Fresh Take Florida

As many as 60 African Americans died in a single day in 1920 Ocoee, Fla. because they wanted to vote.

Families don't gather at a Lakeland hair salon for haircuts. They come for stories read by Momma, a drag queen dedicated to teaching children and young adults about the acceptance of others and themselves.

One of the first bills in the 2020 legislative session signed into law will ensure no homeowners association, condominium or community entity can prevent officers from parking patrol cars where they can legally park any other vehicle.

To the bills' sponsors, banning the fin trade is a no brainer. But scientists and fishermen say shark conservation is a lot more complicated.

The proposals would formally ban insurance companies and others from denying transplants for anyone with physical or mental disabilities.

The orders from the University of Florida are a response to rising anxieties about the illness on a campus with more than 6,000 international students amid the virus’s rapid global spread – even though there have been no reported cases in Florida. 

A new government study by the Florida Legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shows Florida courts have a remarkably difficult job collecting fees and fines in criminal cases – failures that now have a direct impact on the ability of ex-felons to vote in future elections after they serve their prison sentences.