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82° F, Mostly Clear/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/5E4F634TCBCQ7GTVVSGFIWV75A.JPG "A voter walks into a voting precinct located at Bethel Lutheran Church Tuesday, March 17, 2020 in Clearwater.")
Find which congressional and state House and Senate districts you’ll vote in this year under the maps approved by Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Legislature.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/CUWHWYSI2RHPNDOVGIGWEZPX6M.JPG "From start to finish, the Legislature spent a total of three days in Tallahassee to address what most agree is a five-alarm crisis in the state’s insurance market.")
“Why don’t we legislate anymore?” a lawmaker asked.
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Hillsborough County has more special districts than any other county in Florida.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/T7XJEI4FWFDBLBDLKF3XF6WDUA.JPG "Rep. Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, speaks on the floor before her colleagues before they vote on the 15-weeks abortion bill ban at the Florida State House in Tallahassee, on Feb. 16, 2022.")
Driskell was elected on Tuesday as the leader of the Florida House Democratic Caucus. The Tampa-area representative has been in office since 2018.
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