The 2024 report shows that Tampa, Miami, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, and Wilton Manors in Broward County all achieved perfect scores this year.
The request comes less than two weeks after Gov. DeSantis signed an executive order to allow changes after Hurricane Helene.
The Florida chapters of the League of Women Voters and the NAACP wanted the court to order Gov. Ron DeSantis to reopen the voter registration process for at least 10 more days due to the imminent arrival of Hurricane Milton. On Wednesday a federal judge refused to extend the deadline.
The proposed bill would amend current labor law in the state that says that 16- and 17-year-old are not allowed to work before 6:30 a.m. or after 11 p.m., or for more than eight hours a day when they have school the next day.
Households will be getting financial help to pay their energy bills — both cooling bills in summer and heating costs this winter — according to an announcement this week by the US Department of Health and Human Service (HHS).
