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Aerial photos on March 1, 2023, show damage to homes still remain in Fort Myers after Hurricane Ian.
Here’s why Florida’s home insurance hotline is only open 3 hours a day
The toll-free insurance consumer helpline is enshrined in state law under the Homeowner Claims Bill of Rights.
DeSantis faces setbacks as potential Trump indictment looms over 2024 race
Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent comments on the war in Ukraine have faced criticism. He has since said that his remarks had been "mischaracterized."
Donald Trump has been attacking him relentlessly, but without an official campaign, DeSantis has been limited in his responses.
Florida’s 6-week abortion ban likely to pass. What other hurdles exist?
An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood Friday, March 10, 2023, in Fairview Heights, Ill. Many women will travel this year away from their homes in nearby states where abortion access has been restricted to be seen at clinics like Planned Parenthood in southern Illinois.
Women in Florida seeking to access abortion face other laws like a 24-hour waiting period.
DeSantis backs GOP legislator in FAU president search
State Rep. Randy Fine told his Facebook followers on Monday evening that Gov. Ron DeSantis approached him to see if he would be interested in becoming Florida Atlantic University's next president.
Rep. Randy Fine said Gov. DeSantis approached him about the position.

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  1. Florida targeting of environmental and social investing could come with costs
    4 hours ago• Politics
    Florida Rep. Bob Rommel during a Florida House of Representatives committee hearing on Jan. 13, 2022, in Tallahassee. Rommel is the House sponsor of the Government and Corporate Activism bill.
  2. St. Petersburg’s Deveron Gibbons named to FAMU board of trustees
    6 hours ago• Education
    Deveron Gibbons makes a point at a St. Petersburg College board of trustees meeting in 2017 during a discussion about presidential candidates for the school. He was named a trustee of Florida A&M University on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
  3. Post-tenure review regulation for Florida university professors approved
    Yesterday• Education
    The University of South Florida on March 23, 2023, in Tampa.
  5. Florida utility bills could rise to pay for new natural gas technology
    Yesterday• Politics
    A burner on a stove emits blue flames from natural gas. A Florida bill would create incentives for the development of renewable natural gas.
  6. Disney stripped power of board before DeSantis takeover, new board says
    Yesterday• Politics
    The entrance to the headquarters of what was then called the Reedy Creek Improvement District in Lake Buena Vista, on Jan. 25, 2023. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida legislators renamed the special district and gave DeSantis the power to appoint the board’s members.
  7. Anna Paulina Luna asks for lesser sentence for convicted Tampa Bay Jan. 6 protester
    Yesterday• Politics
    Jeremy Brown outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to federal prosecutors.
  8. Here’s why Florida’s home insurance hotline is only open 3 hours a day
    Yesterday• Politics
    Aerial photos on March 1, 2023, show damage to homes still remain in Fort Myers after Hurricane Ian.
  9. Judge stepping down from Florida Supreme Court becoming Citizens general counsel
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston is resigning and will soon become general counsel for Citizens Property Insurance.
  10. DeSantis would get this nearly unprecedented new power under Florida bill
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis would have more authority over the Florida high school sports under a proposed bill in the legislature.
  11. 2 DeSantis election fraud cases end with guilty pleas in Hillsborough
    Yesterday• Elections
    Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference last year at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, where he announced voter fraud arrests across the state.
  12. DeSantis signs $711 million affordable housing plan
    Yesterday• Politics
    “As demand is high to move to a place like Florida, it makes it more challenging for folks to be able to afford,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a bill-signing event Wednesday in Naples. “I think this is the biggest effort that’s ever been done in the history of Florida.”
  13. Residents of historically Black Florida town sue to stop land sale
    Yesterday• Business
    Eatonville is perhaps best known through the work of Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston.
  14. Florida’s 6-week abortion ban likely to pass. What other hurdles exist?
    Yesterday• Politics
    An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood Friday, March 10, 2023, in Fairview Heights, Ill. Many women will travel this year away from their homes in nearby states where abortion access has been restricted to be seen at clinics like Planned Parenthood in southern Illinois.
  15. Florida OKs emergency move allowing TikTok ban at all universities
    Yesterday• Education
    A new emergency policy by the Florida Board of Governors clears the way for the state to ban TikTok on all public university campuses.
  16. Ban on abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy headed to full Florida Senate
    Yesterday• Politics
    People attend an abortion rights rally organized by Florida Rep. Michele Rayner and the Pinellas Democratic Progressive Caucus on the steps of the county courthouse downtown on May 3, 2022, in St. Petersburg.
  17. DeSantis backs GOP legislator in FAU president search
    Yesterday• Politics
    State Rep. Randy Fine told his Facebook followers on Monday evening that Gov. Ron DeSantis approached him to see if he would be interested in becoming Florida Atlantic University's next president.
  18. DeSantis faces setbacks as potential Trump indictment looms over 2024 race
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent comments on the war in Ukraine have faced criticism. He has since said that his remarks had been "mischaracterized."
  19. Florida focuses on expanding kids’ health insurance, not Medicaid
    Yesterday• Florida
    Florida lawmakers are expanding eligibility for KidCare, a health insurance program, but there is no move to follow North Carolina, where lawmakers recently voted to expand Medicaid to an estimated 600,000 residents. The Florida Capitol in Tallahassee is pictured above.
  20. Ron DeSantis to go to Israel in April, will deliver speech at Jerusalem conference
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis and CFO Jimmy Patronis examine a display at the Israel Space Agency in Tel Aviv in 2019.
  21. Florida now has school vouchers for all: 5 things for families to know.
    Mar. 27• Education
    Crowds filter through the rotunda at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, where lawmakers made school vouchers a priority during the 2023 legislative session. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the voucher bill into law Monday at a ceremony in Miami.
  22. Sponsor of Florida defamation bill says he’ll make changes amid outcry
    Mar. 27• Politics
    Rep. Alex Andrade, R-Pensacola, said he intends to propose modifications to his bill that would make it easier to sue over defamation claims.
  23. Florida court clerks slammed by cases just before new lawsuit rules approved
    Mar. 27• News
    Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 837 on Friday, a law aimed at decreasing the number of frivolous lawsuits involving insurance and personal injury claims. In anticipation of the approval, litigants flooded local clerks of court with new civil claims in the days leading up to the approval.
  24. Florida House panel OKs bill to increase maximum interest rate on consumer loans
    Mar. 27• Politics
    Under current law, consumer-finance loan companies can charge 30 percent annual interest on the first $3,000 of principal amounts, 24 percent on amounts between $3,000 and $4,000 and 18 percent on amounts between $4,000 and $25,000. Florida lawmakers' new bill would set an across-the-board maximum 36 percent rate.
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