Mike Licquia

Florida Channel Reporter

[The FLORIDA Channel @floridachannel]

Senator LaVon Bracy Davis hosted families remembering the four black men falsely accused of rape in 1949. This year the legislature compensated them with $4 million. #Groveland4 #MustSeeTFC https://t.co/0pVbqIgkbQ

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With no opponents in the General Election 1 Senator and 9 Reps. elected this week. Sen. Driskell and in the House Kim Daniels, Jacquelyn Randall, Ryan Chamberlin, Anthony Nieves, Randy Maggard, Kyandra Darling, Jacqueline Coffie-Leeks, Mitch Rosenwald, and James Bush.

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@FLCTRGA The House had a conforming bill giving those assets to New College.

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@DaleJohnsonBBC Why not assign Artan to games in Canada or Mexico? Ask FIFA that. Swap him with another ref there.

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Florida TaxWatch says this state budget has 621 budget "Turkeys" that went through the process without transparency. Totals $829 M. Says volume of member projects keeps escalating. 500 to 2000 in 9 years.

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Governor says Aug. 1 is the deadline for the legislature to pass a property tax proposal. Says he'll call multiple special sessions if necessary to have something on the ballot.

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Florida's unemployment rate in January up .2%. Now at 4.5%. Biggest losses over the last year are in professional and business services and government. Miami-Dade had lowest unemployment rate. Taylor County had the highest.

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Chiles is moving on! ⚽️🔥

With a 1-0 victory over North Fort Myers, they punch their ticket to the #FHSAA 5A Girls Soccer State Championship! 🏆 What a performance! 💪👏

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Rep. Shane Abbott says his rural counties bill will not move this session. It's the closest thing the House has to a rural renaissance bill that passed the Senate already. Abbott says he's not aware of anyone in the House picking up that Senate President priority bill.

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[Tom Fabricio @TPFabricio]

A patriotic idea was floated today before ways and means, whether Florida would suspend sales tax on tea, to commemorate USA 250th Birthday 🙏 🇺🇸 @floridachannel

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Bills on the Ocklawaha River up in House and Senate today. I did a Florida Crossroads show on it three years ago. https://t.co/eAEgvry0mF

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Governor says he's sending stone crab and key lime pie to Governor of Indiana after NCAA Championship Game.

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Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky says Progressive insurance will be giving people rebates on Thursday this week.

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Governor announcing Citizens average rate cut of 8.7%, higher cuts in South Florida.

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#Seagrass research funded by the legislature could help restore seagrasses across the #IndianRiverLagoon. Researchers at @FloridaTech are looking at how much hydrogen sulfide the plants can tolerate. https://t.co/jjUboz1Giy

[Gary Fineout @fineout]

Rest in Peace sir ... Veteran Tallahassee Democrat reporter, columnist Bill Cotterell dies https://t.co/9R1qo3UuQr via @tdonline