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"I know my parents are ready to step up. But I also know this: protests calling for the reopening of the economy are premature."
Read More »On The Brink: Uncertainty Reigns In A Household Of Health Workers
Virus During Holy Week: How The Faithful Are Managing
Holy Week will look different across Florida, as spiritual communities opt for at-home religious services amid coronavirus.
Read More »DeSantis Amends Stay-at-Home Order To Supersede Local Rules, Allows For Religious Gatherings
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an amendment Thursday to the executive order directing Floridians statewide to stay at home, which now states the executive order “shall supersede any conflicting official action or order issued by local officials in response to COVID-19.”
Read More »‘The Night The Devil Got Loose’: Now, Some Floridians Are Shining Light On State’s Dark Past
As many as 60 African Americans died in a single day in 1920 Ocoee, Fla. because they wanted to vote.
Read More »Florida Senate Passes Parental Consent Bill
Florida’s Republican-majority Senate passed a bill Thursday requiring underage girls to obtain consent from a parent before they can have an abortion. Senators voted 23-17 along party lines.
Read More »Florida On Path To Require Anyone Under 18 To Obtain Parent’s Permission For Abortions
The Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week. If the House approves it as expected in coming weeks – the governor already said he will sign it into law – Florida would become the 27th state to impose parental consent legislation for abortions.
Read More »The Battle of Bone Valley: Part I, The Case Tolling Florida’s Smallest County
A multi-family phosphate mining company is suing Union County for $298.75 million because of the county’s recent land-use limitations.
Read More »How Does Phosphate Mining Work?
Before the mining process can begin, owners must conduct wildlife surveys, relocate threatened and endangered species and clear the property.
Read More »“I Want People To Know There’s A Solution”: A Fight To Provide Rural Dental Care
Across Florida, people struggle to find accessible dental care. Here's what Dr. Frank Catalanotto, the former dean of the UF College of Dentistry and a current professor, is doing to change that.
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