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Florida's new fiscal year brings 10 key laws into effect, including budget and ballot changes
Florida's new fiscal year ushers in a wave of legislative changes, from renaming a major body of water to altering the way ...
New state budget provision allows FAMU to use reserve funds to pay for president’s salary
The Board of Trustees asked the FAMU Foundation to redo its budget to accommodate Marva Johnson’s $650,000 base salary and ...
Florida budget cuts funding to hundreds of arts groups. 6 Pensacola groups make cut.
Florida arts groups wait to see if Gov. Ron DeSantis will approve about $39 million for programs and building projects in new ...
Trump administration freezes $396 million in Florida education funds
The U.S. Department of Education sent school officials in Florida and across the nation scrambling this week as it announced ...
Here’s a closer look at 10 new Florida laws taking effect this week
With Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a state budget and a flurry of other bills, the dust has settled on the 2025 legislative ...
Florida sales tax holiday for disaster supplies goes away. Here's what replaced it
A permanent sales tax exemption on specific disaster preparedness items was approved in the Florida 2025-2026 budget.
Dozens of new Florida laws now in effect. Here's how they could impact you.
The stripping of fluoride from municipal drinking water supplies and student cellphone restrictions are just two of more than ...
Fluoride ban, school start times, tax cuts: See the new Florida laws now in effect
SCHOOL START TIMES: Lawmakers passed a measure ( SB 296) that backed away from a 2023 law that would have prevented high ...