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Read More »Board of Governors want $150 million to push three Florida universities up national rankings
Future of Florida’s abortion bill remains unclear
Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature already has failed twice in the past two years to pass a so-called "heartbeat” bill.
Read More »Florida proposes spending $3.8 million more to help suffering manatees
The DeSantis administration is asking state lawmakers to allow it to spend nearly $4 million to help Florida’s suffering manatees.
Read More »New election law adds new costs for some Florida counties
New election law adds new financial costs for some Florida counties, some smaller counties are reducing the number of ballot drop-off boxes, making voting less convenient.
Read More »Florida’s college football stadiums have been packed, but so far no apparent pandemic outbreaks
College football stadiums across Florida with tens of thousands of non-masked, screaming students and boosters packed closely together have so far resulted in no recognizable community outbreaks amid the pandemic, according to infection figures on the state’s biggest campuses.
Read More »Florida awaits appeals decision on new social media law; legal experts say it probably won’t survive
The debate over the law focuses on whether social media platforms perform as common carriers, such as phone companies, which can be regulated by governments.
Read More »Florida Children Will Receive Over $1 Billion In School Lunch Relief
State Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried said Florida’s plan for Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer funding was approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The program will give a one-time grant of $375 per child to each family that qualifies.
Read More »Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Orders Investigation Into Facebook Over Elections, Advancing His Political Criticism Of ‘Big Tech’ Companies
DeSantis this week instructed Laurel Lee, Florida's Republican secretary of state, to investigate whether Facebook exempted some of its users from the platform's own rules, allowing them to post content that would otherwise be blocked or labeled as false.
Read More »A Very Good Girl: Florida Man’s Dog Alerted A Neighbor After Her Owner Suffered A Stroke
Ellie, a German Shepard, saved her owner's life after alerting his neighbor to call for help after Lothar Weimann suffered a stroke.
Read More »Florida Bartender Set To Collect $70,252 In Sexual Harassment Case After Five Days on Job
A Florida bartender who sued for $1 million over allegations that her supervisor groped her in a beer cooler before she quit after five days on the job is set to collect $70,252 in a federal lawsuit against owners of a Panhandle restaurant. In a twist, the owners themselves are …
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