Tuesday, March 21, 2023
State pushes back in the fight over a Florida protest law
Protest in Tampa in 2021 / WMNF News
Attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis told the Florida Supreme Court late Monday that a controversial 2021 law about protests that turn violent would not apply to peaceful demonstrators, disputing that the law is unconstitutional.
A 25-page brief was the latest move in a long-running battle about a law that DeSantis championed after nationwide protests following the 2020 death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. Dubbed the “Combating Public Disorder” law, the measure included a series of steps aimed at cracking down on people who participate in riots or a “violent public disturbance.”
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Florida legislators on why they voted for or against HB1 – universal vouchers for private schools
Students and teacher at Sheehy Elementary School by Pamela Robinson/WMNF News (2022)
A universal school voucher bill is sailing through the state legislature.
HB1 passed the Florida House on Friday and would allow nearly all students to attend private school with a voucher from the state. Some of the big concerns are how much it will cost – nobody can seem to agree on the number – and how much funding it will take away from public schools.
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House panel OK’s bill boosting safe house protections against human trafficking
Hillsborough County Children's Services raising awareness for National Safe Place Week
Photo by: National Safe Place Network
It’s National Safe Place Week and Hillsborough County Children’s Services wants to remind kids and teens that they can receive immediate help in a crisis.....MORE
A Florida House panel advances a bill that would bolster scrutiny of school books
Creator: Steven Martin
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.
The measure also would define “sex” as “the classification of a person as either female or male based on the organization of the body of such person for a specific reproductive role, as indicated by the person's sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, and internal and external genitalia present at birth.”
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Florida politicians are waging war on workers. Not even astronauts or baseball players are safe.
Photo credit: David July
The Florida Legislature’s 2023 session is only two weeks old, but it is already shaping up as a terrible one for workers.
The most obvious examples are Senate Bill 256 and House Bill 1445, a pair of aggressively anti-union bills that Gov. Ron DeSantis is driving through the Legislature as he loads up to run for the Republican nomination for president.
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Monday, March 20, 2023
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‘Heartbeat’ abortion ban approved by first Senate committee
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A bill that would ban abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy cleared the Florida Senate’s Health Policy committee Monday.....MORE
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All the anti-LGBTQ+ laws being proposed in Florida and how we can fight back
Photo via Dave Decker
Since 2021, when Florida lawmakers passed a bill targeting trans athletes, later signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republicans in the state have gained more power.
And this year, they’ve unveiled what Equality Florida has dubbed a “slate of hate bills,” driven in no small part by DeSantis’ stated priorities, including the “protection” of children from queerness, as he prepares to (likely) run for president in 2024.
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Bill restricting use of preferred pronouns at school advances
Creator: Ted Eytan
A bill is advancing that would change the rules around the use of preferred pronouns at Florida’s public schools.
Republican Sen. Clay Yarborough’s bill (SB 1320) would also ban classroom instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity until the ninth grade. It advanced at its first committee stop along party lines in front of the Senate Committee on Pre-K-12.
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WMNF Sixties Show
I'm Dr. Bob, and I remember the Sixties ... sort of ... sometimes, and I hope you do too. We continue to Celebrate Women on WMNF in March. In hour 2 our Debutante – an early album by a female singer who got started in the Sixties – is Aretha in Person, 1961. Plus, there’s music by Grand Funk Railroad, Peggy Lee, the Platters, Booker T and the MGs in the Lava Lamp Set, and many more. So tune in the WMNF Sixties Show Saturday, Noon - 2 PM, US EDT on Community Radio WMNF Tampa 88.5 FM, streaming worldwide at WMNF.org.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ron DeSantis is wrong about U.S. funding for Ukraine
If Russia occupies Ukraine, NATO allies will be next, the Ukrainian President argued.
Ukraine’s President is responding directly to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ assertion that providing funding to the eastern European nation isn’t in America’s national interest.
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