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The emails directed voters to cast ballots for President Donald Trump or “we will come after you.”
Read More »U.S. Blames Iran For Sending Threatening Emails To Democrats In Florida
Partying During Pandemic: Florida College Students Complain About Classmates Packing Bars, Parties
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Read More »FBI Investigating Threatening Emails Sent To Democrats In Florida
Democratic voters in Florida reported receiving threatening emails Tuesday purportedly from the violent, far-right group Proud Boys directing them to vote for President Donald Trump or “we will come after you.”
Read More »Florida Town Battered By Fires, Floods Faces Its Greatest Crisis: Money
Caryville’s most-recent financial problems go back nearly five years, when a former town clerk was seen hauling away boxes of paperwork. The scene was described in the latest state audit.
Read More »Legal Dispute Leaves Florida Supreme Court Without Black Justice For First Time In Nearly Four Decades
The legal dispute that prevented Gov. Ron DeSantis from appointing the first Jamaican-born, Black woman to the Florida Supreme Court has left the court without a Black justice for the first time in at least 37 years.
Read More »Latest Tally Shows Millions Of Dollars In Damage To 24 Florida Parks From Hurricane Sally
Weeks after Hurricane Sally made landfall in the Panhandle near the state’s border with Alabama, the latest figures put damages to state parks in the region at roughly $2.5 million.
Read More »After 100 Days, Slow Start On Race Reforms At University Of Florida
Task forces announced by President Kent Fuchs – to consider renaming buildings and other structures on campus and document the university’s history on race and ethnicity – are neither formed nor operating.
Read More »Florida Cracks Down On Teacher Misconduct, Speeds Process Of Stripping Certifications
Florida is accelerating investigations of teachers accused of misconduct, a change intended to allow the state to quickly revoke an educator’s certification in such instances.
Read More »Last Chance: Florida Considers Clemency Pleas By Felons For Last Time Ahead Of Election
The next clemency hearing is scheduled Dec. 9 in Tallahassee, a month after the elections.
Read More »Florida Cabinet Holds Its First Meeting At Capitol In Seven Months
Political tensions were clear.
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