Jim Turner - News Service of Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that will loosen work restrictions for 16- and 17-year-old youths.

Florida’s agriculture industry hopes a newly passed bill that would limit local regulations on farmworker housing will bring in more non-immigrant foreign workers.

Florida pension-fund managers are ready to begin the process of dropping investments in China-owned companies, anticipating that Gov. Ron DeSantis will sign a bill directing divestment.

They include funds to research the long-term health impacts of red tide, and more money for the removal of Burmese pythons and other non-native species. The budget now awaits Gov. DeSantis' approval.

The bill is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis. It includes 30-hour work-week limits for 16- and 17-year-olds that could be waived by parents.

The Florida Senate on Thursday rolled out a wide-ranging tax package that includes offering sales-tax "holidays" and modest discounts on property-insurance policies.

The Florida House on Friday approved a controversial proposal that would prevent people from sleeping in public.

A small number of members of the Florida State Guard have been deployed to Texas to assist with border operations and about 30 more are on standby, Director Mark Thieme told members of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee on Monday.

Legislation backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that seeks to prevent unhoused people from sleeping in public places is ready to go to the full Senate and House.

Legislative leaders have agreed to use hundreds of millions of dollars in gambling money to help pay for further expansion of a state wildlife corridor and other environmental projects.