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A new state Senate committee will review Florida’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and plan for future emergencies.

He becomes the oldest president-elect and brings with him a history-making vice president-elect in Kamala Harris, the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve in the nation's second-highest office.

Gainesville’s initiative, established in April 2019, brought in the federal government to create a partnership between local, state and federal law enforcement to reduce gun violence in the area.

The circuit covers Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia counties.

Incumbent R.J. Larizza and challenger Don Dempsey are running to become the next State Attorney for Florida’s 7th Judicial Circuit.

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.

Without the ability to get out into the county and share their goals, the candidates must work to find new ways to show their visions for the future.

Jennifer Mccray Littles spends the days awaiting progress in the criminal trial against former detention officer Jerome Ulrich for charges of battery and tampering with a victim — her son, Joseph Combs.

The May-June mass demonstrations in Central Florida were the largest in decades.