Tag : Elections + Politics

Florida Republican files bill allowing school-board candidates to not live in district before running for position | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge A Senate Republican on Monday filed a measure that would change a residency requirement for school-board candidates.Under…

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New Florida bill would allow residents to conceal firearms without a license | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Photo by Mike Exline/News Service of Florida Calling the proposal an effort to “remove the government permission…

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New College of Florida board trustee wants to replace president and fire all faculty and staff to eliminate ‘dogmatic wokeness’ | Florida News | Orlando

One New College of Florida board trustee has voiced plans to suggest a complete transformation by replacing the institution's president…

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Voting by mail is getting harder in Florida — all ballot requests made before the 2022 election have been canceled | Florida News | Orlando

Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons Voting by mail is about to get harder for Floridians There are some new hurdles in…

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Florida secretary of state touts new voting restrictions as ‘gold standard’ of ‘election integrity’ | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Adobe More restrictions to voting by mail in Florida are likely to come. Florida’s elections chief rolled…

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Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz denies that Florida is now a red state and resigns | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge image courtesy Florida Democratic Party Less than a week after the election, the People’s Progressive Caucus of…

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Orlando Gen Z progressive Maxwell Frost snags Teen Vogue cover | Orlando Area News | Orlando

click to enlarge As House Republicans grapple with a house speaker contest that's now dragged on for the longest it…

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Florida lawmakers sue for the right to lobby while in office | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge A federal judge will hear arguments Jan. 27 in an attempt by a group of local elected…

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Lawsuit over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 14th Amendment-flouting redistricting map scheduled for September | Florida News | Orlando

A September trial has been scheduled in a federal-court challenge to a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed…

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Democrats say so long to the Senate’s most attention-seeking member, Kyrsten Sinema | Views + Opinions | Orlando

click to enlarge Photo by David Herring Lobbyist-in-waiting Kyrsten Sinema’s only North Star is her own ambition. Folks, Kyrsten Sinema…

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