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Florida senator pushes rail safety bill amid deaths documented in Herald/WLRN series

The Miami Herald 17 Jan 2026
State senator says the reporting on Brightline deaths underscores the need for sensors that would warn train crews when tracks aren’t clear ... .
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Indiana, Florida senators bet gummy bears, cafecitos on college football championship

The Hill 16 Jan 2026
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Proposal to name a Miami-Dade road after Charlie Kirk advances in Florida Senate

The Miami Herald 15 Jan 2026
The measure would rename part of a well-traveled road as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue. The conservative activist was slain last year ... .
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Florida Senate approves ‘rural renaissance’ bill; fate unclear in state House

Sun Sentinel 14 Jan 2026
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a “rural renaissance” plan that is a priority of Senate President Ben Albritton, a Hardee County citrus grower, but its fate remains unclear in the House.
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AI ‘Bill of Rights’ filed in the Florida Senate

Orlando Weekly 23 Dec 2025
A leading Senate Republican filed a lengthy bill Monday to enact Gov. Ron DeSantis’s proposed “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights.” ... .
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Memorial plaque dedicated to Bill Cotterell in Florida Senate

Tallahassee Democrat 08 Dec 2025
Florida Senate President Ben Albritton dedicated a plaque in honor of the late Bill Cotterell, the legendary Tallahassee Democrat reporter and columnist whose decades of political coverage made him a fixture in Sunshine State journalism.
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Florida senate poised as decider on next session’s biggest battles

WPTV 08 Dec 2025
— Florida’s Senate President ... Florida senate poised as decider on next session’s biggest battles ... “I am not the king of the Florida Senate… it’s going to have to be up to the Florida Senate,” he said.
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Florida Senate to honor Tallahassee Democrat reporter Bill Cotterell

Tallahassee Democrat 03 Dec 2025
Florida Senate President Ben Albritton's office announced he will dedicate a plaque in honor of the late Bill Cotterell, the legendary Tallahassee Democrat reporter and columnist whose decades of ...
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‘Myriad of accountability problems’: Florida Senate plans to clean up school voucher system shortfalls

Orlando Weekly 24 Nov 2025
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ASHA-Certified SLP Pursues Public Service Through Florida Senate Campaign (ASHA - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

Public Technologies 13 Nov 2025
) November 13, 2025 Jennifer Jenkins, an SLP and former Brevard Public School Board Member, is running for a Florida Senate seat in 2026 ... [...].
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Florida senator seeks to reverse Schools of Hope campus sharing law

Sun Sentinel 10 Nov 2025
Darryl Rouson wants to dial back the “chaos” caused by a charter school bill that Florida lawmakers slipped into law in the the final hours of their spring overtime session ... Reversing course on unpopular education laws is not unheard of in Florida.
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Florida Senate panel OKs fetal wrongful death bill

Orlando Weekly 06 Nov 2025
It allows lawsuits for wrongful death of fetuses at any stage of development, even if it wouldn’t have been able to survive outside the womb. ... .
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Florida Senator Shevrin Jones Files SB 252 and HB 235 CROWN Act Empowering Natural Hair ...

Jacksonville Free Press 21 Oct 2025
Florida Senator Shevrin Jones (SD-34) and House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell (HD-67) filed the “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act” or “CROWN Act” — SB 252 & HB 235.
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Government shutdown tracker shows how Florida senators voted. What to know

The Daytona Beach News Journal 15 Oct 2025
Senate vote Oct ... senator has been voting ... Senate vote Oct ... Here's the breakdown on how senators are voting, including those representing Florida ... Ashley Moody.How did Florida senators vote on funding bill to end government shutdown Oct.
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Bradenton Republican Jim Boyd to lead Florida Senate after 2026 elections

Herald-Tribune Sarasota 14 Oct 2025
Boyd's path to Florida Senate president-designate position goes back decades ... Then, in 2020, he was elected to the Florida Senate ... "They typically work with the Senate president and the speaker of the House to accomplish good things for Florida.

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