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Fla. Attorney General James Uthmeier told reporters on Tuesday that he “would not support” a letter some of the state’s top sheriffs plan sending to Congress urging them to scale back mass deportations for immigrants w/o criminal records. @MiamiHerald miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

🚨 Florida Republican sheriffs want Trump to end mass deportations of undocumented immigrants who haven’t committed crimes. "Congress, they need to get off their butts and they need to fix it,” sheriff Bill Prummell said floridaphoenix.com/2026/03/16/flo…

NEW: The Florida Legislature have approved a bill to ban local governments/schools from adopting net-zero policies, where the goal is to offset the planet-warming greenhouse gases they emit into the atmosphere. tampabay.com/news/environme…

Florida Senators are trying to fund the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program for the next few months, a stop-gap measure that would keep around 12,000 from losing access to vital medicine. Now, the House has to sign on. tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

The Florida Senate is poised to confirm four new doctors to the Board of Medicine, including one who opposes abortion and vaccine requirements. He also said birth control has "done more damage to women than any single drug ever created by mankind.” tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

Months after Florida's Surgeon General announced a plan to remove all vaccine mandates from state law, a watered-down version of his proposal is dead. tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

A group of Florida state senators are pushing the DeSantis admin to reunite a girl with her mother. The case has become a flashpoint in the medical freedom debate. But family of the girl say lawmakers don't know the full situation. W/ @lmower3 tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

NEW: Four state senators are pushing the DeSantis admin to reunite a girl with her mother. One senator is representing the woman in court. The mother's relatives say the senators don't know the full circumstances. By @romyellenbogen & me: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

NEW: Casey DeSantis has called out traces of glyphosate in supermarket breads. But Florida sprays thousands of pounds of it into waterways — and state health officials aren't asking them to stop. w/@MaxChesnes: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

State admits federal reimbursement for Alligator Alcatraz may 'not materialize' w/ @ChurchillNdonwi miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

NEW: Florida’s Department of Health filed emergency rules that will cut about 12,000 people off from their HIV/AIDS medication starting Sunday. The state filed the rules one day before a legal hearing challenging the state's cuts. tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

NEW: Florida House Republicans backed away from a plan to stop DeSantis from using a state emergency fund on immigration. tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

Exclusive: Fla. Attorney General James Uthmeier earns $100k salary as a part-time professor at @UF’s law school for just two hours of instruction per week. The teaching gig pushes his total state paycheck to $240k — nearly $100k more than @GovRonDeSantis’ salary. miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

Inside Florida’s decision to cut thousands off from affordable AIDS drugs, by @romyellenbogen and @lmower3 miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

NEW: About 12,000 people will soon lose access to life-saving HIV/AIDS medicine due to Florida’s cuts. But Florida has deliberately gutted the program, cutting its biggest source of revenue. With @lmower3 tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

NEW: Florida's surgeon general has blamed Congress for ending AIDS drugs for thousands of people. But he's also deliberately gutting the program — kicking people off of insurance and eliminating its biggest source of revenue. By @romyellenbogen & me: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

Florida governor could brand groups as terrorists, alarming free speech advocates tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

🚨Scoop: FL's emergency managers spent over $405M in six months to fight illegal immigration. That's 70% of FL's immigration dollars in 4 years. Doesn't just include law enforcement: It covers private jet flights, restaurant meals, and badges. floridaphoenix.com/2026/02/10/flo…

A Florida bill that would shield gun manufacturers from liability is being pushed by Sig Sauer, whose P320 pistol has been the subject of lawsuits across the U.S. and in FL. In those cases, people claim the gun fired without the trigger being pulled. tampabay.com/news/florida-p…