One administration, two wage policies
The same government whose enforcement doubled Florida framers' pay also wrote a rule cutting the legal farm wage floor — a rule its own Labor Department valued at $2.46 billion a year moved from workers to employers, and a federal court has now ruled illegal for undercutting American workers. The rule is being rewritten under a December 30 deadline. Who shows up for the rewrite decides what replaces it.
'Temporary' meant temporary: the Supreme Court lets Trump unwind Biden's Venezuela TPS expansion
On Oct. 5, the Supreme Court vacated the appeals-court ruling that had blocked DHS from ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 605,000 Venezuelans, and sent the case back under its June decision in Mullin v. Doe: the TPS statute gives the decision to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and bars courts from reviewing it. More than 200,000 of the people covered live in Florida.
A Miami judge threw out the federal noncitizen-voting ban — for exactly one defendant
On Oct. 1, a federal judge in Miami dismissed the illegal-voting charge against Chelsea Cox and held that Congress had no constitutional power to enact the 1996 ban on noncitizen voting — at least in her case. The ruling does not let noncitizens vote in Florida. It decides who gets to punish it. A follow-up to our Oct. 15 report on noncitizens on Florida's rolls.
Isaias tax relief: federal deadlines in 27 Florida counties move to Feb. 8
The IRS is postponing federal filing and payment deadlines in the 27 counties under the Isaias disaster declaration — most move to February 8, 2027, but the payroll deposit deadline stays at October 26.
The census deals out power — and the count has been rigged
A proposed Census Bureau rule would limit the 2030 apportionment count to citizens and green-card holders. Florida counts straight and could still pay for it — a price worth paying only if every state is held to the same standard.
Florida sues Discord, saying the platform deceived families about child safety
Attorney General Uthmeier's suit accuses Discord of marketing itself as safe for kids while running little real age verification. Discord says the suit misstates the platform it built.