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Florida Legislators pass more restrictions on local regulations Supporters of the measures say they are needed to stop the encroachment of local regulations, smooth out the uneven application of rules and increase business options.     Florida Sen. Travis Hutson speaks during a legislative session, Thursday, April 29, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. The natural gas industry was behind SB 1128 that will prevent local governments from banning natural gas as an energy source in new construction and restricts the ability of local governments to decrease the use of natural gas ob...

Election reforms targeting voting by mail, drop boxes passes Florida Legislature Lawrence Mower, Tampa Bay Times TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature approved along party lines a multitude of changes to the state’s elections laws Thursday night, including a ban on possessing multiple vote by mail ballots and restrictions on the use of ballot drop boxes. Relenting on a number of ideas that were strongly opposed by county elections supervisors and Democrats, the bill now heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk is far less onerous than what Republicans were proposing over the l...

Here’s what happened Thursday in the Florida Legislative session Lawrence Mower, Tampa Bay Times © CHRIS URSO/Times Heavy traffic is seen along the Memorial Causeway as beach goers head to Clearwater Beach Tuesday, March 16, 2021. TALLAHASSEE — The 60-day legislative session is nearly over. Lawmakers could agree Friday on the one thing that they are required to do, pass Florida’s state budget, and go home. But no matter what happens next, the 2021 session has already felt more consequential than recent sessions. Perhaps not since the 2011 session, when tea party Repub...

Here’s what happened Thursday in the Florida Legislative session Lawrence Mower, Tampa Bay Times © CHRIS URSO/Times Heavy traffic is seen along the Memorial Causeway as beach goers head to Clearwater Beach Tuesday, March 16, 2021. TALLAHASSEE — The 60-day legislative session is nearly over. Lawmakers could agree Friday on the one thing that they are required to do, pass Florida’s state budget, and go home. But no matter what happens next, the 2021 session has already felt more consequential than recent sessions. Perhaps not since the 2011 session, when tea party Repub...

Florida lawmakers send lifeline to families with brain-damaged newborns The week’s drama heralds a new reality for hundreds of families scattered throughout the state.     Delaina Parrish is today able to communicate because of a machine that translates her eye movements into words. The machine came from the manufacturer, not from Florida’s Birth-related Neurological Injury Compensation Association, or NICA. She recently graduated from the University of Florida. [ EMILY MICHOT | Miami Herald ] By Daniel Chang and Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald Published Yesterday Updated ...