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State OKd bill preventing local government from placing greater restrictions on home-based business State lawmakers approved a bill banning cities and counties from regulating the sale of firearms With the Florida Legislatures regular session over, the states counties, cities and towns have found themselves in a familiar situation. Lawmakers in the Florida Senate and House this year continued to chip away at the power of local governments to control everything from home-based businesses to cru...

LAKELAND – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came to Lakeland on Friday morning to stand inside a cavernous building filled with towering, orange shelves holding absolutely nothing. In the near future, DeSantis said, he expects those shelves to be loaded with pharmaceutical supplies and the LifeScience Logistics distribution center to be thrumming with activity. DeSantis held a news conference at the newly constructed warehouse to press the Biden Administration for approval of a drug-importation pr...

Local officials lament often-successful efforts by Legislature to take away their powers to control everything from home businesses to cruise ships

TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all local-government coronavirus emergency orders on Monday as he signed a bill that makes permanent his ban on COVID-19 vaccine “passports” and limits the authority of cities and counties in future health-care crises. “My message is that the vaccines protect you. Get vaccinated, and then live your life as if you are protected,” DeSantis said during an event at the Big Catch at Salt Creek, a St. Petersburg restaurant. “You ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all local-government coronavirus emergency orders on Monday as he signed a bill that makes permanent his ban on COVID-19 vaccine “passports” and limits the authority of cities and counties in future health-care crises.

Floridas slower population growth over the last decade will result in the state gaining just one more seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

DeSantis declares COVID state of emergency over, overrides local restrictions Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald May 3—Declaring Floridas COVID-19 emergency over, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed an executive order invalidating all remaining local emergency COVID orders and signed a bill into law that bars businesses, schools and government entities across Florida from asking anyone to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. "I think its the evidence-based thing to do," DeSa...

DeSantis signs bill banning vaccine ‘passports,’ suspends local pandemic restrictions DeSantis said ending local orders was the “evidence-based thing to do.”     Governor Ron Desantis speaks in St. Petersburg, Monday, May 3, 2021 in St. Petersburg. [ ALLISON ROSS | Times ] Updated 3 hours ago ST. PETERSBURG — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he was issuing an executive order immediately suspending any local pandemic-related restrictions. During a bill signing at T...

Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning vaccine passports; suspends COVID-19 local emergency orders By FOX 13 News staff Published  Dan Matics reports ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - From a waterfront restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all local-government coronavirus emergency orders on Monday as he signed a bill that makes permanent his ban on COVID-19 vaccine "passports" and limits the authority of cities and counties in future healthcare crises. "My message is that the vacci...

MIAMI HERALD Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference announcing a lawsuit against CDC to try to get cruising restarted at PortMiami in Miami, Florida, Thursday, April 8, 2021. TALLAHASSEE --- Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all local-government coronavirus emergency orders on Monday as he signed a bill that makes permanent his ban on COVID-19 vaccine “passports” and limits the authority of cities and counties in future health-care crises. “My message is that the vaccines protect yo...