New Florida crash law leaves drivers to estimate damage
The new law raises the property-damage threshold for reporting crashes to police from $500 to $2,000, raising questions about how drivers can estimate damage at the scene.
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The new law raises the property-damage threshold for reporting crashes to police from $500 to $2,000, raising questions about how drivers can estimate damage at the scene.
In a video posted to X, James Uthmeier pointed to an instance where OpenAI lost control of its AI agents when explaining his reasoning.
Campaign finance records and tax filings raise questions about how $5 million moved through Secure Florida's Future.
Several new laws are taking effect in Florida starting Oct. 1.
Amendment 1 would need 60% of the vote to become law in Florida.
Democrats want AG James Uthmeier impeached for his role in the $10 million Medicaid settlement diversion.
The Board of Governors' vote follows a June decision barring undocumented students from Florida's 24 public colleges.
The State University System Board of Governors approved a list of recommendations to reshape how college sports are governed.
The proposed rule draws a clear line between academic AI tools and those designed to build emotional bonds with students.
The proposed rule also expands religious vaccine exemptions to include moral and ethical beliefs and lets parents and college students opt out of having their records included in the state vaccine database.
Justices ruled unanimously that Francisco Amador paid his qualifying fee from the wrong campaign account.
The proposal was drafted by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who toured the state slamming the spike in property tax revenues over the last six years by local governments.
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
Vote No on 3, also called Stop Unfair Tax Shifts, has raised nearly $23,200 as of July 17, of which $8,300 has been spent, mostly on political consulting.
A 2-1 ruling from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Florida's assertion it could control the speech of its employees to be "a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse in the very places the state's own statutes recognize as centers of inquiry."
The changes range from regulations for massive data centers and renaming Palm Beach International Airport to prohibiting local rules on gas-powered leaf blowers.
The boards of trustees of the state's 28 public colleges will now be required to ensure all admitted students are citizens of the United States or lawfully present in the U.S., and undocumented immigrants will be blocked from adult general education programs in high schools and state colleges.
DeSantis said Monday he will vote for the ballot item regarding homestead property taxes, but "what the Legislature did wasn't my proposal."
The move came two days before the fiscal year was set to begin after battle over amount of spending led to special session in May.
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed three bills late Thursday, his first rejection of legislation passed this year, and signed 15 others.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has made a large property tax cut ballot measure central to his message in his last year in office, and on Wednesday, he signed two bills in line with that priority.
In a 6-1 ruling, the court determined the First District Court of Appeal should consider the merits of the case before it weighs in on the matter.
Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper is taking to social media, asking residents what services they believe the city should cut if a proposed homesteaded property tax elimination passes.
Florida House Speaker Danny Perez denied claims his nomination as U.S. ambassador to Brazil was tied to Florida's recent redistricting effort.
The Senate voted unanimously in favor of the budget and the House voted 99-6 for the plan, but the vast support for the measure belied the tense process to produce it.
