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‘Free State of Florida’ welcome signs touting DeSantis motto cost $60K
Florida spent $60,000 on new highway welcome signs that feature a campaign slogan used by Gov. Ron DeSantis in speeches and on merchandise. Signs welcoming visitors to “The Free State of Florida” now stand at 24 locations along highways and at two welcome centers, said Michael Williams, a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Transportation, in an email.
Key August election dates: Monday is deadline to register for Florida primaries and nonpartisan contests
Anyone who wants to vote in the August primaries to nominate party candidates to run in the fall or the nonpartisan summer elections faces a Monday, July 22, deadline to register. It’s also the deadline for anyone who wants to change a party affiliation to vote in a Democratic or Republican primary if they aren’t already registered in that party. For others, voting in the Aug. 20 primaries and ...
Florida’s step-by-step process to buy a gun
How hard is it to purchase an AR-15, the rifle that was used in the attempted assassination of former President Trump, and a gun called a weapon of mass destruction?. In Florida, AR-15s have a similar process of purchase in comparison to other firearms. WINK News visited the Naples Gun...
Florida is quietly denying transgender residents updated birth certificates
In the past year, Florida’s health department has declined to amend gender markers on birth certificates for both transgender adults and minors. Although the agency says it is basing denials on pre-existing state statutes, transgender Floridians had previously been able to update their birth certificates for at least a decade. Now, they face an opaque process that seems designed to reject all applicants.
Ex-FBI informant Smirnov asks judge to follow Cannon’s lead and toss case
Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov asked a judge on Monday evening to toss his criminal case based on the surprise decision by a judge in Florida to dismiss former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case over the legality of a special counsel appointment. Smirnov’s attorneys argued in a court filing that Judge Otis Wright should dismiss charges that Smirnov lied to […]
DeSantis in Milwaukee: More criticism of Disney, more higher education changes promised
While the First Amendment litigation between Ron DeSantis and Disney is more than a month in the rearview mirror, the Florida governor isn't done lobbing insults at the theme park giant. "Over the years so many Republicans, any time some big bad corporation opposes what they want to do, they...
New HOA law in Florida took effect July 1; here's what your association can't do anymore
With more than 300 homeowners associations registered in Sarasota County, local residents may want to check out a new law that took effect July 1. For many Florida homeowners, that marked the day they could finally relax a little. Homeowner associations (HOAs) were created to maintain standards, uniformity and a...
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