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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The fight for control of Congress may be determined by several important congressional races in Florida where one district has tariff policies, taxes and education a dividing issue between candidates.
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(The Center Square) – The candidates competing to represent Florida’s 25th Congressional District are offering differing solutions to the same problem: the rising cost of living.
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(The Center Square) – Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has broken with President Donald Trump on the Protect College Sports Act and spoken out about why he’s opposing it.
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(Legal Newsline) – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has joined the Federal Trade Commission and 21 other states in suing Amazon, alleging the company spent years secretly inflating the prices Florida businesses pay to advertise on its platform.
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(The Center Square) – Public safety officials in Florida are calling the property tax relief amendment a “trainwreck” and warning it will lead to slower 911 response times.
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In a year in which we would expect Democrats to want to have a stronger chance in the Free State of Florida, it begs the question: why is David Jolly, the guy at the top of their ticket, taking a page from the Democratic Socialists of America playbook when it comes to his insurance policy plan?
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Southwest Florida faces a housing market that is still in recalibration mode after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Florida Gulf Coast University’s September Regional Economic Indicators report.
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(Legal Newsline) - A cleaning services worker who was severely injured during a Sept. 6 cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport is suing Amazon.com and 21 Air LLC, alleging that the defendants were at fault for the deadly runway accident..
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(The Center Square) –Florida’s spending is expected to outpace available general fund revenue by $1 billion in the state’s Long-Range Financial Outlook report released Friday.
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(Legal Newsline) — A federal judge has sent Florida’s lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman back to state court, ruling that the state’s consumer-protection claims — including an allegation involving children’s online privacy — do not create the narrow type of federal question needed to keep the case in federal court.
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