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Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at Miami's Freedom Tower on May 9, 2022.
Gov. DeSantis’ office considered a bill to target libel laws, records show
The idea didn’t make it onto the 2022 agenda for the Florida Legislature.
Florida House Democrats could tap Tampa’s Fentrice Driskell as next leader
State Rep. Fentrice Driskell is seen at the site of the erased St. Joseph Aid Society Cemetery, also known as the Montana City Cemetery, on April 7 in Tampa.
The state representative would become the first Black woman to hold the position.
When Florida’s property insurers fail, few ask why
Florida requires financial ‘autopsies’ on property insurers that could help get to the bottom of the state's insurance crisis. But many state officials and trade groups didn't know they existed.
That and other lapses plague state oversight of the property insurance market as lawmakers prepare for a special session.
Florida Democrats want hearings on DeSantis’ elections pick next week
State Rep. Cord Byrd, R-Neptune Beach, is Gov. Ron DeSantis' pick to be Florida's secretary of state.
It could be the Senate’s only chance to hold confirmation hearings ahead of the midterm elections.

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  1. Florida lawmakers want to fix property insurance. Here are the big issues.
    4 hours ago• Politics
    Roofers install shingles on a stilt home on Mexico Beach, seven months after Hurricane Michael made landfall, destroying many of the structures in the small coastal Panhandle town.
  2. Ginni Thomas’ emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election
    Yesterday• Politics
    Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, right, arrive for a State Dinner with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and President Donald Trump at the White House in 2019.
  3. Race for new Florida congressional seat could get costly
    May 21• Elections
    Former Florida secretary of state Laurel Lee. [STEVE CANNON | Associated Press]
  5. Florida lawmakers to target roof claims, lawyers during property insurance session
    May 21• Politics
    The Florida House of Representatives pictured on Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Tallahassee. Florida lawmakers are returning to the Capitol next week for a special legislative session aimed at addressing problems in the state’s turbulent property insurance market.
  6. As cost of condo insurance soars, Florida legislators remain silent
    May 20• Politics
    The partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building is pictured June 28, 2021, in Surfside.
  7. Betty Reed, longtime Tampa legislator and community advocate, dies at 81
    May 20• Politics
    Former state Rep. Betty Reed, seen here at a candidate forum in 2016, died Friday, May 20, 2022.
  8. Appeals court puts Florida congressional redistricting decision on hold
    May 20• Politics
    Sen. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, reviews proposed district maps during a Committee on Reapportionment meeting, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
  9. DeSantis signs bill targeting fentanyl, meth dealers
    May 20• Politics
    A pouch containing crystalized methamphetamine and a homemade pipe are shown March 21, 2006, in Window Rock, Ariz.
  10. Senate OKs overhaul of baby formula rules in aid program
    May 20• Health
    Katherine Gibson-Haynes helps distribute infant formula during a baby formula drive May 14 in Houston. Parents seeking baby formula are running into bare supermarket and pharmacy shelves in part because of ongoing supply disruptions and a recent safety recall.
  11. House votes to name Tallahassee courthouse for Hatchett in do-over
    May 20• Politics
    Clearwater's Joseph Woodrow Hatchett, right, was the first black state Supreme Court justice below the Mason-Dixon line. The U.S. House reversed itself in voting by simple majority to name the Tallahassee federal courthouse for him, [Times (1975)]
  12. Florida’s focus on math textbooks may be nothing compared to what’s next
    May 20• Education
    Science textbooks will be up for adoption in Florida in two years, in time to be an issue in the 2024 election. And the process has already started to select new social studies texts in 2023. Experts say both subject areas could be far more contentious than this year's debate over math textbooks.
  13. Oklahoma approves nation’s most restrictive abortion ban
    May 19• Nation & World
    Oklahoma's Legislature gave final approval Thursday to another Texas-style anti-abortion bill that providers say will be the most restrictive in the nation once the governor signs it.
  14. In Florida, census undercount likely cost an additional congressional seat
    May 19• Nation & World
    In this Friday, July 8, 2011, photo, crowds gather in the surf and on the beach in Cocoa Beach, Fla., to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on STS-135.
  15. Providing baby formula for babies held at the border is a legal requirement
    May 19• Nation & World
    Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to help with the shortage Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Houston.
  16. Florida House Democrats could tap Tampa’s Fentrice Driskell as next leader
    May 19• Politics
    State Rep. Fentrice Driskell is seen at the site of the erased St. Joseph Aid Society Cemetery, also known as the Montana City Cemetery, on April 7 in Tampa.
  17. Pinellas beaches man created fake Trump pardon to try to escape charges, feds say
    May 18• Crime
    Alexander Leszczynski of North Redington Beach is facing charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.
  18. Former aide sues Tampa Councilman Orlando Gudes
    May 18• Tampa
    Tampa City Council member Orlando Gudes is seen during a council meeting March 31 in Tampa.
  19. Clerk sues Pinellas County for spending on election lawsuit
    May 18• Pinellas
    Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court Ken Burke, left, sits next to St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch at an event in St. Petersburg on Feb. 24, 2022. Burke is suing the county commission over whether his office should pay expenses for a lawsuit.
  20. Gov. DeSantis’ office considered a bill to target libel laws, records show
    May 18• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at Miami's Freedom Tower on May 9, 2022.
  21. Florida rents are high, but Crist exaggerates with New York market comparison
    May 18• Politics
    Rep. Charlie Crist, who is marking a year of his gubernatorial campaign today, speaks during a news conference in Ybor City on May 4, 2022.
  22. DeSantis: Florida cancer hospitals get $100 million for research
    May 17• Health
    Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis, a breast cancer survivor, speaks about her diagnosis and treatment during a news conference Tuesday at the Don Soffer Clinical Research Center at the University of Miami. Gov. DeSantis announced the new state budget will contain $100 million for cancer research and treatments at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at UM, Tampa’s H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, and the University of Florida Health System’s Shands Cancer Hospital in Gainesville.
  23. Judge lifts stay from ruling on Florida’s congressional map
    May 17• Politics
    State Sen. Kelli Stargel looks through redistricting maps during a Senate Committee on Reapportionment hearing on Jan. 13, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  24. Ex-Florida elections chief Laurel Lee launches bid for Tampa Bay-area congressional seat
    May 17• Politics
    Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee speaks at a news conference on Oct. 29, 2019, in Tallahassee. Lee is running for Congressional District 15.
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