Florida lawmakers passed a $101.5 billion budget laden with federal COVID-19 relief cash and ended the 60-day legislative session Friday after sealing numerous political wins for Gov. Ron DeSantis by passing nearly all of his agenda.
Legislators strip local governments of ability to regulate home-based businesses Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald
May 1 TALLAHASSEE A bill that sent one of the strongest shudders through city and county governments because it prevents them from imposing new regulations on home-based businesses was passed Friday after the Florida Senate narrowly approved it on a botched vote on the final day of the legislative session.
A priority of House Speaker Chris Sprowls, SB 403 requires local governments to regulate home-based businesses the same way they approach other commercial enterprises. Critics warn that it will dismantle local zoning laws and leave neighborhoods unprotected against unwanted commercial activity, unless they have a homeowners association.
Bill aimed at preventing hot car deaths at day cares heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis for signing
Child Safety Alarm Act would require day cares install alarms in transport vans
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Crime scene tape, balloons and stuffed animals line the street in front of Little Miracles Academy in Orlando, Fla. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, one day after 3-year-old Myles Hill was found dead in a day care van. (Erik Sandoval/WKMG)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A bill that would require day care facilities to install alarms in their vans passed both the Florida House and Senate and is now headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk for his signature to become law.
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‘The Greatest Generation’
By Mindy Kearns - Special to OVP
Bill McFarland is pictured during his service with the U.S. Navy during World War II. Also pictured is his wife, the late Anna (Grinstead) McFarland.
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Bill McFarland of New Haven will be turning 100 years old on May 4. The Town of New Haven has declared the occasion “Bill McFarland Day” and will hold a drive-by card shower for him from 4 to 6 p.m. McFarland, a former U.S. Navy Gunner Mate, is shown at his home next to a Navy display box he designed.
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