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DeSantis signed HB 49 on Friday, which allows businesses to work minors older than 16-years-old more than 30 hours a week if the employer gets parental permission.

Opponents say the bills would target organizations that issue such cards, which also are used by people who are in the country legally.

Florida Legislature moves to kill county efforts to protect outside workers from heat exposure.

A woman told a Florida Senate committee about squatters who refused to leave a rental property she was trying to sell. She says they caused nearly $40,000 in damage.

A proposed bill aimed to protect homeowners from squatters taking over their property is facing opposition from some critics who believe the proposal could cause unintended consequences.

Local law-enforcement review boards could be filled with appointees of sheriffs or police chiefs under a bill that was revised Tuesday by the Senate Community Affairs Committee.

Bill sponsor Danny Burgess has been in talks with the think tank behind child labor rollbacks in other states

The legislation passed its first committee hearing Wednesday, despite opposition from the Florida PTA and others

The proposal would in part erase local living wage laws in cities like Orlando, Tampa and Miami

The House Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee voted 12-5 along party lines to back the proposal (HB 49).