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Speaker of the House Paul Renner, left, and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo embrace following the traditional "sine die" hanky drop to mark the end of the 2024 Florida legislative session on Friday in Tallahassee.
Despite ambitious moves in the Legislature, work remains.
Plaintiffs calling it the Don’t Say Gay law say the deal will stop school districts from “overreacting.”
Proposals to cut graduation test requirements, increase teacher contract terms don’t make the cut.

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  1. Alexander Mendoza Gutierrez, 47, looks on while removing carpet from an RV in Thonotosassa on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
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  3. Hillsborough County worker Jose Cordero hangs a sign while setting up an early voting site at Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library in Tampa on Feb. 29.
  4. University of South Florida student demonstrators watch as members of their group address the USF board of trustees on Monday, March 18, 2024, in Tampa. The students were asking school officials to sever ties with companies supporting Israel's war effort in Gaza.
  5. Randy McKinney, of Clearwater, holds "I Voted" stickers moments after casting his ballot at the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Office during early voting on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Clearwater. The 2024 Clearwater election is on Tuesday, March 19 and polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  6. Retired Tampa police officer Rufus Lewis, a member of the Fearless Four, and his wife, Clara Lewis, leave the Tampa Police Department headquarters in downtown last month.
  7. Candidates are lining up to replace St. Petersburg Council member Ed Montanari, who must leave the post due to term limits and is seeking a state House seat.
  8. A Tallahassee Police Department officer blocks off a section of Mahan Drive in Tallahassee, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
  9. Gov. Ron DeSantis is seen at a news conference March 5 at which he talked about sending officers from different state law enforcement agencies to help local police departments during spring break.
  10. Hillsborough County School Board candidates Jen Flebotte, left, Karen Bendorf, Lynn Gray and Johnny Bush participate in a forum held by the Tampa Tiger Bay Club on Friday at the Cuban Club in Tampa. The four, and two other candidates who did not attend, are running for the District 7 seat chosen by voters countywide.
  11. U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., answers questions from members of the media after speaking on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 2, 2023. Gaetz must testify under oath as part of a civil lawsuit that involves his past friendship with disgraced Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg and allegations that Gaetz had sex with a teenage girl.
  12. Students at the University of South Florida rally in support of Palestine after the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The demonstration took place on Thursday, October 12, 2023, in Tampa.
  13. Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s financial data undermines Gov. Ron DeSantis’ use of “not solvent.” Financial experts said that term is inaccurate for the situation.
  14. A protester burns tires during a demonstration following the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday.
  15. The Florida Capitol Complex is viewed March 29, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  16. The St. Petersburg City Council, city officials and the Tampa Bay Rays meet for the first time in public to discuss the terms of the Rays stadium deal and larger Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment on Oct. 26, 2023, at City Hall.
  17. The Florida Commission on Ethics announced Wednesday that it had dismissed a complaint against Miami Mayor Francis Suarez regarding his attendance last year at high-priced events.
  18. St. Petersburg City Council members Gina Driscoll, left, and Lisset Hanewicz sit next to Rays presidents Matt Silverman and Brian Auld at Tropicana Field on Sept. 19, 2023.
  19. With her son, Wyatt, beside her holding props, Myndee Washington, a teacher and LGBTQ+ activist, calls on the Pasco County School Board to rescind its ban on "safe space" stickers during a meeting on Sept. 12, 2022. Now that a court settlement has clarified the law that caused the ban, Washington is asking the district to reverse it.
  20. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens to Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board chairperson Martin Garcia, right, deliver remarks during a news conference at the board's headquarters at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Feb. 22. More than a year after Walt Disney World's governing district was taken over by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees, its shakeup continued Wednesday with the departure of Garcia. Garcia's departure is coming a week after the district's administrator, Glen Gilzean, left to accept an appointment by DeSantis as interim elections supervisor in Orange County, the home of Orlando, at half the salary.
  21. A U.S. Coast Guard boat approaches a sailing vessel packed with migrants whom law enforcement sources said were from Haiti off the coast of Key Largo on Nov. 21, 2022. With Haiti in disarray, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday the state will be sending hundreds of law enforcement officers and soldiers to patrol the southern coast of Florida to “combat illegal vessels” that may be carrying desperate Haitians fleeing a country whose government is under attack by gangs.
  22. Florida State and the ACC continue their lawsuits against each other.
  23. Former President Donald Trump waves to supporters at the Versailles restaurant on June 13, 2023, in Miami.
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