A bill from Sen. Jay Collins ( SB 918) would let older teenagers work the third shift: before 6:30 a.m. and after 11 p.m. on ...

Florida SB 918 is the latest bill lawmakers have put forward targeting child labor laws in the state. If passed, it would ...

Why do we say we need to import foreigners, even import them illegally, when you know, teenagers used to work at these ...

In late March 2025, claims ( archived) circulated online that the state of Florida was debating lifting some child labor laws ...

A year after Florida approved a bill to loosen child labor laws, another one is advancing through the state Senate. Here's ...

A year after Gov. Ron DeSantis loosened child labor laws, Florida lawmakers look to erase all limits on working 16- and ...

Florida has been loosening child labor protections for quite some time. The legislature passed a law last year that allows ...

I think we need to let kids be kids,” Republican Sen. Joe Gruters said before casting a vote against the bill.

Florida’s child labor law provides additional protections beyond what the federal Fair Labor Standards Act imposed in 1938. But Collins’ bill would move Florida closer to the baseline federal standard ...

Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) torch ... GOP primary for a special election to succeed the late Republican Rep. Bill Young, who died last month. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) David Jolly appears to be ...