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A voter walks into a voting precinct located at Bethel Lutheran Church Tuesday, March 17, 2020 in Clearwater.
Florida redistricting map: How will your new district look — and vote?
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.
Florida lawmakers rush to pass property insurance reforms
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.
Florida special tax districts like Disney’s Reedy Creek, explained
Reedy Creek Improvement District Fire Department Station 4, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.
Hillsborough County has more special districts than any other county in Florida.
Q&A: Incoming Florida House Democrats leader Fentrice Driskell
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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  1. Florida lawmakers pass insurance bills with $10,000 for home upgrades
    Yesterday• Politics
    House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, bangs his gavel Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. Legislators were there to work on property insurance reform.
  2. Florida Legislature passes condo law on inspection, repairs
    Yesterday• Politics
    Part of the oceanfront Champlain Towers South condo, with more than 100 units, in Surfside, Florida, collapsed around 2 a.m. on June 24, 2021.
  3. Hurricane tax ‘holiday’ adds pet supplies
    Yesterday• Business
    Casey Sanders of St. Petersburg works in the rain to load hurricane supplies into the trunk of his car in the parking lot at Winn-Dixie, 3327 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N. Floridians can save a few dollars on pet supplies as they stockpile other needs for the upcoming hurricane season.
  5. Phoebe Bridgers gets political at Ybor City show
    Yesterday• Music Reviews
    Grammy-nominated performer Phoebe Bridgers took her sold out Reunion tour to Ybor City's Cuban Club on Tuesday, May 24.
  6. Florida redistricting map: How will your new district look — and vote?
    Yesterday• Politics
    A voter walks into a voting precinct located at Bethel Lutheran Church Tuesday, March 17, 2020 in Clearwater.
  7. Could the data in your period-tracking app be used against you?
    Yesterday• Health
    It’s estimated that millions of people in the U.S. use period-tracking apps to plan ahead, track when they are ovulating, and monitor other health effects. Many fear this data could be used against women if abortion becomes illegal.
  8. Florida lawmakers rush to pass property insurance reforms
    Yesterday• Politics
    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.
  9. Florida elections chief Cord Byrd: more changes could be necessary
    Yesterday• Politics
    Secretary of State Cord Byrd said there were “irregularities” in other states during the 2020 election and refused to say whether President Joe Biden won the election.
  10. Tallahassee judge dismisses Pinellas lawsuit challenging state election law
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    State Rep. Chris Latvala, left, originally filed to run in 2024 for Pinellas County Commission District 5, currently held by Karen Seel, right. A new state law allows him to run this year instead.
  11. Florida Legislature takes up bill on condo reforms for inspections, reserves
    Yesterday• Politics
    View of the Brickell's skyline financial center, where business-commercial towers and luxury condos tower come together over Biscayne Bay. on Wednesday, May 30, 2019.
  12. New people charged in Florida sham candidates investigation
    Yesterday• Politics
    Jestine Iannotti, photographed in Stockholm, on April 26, 2021, declined to comment when asked about her no-party bid for the Florida state Senate. She is facing criminal charges in Florida, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced on Tuesday.
  13. Q&A: Incoming Florida House Democrats leader Fentrice Driskell
    Yesterday• Politics
    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.
  14. Florida special tax districts like Disney’s Reedy Creek, explained
    Yesterday• Politics
    Reedy Creek Improvement District Fire Department Station 4, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.
  15. Redistricting wrangling goes to Florida Supreme Court
    May 23• Politics
    The Florida Supreme Court, Wednesday, May 1, 2019.
  16. Don’t expect quick relief on insurance rates, Florida lawmakers say
    May 23• Politics
    Shawn Frazier, 61, checks tarps over his Tampa home's roof ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa on Tuesday, July 6, 2021.
  17. Florida law on social media unconstitutional, federal appeals court says
    May 23• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference April 19, 2022, at The Villages complex. Behind him are Senate President Wilton Simpson, left, and House Speaker Chris Sprowls.
  18. DeSantis vetoes bill on increasing vehicle exemptions in bankruptcy proceedings
    May 23• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a measure that would have increased the exemption of debtors’ interests in motor vehicles from $1,000 to $5,000 in bankruptcy proceedings.
  19. Florida lawmakers want to fix property insurance. Here are the big issues.
    May 23• 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.
  20. Ginni Thomas’ emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election
    May 21• 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.
  21. Race for new Florida congressional seat could get costly
    May 21• Elections
    Former Florida secretary of state Laurel Lee. [STEVE CANNON | Associated Press]
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
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