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That started moving forward Monday in the Legislature.

A Florida House panel voted unanimously in favor of a proposal early Friday that would enforce a 12-year term limit for county commissioners.

A controversial measure in the Legislature that would remove restrictions on work hours for 16- and 17-year-olds sparked concerns from members of the public Wednesday, saying teens could potentially be harmed by the changes. The proposal by Tampa Bay-area Republican Rep. Linda Chaney (HB 49) would allow 16- and 17-year olds to work more than […]

Florida has a solution to education issues: It’s called child labor.

Florida has the nation’s worst learning rate. Maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that in a state where dictionaries get banned from libraries and teachers get fired for using a gender-neutral pronoun, students go home with 12% less knowledge than the national average. However, Florida students are bei...

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

The proposal would allow 16 and 17-year olds to work more than 30 hours a week and allow for fewer mandatory work breaks.

There are more than 1,000 public records exemptions in Florida, veiling previously available information. That will surely increase this year.

A controversial proposal that would loosen regulations on the numbers of hours that 16-year-old and 17-year-old Floridians can work continued moving through the state House on Wednesday.

Florida Republicans want to 'let kids be kids,' unless those kids can serve as cheap labor.