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Florida GOP bill would ban young girls from mentioning their periods in school
State Rep. Stan McClain (R) (Florida House of Representatives)
A Florida Republican admitted that his bill would ban young girls from discussing menstruation with school officials but claimed it wasn't the "intent" of his legislation.
Republican state Rep. Stan McClain introduced House Bill 1069, which would restrict education materials in schools, require schools to teach the "benefits of monogamous heterosexual marriage," and require educators to teach that "sex is determined by biology and reproductive function at birth …and that these reproductive roles are binary, stable, and unchangeable."
The Republican-dominated subcommittee ultimately advanced the bill 13-5 on Wednesday, according to HuffPost.
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Now, it’s Florida Trying to Muzzle the League of Women Voters
Photo: League of Women Voters
Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis has sought to reshape a wide range of discourse, including by making it easier for public officials to sue for defamation and restricting discussions of systemic racism in workplace trainings. The league revealed that it had been denied permission by the Florida Department of Management Services to hold an outdoor rally on the steps of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee under a new DeSantis administration rule requiring groups to first get sponsorship from a sympathetic state agency.
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Tampa named one of the world's greatest places
The Tampa Bay are has a lot to offer with beaches, warm winters, great restaurants. It's now getting recognized with TIME Magazine ranking it as one of the "World's Greatest Places."....MORE
Tampa Bay Area prosecutors, advocates look to address teen gun violence
It’s a troubling trend that Tampa Bay Area prosecutors and advocates want to find the answer to teen gun violence.
“We have prosecuted more juveniles as adults because more juveniles are committing serious, violent, gun-related crimes,” said Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez.
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Protestors call for resignations after students, employee arrested on USF campus
Protestors at the University of South Florida are calling for the resignation of the school’s police chief and president following arrests recently made on the campus.....MORE
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Friday, March 17, 2023
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Florida textbook altered to remove references to Rosa Parks’s race: report
Rosa Parks – File image. (Associated Press/JOE HOLLOWAY, JR.)
A Florida textbook publisher removed all references of race from a lesson about civil rights icon Rosa Parks in order to get a Florida committee’s approval, according to The New York Times.....MORE
House approves universal private school voucher program
Florida drew one step closer to becoming one of a handful of states offering all families, regardless of income, a voucher to attend a private school of their choosing.
House legislation (HB 1) that could transform the state’s education system passed largely along party lines, 83-27, according to the announced vote.
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Texas, Florida push border laws as governors eye presidency
A migrant woman carries a child on her back while looking at the line of fellow migrants attempting to enter into El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
Led by tough-talking Republican governors weighing presidential runs, Texas and Florida are debating especially strict legislation on border security as the GOP tests federal authority over immigration.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, considered Donald Trump's strongest possible GOP competitor so far in next year's presidential primary, has proposed making human smuggling in the state a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Hospitals would be required to collect data on patients' immigration status and people in the U.S. illegally would be denied state government ID cards.
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Woman said she was tied up and raped. Then Florida cops discovered something ‘disheartening’
A South Dakota woman recounted a harrowing crime to Florida 911 operators through tears last week — saying she was shoved in the back of a car, tied up and raped.
Deputies quickly moved to find an alleged rapist but soon learned the woman was lying, authorities said. She’s now looking at jail time for taking advantage of law enforcement.
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Florida Board of Medicine's ban on transgender treatments for minors takes effect
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Florida doctors could lose their medical licenses if they order puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgery for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria, under a Florida Board of Medicine rule that took effect Thursday.....MORE
DeSantis seeks to limit Sunshine laws
A dark cloud is descending on Florida's Sunshine laws. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers are seeking to roll back open records laws.....MORE
Tampa City Council Inches Closer to Approving New Attorney for Police Review Board
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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Polk County nonbinary 6th-grader speaks out against new education measures
Florida lawmakers are considering House Bill 1223 and Senate Bill 1320, which would ban discussions in schools about gender and sexuality until ninth grade and bar teachers and contractors from referring to someone by a pronoun that doesn’t correspond with that person’s biological sex.
But one Polk County nonbinary student whose pronouns are them/they is touring around other rural Florida counties sharing perspective.
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