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The proclamation Tuesday also said lawmakers will take up proposals to provide tax relief and other assistance to people who sustained damage in Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.
Florida legislators expected to tackle several insurance issues in special session
The session will start Monday.
Miami judge rejects another DeSantis voter fraud case
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters and members of the media after a bill signing on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon. A Miami judge has tossed out another voter fraud case brought by DeSantis' election police.
Statewide prosecutors said they would appeal.
Florida state Rep. Harding indicted on wire fraud, other charges
Florida Rep. Joe Harding listens during a Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee hearing in a legislative session, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Tallahassee.
He sponsored the Parental Rights in Education law, which opponents called the “don’t say gay” bill.
Florida Supreme Court weighs Marsy’s Law case about releasing cops’ identities
The Florida Supreme Court building is pictured on Nov. 10, 2018, in Tallahassee.
One attorney said the officers were not acting as individual “persons” but as agents of the government during the incidents.

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  1. Jane Castor launches reelection bid with Ybor fundraiser
    1 hour ago• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor speaks with supporters during her reelection rally and 63rd birthday party on Wednesday.
  2. Miami judge rejects another DeSantis voter fraud case
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters and members of the media after a bill signing on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon. A Miami judge has tossed out another voter fraud case brought by DeSantis' election police.
  3. Florida state Rep. Harding indicted on wire fraud, other charges
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Rep. Joe Harding listens during a Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee hearing in a legislative session, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  5. Tampa lobbyists pushed for state law on Tampa wastewater discharges
    Yesterday• Environment
    Tampa City Council member Bill Carlson, June 4, 2020. At a council meeting at the Tampa Convention Center.
  6. Florida Supreme Court weighs Marsy’s Law case about releasing cops’ identities
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Florida Supreme Court building is pictured on Nov. 10, 2018, in Tallahassee.
  7. Florida Supreme Court hearing arguments about whether cops are shielded by Marsy’s Law
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Florida Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether police officers have the right to have their identities shielded under Marsy’s Law when they use deadly force in the line of duty.
  8. Many Floridians should expect higher electric bills come January
    Yesterday• Business
    Bills will go up in January for many customers of Florida Power & Light, along with customers of Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric Co. and Florida Public Utilities Co.
  9. Florida legislators expected to tackle several insurance issues in special session
    Yesterday• Politics
    The proclamation Tuesday also said lawmakers will take up proposals to provide tax relief and other assistance to people who sustained damage in Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.
  10. Ron DeSantis among finalists for Time’s 2022 Person of the Year
    Dec. 6• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, on Key Biscayne.
  11. Tampa Bay lawmaker who called U.S. 19 pedestrian project ‘waste’ walks back claims
    Dec. 6• Pinellas
    State Sen. Ed Hooper speaks during a candidate's forum in Tarpon Springs during his successful 2022 re-election campaign.
  12. Former Florida congressman arrested in Venezuela probe
    Dec. 6• Politics
    Then-Florida Republican Congressional candidate David Rivera speaks on Nov. 2, 2010, in Coral Gables. The former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government has been arrested Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in connection to an ongoing federal criminal investigation, law enforcement officials said.
  13. 2 more DeSantis administration officials announce departures
    Dec. 5• Politics
    As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moves into a second term, DeSantis announced in a pair of tweets Monday that two of his state agency heads are stepping down.
  14. Florida watchdog group’s report raises questions about use of ‘ghost candidates’
    Dec. 5• Politics
    Voters drop off mail-in ballots at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office in Tampa on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
  15. Florida’s required school immunizations fell to 10-year low
    Dec. 5• Education
    The percentage of kindergarten students in Florida completing the immunizations required to enter school during the 2021-2022 year is the lowest since the 2010-2011 school year.
  16. Tampa council members react to police Chief Mary O’Connor’s resignation
    Dec. 5• Tampa
    Tampa City Council member Charlie Miranda Miranda privately supported former assistant police Chief Butch Delgado, but publicly voiced support for Mayor Jane Castor’s selection.
  17. FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids
    Dec. 4• Health
    Sterling Sheffield, an assistant professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Florida, holds an over-the-counter hearing aid Nov. 30 in Gainesville. OTC hearing aids started hitting the market in October after the FDA approved them for adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss, and Sheffield has been testing them.
  18. The DeSantis/Warren battle: Takeaways from a Tallahassee courtroom
    Dec. 4• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, removed Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren in August. Warren was in federal court in Tallahassee last week to try to win his job back.
  19. Both sides see high stakes in gay rights Supreme Court case
    Dec. 3• Nation & World
    Web designer Lorie Smith is shown in her office on Nov. 7 in the southwest part of Littleton, Colo. The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving Smith, a Christian graphic artist, who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples.
  20. Iowa caucuses, built on myth, lose place at head of the line
    Dec. 3• Politics
    Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., celebrates with his supporters after his victory in the Iowa caucus in 2008. With the Democratic Party increasingly becoming a party of diversity, Iowa’s lack of it left the state without much of a rationale for leading the way.
  21. Meet the people looking to unseat Tampa Mayor Jane Castor
    Dec. 3• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor so far faces two little-known challengers as she seeks a second term.
  22. Records show further Florida payments to company involved in migrant flights
    Dec. 2• Politics
    A Venezuelan migrant is led onto a bus at St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass on the island of Marthas Vineyard. Florida flew a group of 48 migrants to the island from Texas.
  23. Tampa’s police chief claims to live in the city — and also 40 minutes away
    Dec. 2• Tampa
    Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor recently told a Pinellas County sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop that she lives in Oldsmar. Tampa requires department heads, including the police chief, must live in city limits. A city spokeswoman says O'Connor also leases a condo in Tampa and lives in both places.
  24. Compromise talks underway in Florida Legislature on Disney special district
    Dec. 2• Politics
    Guests crowd Main Street USA in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.
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