PRESS RELEASES Florida is Ranked as Number One State for Education by U.S. News & World Report The Florida Department of Education Honors Top STEM Students at 2024 Sunshine State Scholars Conference
State Board of Education Elevates Florida’s Nation-Leading Resiliency Education Standards State Board of Education Protects Women and Girls in Sports and Continues to Prioritize School Safety State Board of Education Upholds District Accountability and Clarifies Professional Conduct Expectations for Schools Florida Department of Education Celebrates 2023 Accomplishments Commissioner of Education Announces the Adoption of 13 New Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs Florida Celebrates April as Florida College System Month

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FOX NEWS
Small dairy farmer seeks First Amendment protection from state regulators
FDA rules could kill 119-year-old family cigar business
Family asks Florida high court to lift bird ban on their private property 
Lawsuit aims to ban swimming with manatees in Florida 
Florida transit authority on hot seat for using taxes to campaign for tax increase
Florida VA boots vets with PTSD over service dogs 
Alleged scammers burn Miami-Dade fire department from within
Union no-show jobs cost Florida taxpayers millions 
Fast food protest group denies its own workers the right to protest
Florida city uproots couple’s 17-year-old garden, over new ordinance
Florida police department to begin using body-mounted cameras
Six-figure state pensions on the rise in Florida
Florida officials back off threat of massive fines for restaurant over hidden regulation

REPORTS AND WHITE PAPERS
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross: Trade Negotiations & Conflicts of Interest
The Problem of Duplicate Voting

FRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION Bond commission at odds over Superdome debt forgiveness plan Unfunded pension liabilities cost Louisiana schools $853M last year Louisiana expense card programs spent $863M over past five years Landry: Oil-and-gas land lease sale expected to deliver $100M to Louisiana Edwards, Venture Global announce $10 billion natural gas project in Cameron Parish Louisiana bond commission disqualifies JPMorgan Chase from bond deal Louisiana’s top business group spearheads judicial reform Federal legislation to cut charter school funding could affect New Orleans Health study shows COVID vaccination lotteries produced ‘very small’ results Critics cite concerns over oil-and-gas ‘credit schemes’ said to help environment Treasurers from 14 states warn banks against targeting energy companies Report: Louisiana’s occupational licensing laws discourage job opportunities Grand jury indicts former St. Bernard Parish prosecutor for bank fraud, money laundering New Orleans among cities with highest homicide rate increase during COVID

BRADENTON HERALD
Bridges of America prisoner transition group battles state for a second chance
Juvenile justice reform barely survives its first legislative hearing
State economist says 70 percent of Florida’s incentive programs are losing money
Another day, another ding for Florida’s economic incentive programs
Reform bill targets Enterprise Florida, but will accountability persuade critics?
Private nonprofit, for-profit universities could soon get regulatory relief

MORE
The State Level Pension Crisis: Jacksonville, Florida Edition — American Spectator
Senator looks to deregulate makeup industry — Washington Times
A livestreaming unsung hero — Washington Times
'Stingray' device tracks cell phones, prompts civil liberties worries — Washington Examiner
New questions loom as EB-5 visa program explodes — Washington Examiner
Florida's wireless tax burden still among highest in country — Florida Trend
Reduce crime and save taxpayer money? Don’t arrest kids, study says — Florida Watchdog
Sanford Burnham doubles down against state efforts to recoup incentive money — Florida Watchdog
William Patrick: Coalition forms to help protect scholarship program for poor— Florida Watchdog

MENTIONS & CITATIONS
Campaign desk: Ballot ‘harvesting’ flipped 7 House seats — New York Post
Audit knocks Orange on ESOL — Orlando Sentinel
Hertz salaries: Average isn't exactly typical — Orlando Sentinel
Florida’s Obamacare navigators handed $6.8M to find new enrollees — Jacksonville Times-Union
In Florida, the rich (politicians) get richer — Miami Herald
Money Matters: FEA leaders earn six-figures while blocking programs for poor students — Tampa Bay Times
Labor News: Nearly half of FEA member dues pay for union staff — Tampa Bay Times
Feds stomping on our stogies — Washington Times