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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Senate waived rules on Tuesday and voted on two proposed insurance bills during the special session. The Senate bill passed and will head to the Florida House next. Sources say the House will most likely take up the Senate bill and pass it. The…

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Reports said a bus crash left a woman dead and six children injured in Marion County Tuesday afternoon. WESH 2 News reported the crash happened around 3 p.m. and involved 5 vehicles. Graphic video shows Florida gas station fire sparked by deputy’s Taser Four of…

TAMPA, FL (WFLA) – With inflation reaching a four-decade high, leaders at the Florida Division of Emergency Management say more people will opt for public shelters rather than traveling several miles to a hotel. High costs are also expected to impact severe weather preparedness kits. NOAA predicts 7th consecutive above-average…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida lawmakers will reconvene their special session on Tuesday to address the state’s property insurance crisis. At a Committee on Appropriations meeting Monday, State Sen. Jim Boyd said the proposed bills would not lower property insurance rates anytime soon. The goal is to stabilize the market…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After the flurry of focus on rejected math textbooks, Florida officials are now turning their attention to social studies. The state is currently in the adoption cycle process for new social studies textbooks, which will go into use in the 2023 school year. State guidelines have…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, dealing a major victory to companies who had been accused by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of discriminating against…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida health officials are investigating a second presumptive cases of monkeypox Monday afternoon. Both cases are out of Broward County and include recent international travel. The first case was reported on Sunday. The Department of Health in Broward County is working with the Bureau of Epidemiology…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz hit a new stumbling block when a potential juror wore a T-shirt potentially prejudicial to his case. The woman wore a burgundy and silver T-shirt on Monday saying Teachers Strong and two hashtags…

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A newspaper delivery man was struck and killed by his own delivery van early Sunday morning, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said a 76-year-old man from Martinez, Georgia was delivering newspapers along Oak Bend Place in Sumter County around 5:45…

by: NBC News Channel Posted: May 22, 2022 / 05:40 PM EDT Updated: May 22, 2022 / 05:48 PM EDT (NBC) — The South Florida Condominium that collapsed last June, killing 98 people, has been sold to a developer from Dubai for $120 million. Hussain Sajwani, the owner of Damac…