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TALLAHASSEE – A federal judge on Wednesday largely denied a request from a petition group to block some of Florida’s laws that change the way citizen-driven amendments reach the ballot. When passing the law earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the bill’s Republican sponsor said the petition process is plagued by fraud and requires reform.But groups like Florida decided on healthcare that is about to obtain an amendment to expand Medicaid access in the 2026 poll, and immediately sued, saying the new laws are suppressing the ability of people to use the petition process. Other groups, including the recreational…

Silver Airways is a financially troubled regional airline serving Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean, and was about to sell it at a bankruptcy auction last week. However, no bidders objected to the so-called “stalker horse” offer at the auction on May 28th. The airline is currently working to fill the sale of all assets into private equity groups, its chief executive said in a court filed Wednesday. U.S. bankruptcy judge Peter Rassin lighted up the auction last month after voting for the major creditor of the Hollywood-based airline. However, CEO, president and general advisor Stephen Rossom declared in a…

TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – House and Senate leaders have reached budgetary frameworks, but details are still working behind closed doors. One major proposal appears to be missing. This is Governor Ron DeSantis’s property tax relief plan. However, this can change as negotiations continue. For months, Gov. DeSantis has pushed forward his property tax relief plan, promoting potential savings of around $1,000 per homestead property. “If you do that, you’ll get about $1,000 on Floridian property tax cuts for all your homes,” Gov. DeSantis said. But House Speaker Danny Perez has taken a different approach. Rather than quickly tracking DeSantis’ proposals,…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Hillsboro County Public Schools Principal Van Ayers was burned Wednesday by state education leaders for deleting books from certain libraries. In May, Board of Education Manny Diaz wrote to the district about a specific book on school library shelves. A few weeks later, the Florida Attorney General demanded that Hillsboro County schools quickly pulled several books and called them “patentably porn” and harmful to minors. In response to the letter, the director ordered the state list to remove hundreds of books from the shelf and review them. “These are troubling, disgusting books that have no place…

Explanation The market is hoping for great results and guidance from Nvidia after the market closed on Wednesday, and the company has re-delivered, announcing first quarter revenues to $44.1 billion, up 69.6% compared to the first quarter of 2024 at $26 billion. The analyst community had recorded a 1.8% sales surprise and a 3.2% revenue surprise, despite NVIDIA having to write down $8 billion in first quarter revenue due to the export ban on AI chips to China, as the analyst community expected revenue of $43.3 billion and operating profit of 93 cents per share.Since Nvidia recently held a quantum…

Even board members appeared shocked at what they did after the Florida Governor’s Committee voted for Santa Ono as president of the state’s flagship university on Tuesday.”The move fails,” said Chairman Brian Lamb, whose tone is his tone registers distrust after the votes were tallied. “The first time it happened.”Ono’s refusal on the board was unanimously approved by the University of Florida Council only a week ago, but it was so unexpected that the university had not prepared an incidental statement. Those who voted against Ono pointed out what they described during a few tense hours of interviews as substantial…

Lauren Schwarn, Neldwallet House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” on May 22. This meaty budget adjustment bill includes provisions to increase state and local taxes, or salt deduction restrictions. If the changes were made through the Senate, certain taxpayers could see the big tax credits. What is a salt cap? A salt deduction is a tax deduction that allows an itemizer to deduct certain taxes from federal taxable income. Eligible deductions include the selection of property taxes and state and local sales taxes or state and local income taxes. The salt deduction is currently limited to…

Before Disney was there was McKee Jungle Garden on Vero Beach, a magical roadside charm featuring exotic tropical flowers that attracted 100,000 visitors a year in the 1940s. Few people know about Mackey outside that Vero Beach home today. If you haven’t visited, you’re missing out on the spectacular beauty. Despite the humid summer weather, one of the best times to visit is June. Because the watermelons are in full bloom. McKee Garden will celebrate the event on Saturday, June 14th at the Water Lily Festival on the 1st day. Mackey has over 80 different varieties of water rice, one…

(WJW) – The US Fish and Wildlife Service fears that if action is not taken, rare ghost orchids could soon become extinct. The FWS currently proposes listing swamp plants as endangered species under the Endangered Species Species Act. Woman dies from amoeba eating brains in tap water According to experts, ghost orchids are flowering plants that are found only in Florida and western Cuba. It is called a leafless plant that attaches itself to its own roots by its roots on a tree, and its white flowers float in the air, appearing to look like ghosts. Credit: Getty Images via…

China’s Canadian Embassy issued a statement commemorating the June 4th massacre in Beijing’s largest public square, where the government severely suppressed a student-led democratic movement over 30 years ago.”I will never forget June 4th, 1989 (June 4th),” he wrote about the Canadian Embassy in China on a social media post on June 3rd. “We remember hearing those who spoke peacefully (Tiananmen Square). We are standing with those who do so today.”The massacre, which took place on June 4, 1989, followed weeks of student-led protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where demonstrators called for democratic reforms 40 years later under communist control.…