Florida lawmakers Wednesday passed a controversial bill to require Florida’s public universities to ask students and faculty to complete yearly surveys to identify political bias in college classrooms. It passed the Senate in a 23-15 vote and awaits the governor's signature.
Read More »Florida Governor Won’t Consent To Drop Felony Charges In Voter Hacking Case
Gov. Ron DeSantis does not agree to drop criminal charges against the man accused of hacking the Florida governor's voter registration file ahead of the 2020 election.
Read More »Bill Requiring Mandatory Moment Of Silence In Florida Public Schools Passes House – But Not Without Controversy
Under the proposal, which would cover all K-12 public school classrooms, teachers can not recommend what students do with that time but should encourage parents to have that conversation with their children.
Read More »Lawmakers Abandon Efforts To Limit Popular Florida Scholarships For Specific College Degrees
Florida legislators reversed course on a plan that would have limited the state’s popular Bright Futures college scholarships after a public outcry and concerns by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Read More »Bill Would Require Political Bias Surveys In Florida Universities, Allow Students To Record Professors’ Lectures
Republican lawmakers are backing bills that would require students and faculty at Florida’s public universities to complete yearly surveys to identify political bias inside college classrooms. It would also allow students to record their professors during lectures. The bills would measure whether college instructors – widely perceived as skewing left …
Read More »Data Show Florida’s New Law Against Texting While Driving Is Rarely Enforced
Florida’s census of texting violations, published earlier this year, is missing tickets entirely from more than 20 of the state’s 67 sheriff’s departments and at least 56 of 155 municipal police departments.
Read More »Judge Declines To Force Florida Governor To Testify At Hacking Trial Over Altered Voting Records
Anthony Steven Guevara, 20, of Naples was charged Oct. 28 – days before the 2020 election – with unauthorized computer access and altering someone else’s voter registration without their permission, both felonies.
Read More »Facebook Streamers, Lectern Stealers: These Floridians Are Facing Charges In Capitol Siege
Weeks later, twenty-three Floridians have been charged in the Jan. 6 raid on the Capitol, representing nearly one-in-10 of the total.
Read More »New Way Of Living: Florida College Students Reflect On Anniversary Of Pandemic Campus Shutdown
Lost lives. Lost jobs. Lost classrooms. Lost opportunities. Lost time with families. A lost year.
Read More »Top Florida Law Official Describes ‘Extremely Lax’ Security At Hacked Water Plant
A top Florida law enforcement official told Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state leaders Tuesday that “extremely lax” security at a municipal water plant northwest of Tampa allowed hackers to break into its computers to try to poison residents earlier this year. The head of the Florida Department of Law …
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