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This week, the House Commerce Committee on Congress advanced legislation that would revamp the state’s CPA profession. House Bill 991 eliminates all licensing committees, including the Florida Accounting Committee. These functions are deployed under the Business and Professional Regulation Authority, where the average bureaucratic staff makes decisions rather than the peer CPA board of directors. The bill also calls for the elimination of all continuing education requirements for CPAs and other regulated occupations and trade. “Hospital Bill 991 has the potential to have catastrophic consequences for CPA professions,” says the Florida CPAS Institute. While the group’s president and CEO Shelley…

San Francisco, Santa Clara and 14 other cities have appealed to halt the implementation of executive orders to strip federal taxpayer funds.A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s push for the federal government to cities that adopted the so-called sanctuary policy for illegal immigration.In an order that granted the interim injunction on April 24, Judge William H. Orrick of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, sided with the plaintiffs: San Francisco, Santa Clara, and 14 other cities affected by the executive order to strip federal taxpayers of funds.“The challenged section violates the separation of constitutional authority…

The memo follows a Congressional investigation into ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s leading funding platform.WASHINGTON – A new presidential memorandum from the White House aims to crack down on illegal foreign contributions and money raised in election campaigns using identity theft plans to avoid federal law.”Regardless of these laws designed to protect American democracy, the reporting and investigations by Congressional Committees have produced very nasty evidence that online fundraising platforms are participants in schemes that wash over and banned contributions to political candidates and committees,” said President Donald Trump’s April 24 memo.The move follows a Congressional investigation that identified potentially uncruel…

According to a recent scientific report, minerals in certain regions of the Pacific are valued at trillions of dollars. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 24th to quickly track new industries, deep-sea mineral mining off the coast of the Pacific Ocean.Trump’s order, titled “Invigorate American Domination in Deep Sea Minerals,” seeks to rapidly develop America’s ability to explore, collect and process important deep-sea minerals. The Secretary of Commerce has directed a surge and the private sector that allow deep-sea mining from the US outer shelf.The order also directs the Department of Commerce, internal and energy secretaries to…

The federal judge has stopped implementing new civil certification requirements for voter registrants.On April 24, local and state election officials across the country expressed concern about the logistics and impact of President Donald Trump’s overhaul President Donald Trump, ordered last month.Citizenship documentary proof for registering for votes, guidelines for the new voting system, and review and recertification of voting machines were just some of the drastic changes mandated by the President’s executive order.The independent Election Assistance Commission is responsible for enacting these changes.Meanwhile, at the annual meeting of federal agencies in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday, members of the committee’s…

Southwest reported a first-quarter loss of 26 cents per share. Analysts warn that new initiatives such as baggage fees could sacrifice market share.Southwest Airlines’ continued turnaround efforts fell deadlock in the first quarter as the Dallas-based airline announced plans to cut flight schedules amidst travel disruptions across the industry.Like airlines in the US, Delta and other domestic airlines, the Southwest has suspended its outlook for 2025 and 2026, warning that the current economic situation in the industry could have a significant impact on travel demand.”In the current macroeconomic uncertainty, it is extremely difficult to confidently predict the recent short-lived trends,”…

Each party receives a baseline of $17,500 per month.The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will provide $1 million a month over the next four years, providing national parties with political parties across the country as part of its “organization everywhere” strategy.DNC Chairman Ken Martin said Thursday in a video statement on social media platform X that it was “the biggest investment in the DNC’s historical political parties.”Martin said it is part of a four-year new Democrat agreement to build state-level infrastructure and operations and provide more resources to organisation and winning elections.”This all means we can compete and win in Virginia,…

TALHASSEE – Federal authorities launched a massive operation in Florida this week, finding and detaining about 800 immigrants illegally in the country in their first coordinated immigration enforcement efforts with state police since the Trump administration came to power. A copy of the plan reviewed by the Miami Herald shows that it is called the Homeland Security-led effort – Operation Tidal Wave, which is scheduled to continue until Saturday. Eligible individuals are in the cities of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Stuart, Tallahassee and Fort Myers. As of Wednesday, it is unclear how many people were being detained…

Sea World Orlando pushed back the Arctic-based Flying Theater Ride’s debut for about a week. Expedition Odyssey will make its public debut on May 9th, not on May 1st, when it was originally announced. According to an email sent to Pass Holder from the theme park, the preview of the annual Pass Holder, originally scheduled to begin on Saturday, has been changed to date from May 1st. According to an email to Passholder, the new, large-screen attraction, which takes over the previous wild Arctic simulator space, will come with an animal display that will be open to the public on…

Talahassee – Congressman is completing his investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Hope Florida Foundation without hearing testimony from lawyers or leaders of two groups of organizations that received $5 million in grants from the charity.Rep. Alex Andrade, a Pensacola Republican, who spearheads the investigation, said he believes Florida Attorney General James Usmeyer and charity lawyer Jeff Aaron committed criminal acts when he moved $10 million from an excess of Medicaid settlement to the foundation.The foundation gave money to two other nonprofits, and then gave $8.5 million to the political committee managed by Uthmeier.But Andredo said his committee would not prosecute…