged growing season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released an updated forecast that kept projections for orange and grapefruit production the same as in a December forecast. The December numbers were the first projections after Hurricane Milton pounded citrus-growing areas in October.