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The bills seek to regulate where trans people can use the bathroom, whether they can access health care and how they can express themselves in public.

Florida environmental policy and smart-growth advocates are feverishly lobbying against eight legislative proposals that they say will strip local governments of authority, open the door to unregulated development and hamstring taxpayers who choose to fight back. And, they say, the bills filed in the current session are in direct opposition to executive orders Gov. Ron

SMART Florida environmental policy and smart-growth advocates are feverishly lobbying against eight legislative proposals that they say will strip local governments of authority, open the door to unregulated development and hamstring taxpayers who choose to fight back. And, they say, the bills filed in the current session are in direct opposition to executive orders Ron

The bill could prompt the statewide removal of books or instructional material statewide if just one person objects to them.

Looking to build on a controversial 2022 law, a Florida House panel on Wednesday approved a bill that would bolster a process for people to object to school instructional materials and for parents to limit school-library books their children can read.

Rep. Stan McClains (R) admitted that his bill would limit girls from talking about their periods, although he clarified that was not the intent.

A Florida House panel on Wednesday approved a bill that would bolster a process for people to object to school instructional materials.

The House Education Quality Subcommittee voted 13-5 along party lines to support the measure, with sponsor Stan McClain, R-Ocala, pushing back against opponents who characterized it as enabling book bans.

The measure is part of a larger attack on health education in Florida schools.

Florida environmental and smart-growth advocates are targeting eight bills in the Legislature that they say will encourage sprawl. Florida environmental policy and smart-growth advocates are feverishly lobbying against eight legislative proposals that they say will strip local governments of authority, open the door to unregulated development and hamstring taxpayers who choose to fight back. And,