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(The Center Square) – Gun Owners of America and the Gun Owners Foundation have filed a federal lawsuit in Florida that challenges the state’s ban on open carry of firearms. “Florida lawmakers claim to be pro-gun, but year after year, they’ve refused to repeal the 1987 ban on open carry,Continue Reading

(The Center Square) — A federal lawmaker from Georgia has helped introduce legislation he said will further strengthen American energy independence and solar manufacturing. The American Tax Dollars for American Solar Manufacturing Act, which U.S. Sen. Ossoff, D-Georgia, introduced with U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio; Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana; and RickContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that while Hurricane Debby had a similar track into Florida’s Big Bend region as last year’s Hurricane Idalia, damage from the Category 1 storm was far less severe. The storm made landfall near Steinhatchee on Monday and threatens to bringContinue Reading

(The Center Square) — The Sunshine State ranks second in the nation for the protection of religious liberty, according to a new report from the Center for Religion, Culture and Democracy. The report, “Religious Liberty in the States,” is a project that measures legal safeguards for religious liberty across theContinue Reading

(The Center Square) — Officials in Georgia and South Carolina are taking action as Tropical Storm Debby is expected to dump rain on the states after making landfall on Monday morning along the Florida coast. Forecasts predict the storm will move across southern Georgia and through the Waycross area asContinue Reading

(The Center Square) — Republican attorneys general from 21 states, led by the attorneys general of Montana and Virginia, submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia defending the federal law banning TikTok in the U.S. President Joe Biden signed the legislation intoContinue Reading

(The Center Square) — The Tampa Bay Rays moved closer to getting a new stadium after the Pinellas County Commission approved the deal this week. On Tuesday, county commissioners approved the redevelopment project by a 5-2 vote. The project will be a collaboration between the city of St. Petersburg andContinue Reading

(The Center Square) — The Florida Auditor General recently published a follow-up audit of the Sunshine State’s economic incentives programs and found some uncorrected issues remain. The Florida Department of Commerce assists the governor in working with the Legislature, state agencies, business leaders, and economic development professionals. For fiscal 2023-24,Continue Reading

(The Center Square) – A low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico was larger than average and what was predicted, a recent survey found. The “dead zone” with little to no oxygen can kill fish and marine life is approximately 6,705 square miles, or 4 million acres, the 12thContinue Reading