Ah, Florida - words fail me.
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Lake Worth-area private school cancels Autism Awareness Week after pastor calls it 'demonic'
A time that is meant to bring awareness about those who are on the autism spectrum was canceled at a private school in Palm Beach County, leaving some parents heartbroken and full of questions.
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Lake Worth-area private school cancels Autism Awareness Week after pastor calls it 'demonic'
both sides /sLake Worth-area private school cancels Autism Awareness Week after pastor calls it 'demonic'
A time that is meant to bring awareness about those who are on the autism spectrum was canceled at a private school in Palm Beach County, leaving some parents heartbroken and full of questions.
Lake Worth-area private school cancels Autism Awareness Week after pastor calls it 'demonic'
GATOR INSIDE FLORIDA HOME! This big guy in Venice got inside by pushing through a front screen door, into the kitchen, while she was in the living room. Only in Florida! Credit: Mary Hollenback
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DeSantis bans local governments from protecting workers from heat and limits police oversight boards
Florida is seeing two more recent instances of state government under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis limiting the powers of local government with newly-signed bills that deal with worker safety and police oversight.
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Florida is seeing two more recent instances of state government under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis limiting the powers of local government with newly-signed bills that deal with worker safety and police oversight.
DeSantis bans local governments from protecting workers from heat and limits police oversight boardsDeSantis bans local governments from protecting workers from heat and limits police oversight boards
Florida is seeing two more recent instances of state government under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis limiting the powers of local government with newly-signed bills that deal with worker safety and police oversight.
Florida is seeing two more recent instances of state government under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis limiting the powers of local government with newly-signed bills that deal with worker safety and police oversight.
Local entities know best according to republicans...until they don't.
Girlfriend, boyfriend jailed after 'fighting for days' until he was 'cut with a chainsaw'
A deputy sent to check on a man with "a black eye and wounds from being cut with a chainsaw" heard a commotion that "sounded like a struggle."
abc3340.com
Girlfriend, boyfriend jailed after 'fighting for days' until he was 'cut with a chainsaw'
https://photos.onedrive.com/photo/24FA02193A4DB500!2830?view=all So this guy just tried to smash into my friend's front door in West Palm. It's mating season but I don't know what he was expecting to find in her house!
DeSantis bans local governments from protecting workers from heat and limits police oversight boardsDeSantis bans local governments from protecting workers from heat and limits police oversight boards
Florida is seeing two more recent instances of state government under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis limiting the powers of local government with newly-signed bills that deal with worker safety and police oversight.
Florida is seeing two more recent instances of state government under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis limiting the powers of local government with newly-signed bills that deal with worker safety and police oversight.
Didn't see the words "banned from protecting workers from heat" anywhere in the story.
This is what was actually written:
"bans local governments from REQUIRING heat and water breaks for outdoor workers."
Sounds more like less government intervention, to me.
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Now - please show me any instance where an outdoor government worker IN FLORIDA has been denied heat and water breaks and we'd have something to debate.
Otherwise.........it's another hit piece that missed it's mark.
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PS - I'd be remiss not to include this quote from the story.......
Democratic state Sen. Victor Torres called the new law an attack on workers.
Talk about an idiotic statement........
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Heat-Related Deaths Are Up, and Not Just Because It’s Getting Hotter - KFF Health News
Excessive heat contributed to 1,670 deaths nationwide last year, according to federal data — the highest rate in at least two decades. An increase in drug use and homelessness, along with hotter temperatures, were among the reasons.
kffhealthnews.org
Amid opposition, Gov. DeSantis signs bill that will allow volunteer chaplains in public schools
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a measure that will authorize school districts to allow volunteer school chaplains to provide services to students, amid opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a measure that will authorize school districts to allow volunteer school chaplains to provide services to students, amid opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Not really the point since the point was that republicans have long claimed that local folks know best (decentralized government).
But let's see if the law bans governments from protecting workers through regulation:
Yes, it does do that.
Seems to directly mention prohibiting localities from protecting employees. Doesn't even allow them to require training, providing appropriate first aid or emergency response, and does not allow them to protect workers who report excessive heat exposure. Of course, it allows federal and state laws to be followed if that means they will not lose funding.
So yeah, it prohibits local government from protecting workers.
Which makes Victor Torres 100% correct.
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Amid opposition, Gov. DeSantis signs bill that will allow volunteer chaplains in public schools
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a measure that will authorize school districts to allow volunteer school chaplains to provide services to students, amid opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a measure that will authorize school districts to allow volunteer school chaplains to provide services to students, amid opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union.
What training, if any, is required of these clowns?
Didn't see the words "banned from protecting workers from heat" anywhere in the story.
This is what was actually written:
"bans local governments from REQUIRING heat and water breaks for outdoor workers."
Sounds more like less government intervention, to me.
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Now - please show me any instance where an outdoor government worker IN FLORIDA has been denied heat and water breaks and we'd have something to debate.
Otherwise.........it's another hit piece that missed it's mark.
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PS - I'd be remiss not to include this quote from the story.......
Democratic state Sen. Victor Torres called the new law an attack on workers.
Talk about an idiotic statement........
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Heat-Related Deaths Are Up, and Not Just Because It’s Getting Hotter - KFF Health News
Excessive heat contributed to 1,670 deaths nationwide last year, according to federal data — the highest rate in at least two decades. An increase in drug use and homelessness, along with hotter temperatures, were among the reasons.
Making the trip from Mexico to South Florida, a 26-year-old man arrived in September 2023, ready to start a new job on a sugar cane farm in Belle Glade. Four days later, he suffered fatal heat-related injuries while working in an open field as the heat index reached 97 degrees.
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that McNeill Labor Management Inc. of Belle Glade, the farm labor contractor who hired the young man under the federal H-2A program for temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant workers, could have prevented his death by implementing safety rules to protect workers from heat-related hazards. These include using an effective plan to help workers acclimate to the weather conditions.
Making the trip from Mexico to South Florida, a 26-year-old man arrived in September 2023, ready to start a new job on a sugar cane farm in Belle Glade. Four days later, he suffered fatal heat-related injuries while working in an open field as the heat index reached 97 degrees.
“This young man’s life ended on his first day on the job because his employer did not fulfill its duty to protect employees from heat exposure, a known and increasingly dangerous hazard,†explained OSHA Area Director Condell Eastmond in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “Had McNeill Labor Management made sure its workers were given time to acclimate to working in brutally high temperatures with required rest breaks, the worker might not have suffered a fatal injury.â€Â
As I'm reading it what it actually does is limit the localities from going beyond the state or federal law in the area of heat exposure. Whatever the state or federal standards, I'm guessing OSHA standards for federal, would apply. They just can't write their own in excess of the state or federal standard. It seems to be setting up a uniform system across the state where a company can know what the expectations are in this area no matter what county or city they are working in or what government agency they may be contracted with.
creating s. 448.106, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting a political subdivision from requiring employers to meet or provide heat exposure requirements beyond those required by law.
(2)(a) A political subdivision may not establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer, including an employer contracting to provide goods or services to the political subdivision, to meet or provide heat exposure requirements not otherwise required under state or federal law.
Correct. Republicans do not want local governments to advance worker safety protections in any way whatsoever in regards to heat exposure.
More than 22K children dropped from Florida KidCare in 2024 as state challenges federal eligibility protections
Florida is the only state challenging the new federal health insurance protections for children
floridapolitics.com
In a move that some have called “egregious,†Florida since January has dropped more than 22,000 children from a subsidized health insurance program for failing to pay premiums despite the federal government saying it cannot.
State data shows that 6,780 children were disenrolled from the Florida Kidcare program on Jan. 1, which, according to the federal government, is when a 12-month eligibility requirement went into effect for children enrolled in the Medicaid or the state children’s health insurance program (CHIP), which in Florida is called Florida KidCare.
That was followed by another 5,147 children in February, 5,097 children in March, and another 5,552 in April.
gots to protect those chirrunsMore than 22K children dropped from Florida KidCare in 2024 as state challenges federal eligibility protections
Florida is the only state challenging the new federal health insurance protections for children
In a move that some have called “egregious,†Florida since January has dropped more than 22,000 children from a subsidized health insurance program for failing to pay premiums despite the federal government saying it cannot.
State data shows that 6,780 children were disenrolled from the Florida Kidcare program on Jan. 1, which, according to the federal government, is when a 12-month eligibility requirement went into effect for children enrolled in the Medicaid or the state children’s health insurance program (CHIP), which in Florida is called Florida KidCare.
That was followed by another 5,147 children in February, 5,097 children in March, and another 5,552 in April.
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