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GPD confirmed with the FBI that the threats and emails were not authentic.
Read More »GPD: False Threat Made Against Gainesville African American Churches
Road to 270: Trump’s Best Path To Victory Hinges On Florida, Pennsylvania
While Trump has multiple roads to victory, his most likely route hinges on winning two crucial battleground states: Florida and Pennsylvania.
Read More »Not Just Florida: Voters In Alaska Also Receive Emails Warning ‘Vote For Trump Or Else!’
Cybersecurity experts say the origin of the messages remains unknown and may be the product of a foreign disinformation effort.
Read More »Election Supervisor: Registered Voters In Alachua County Are Facing Voter Intimidation
Registered voters in Alachua County are potentially facing voter intimidation just days into the 2020 election.
Read More »Nearly 50 Years Ago, Jimmy Norris Was Killed In Florida. The Cold Case Is Accelerating Thanks To New Leads
Nearly 50 years ago, Jimmy Norris was killed in Florida. Rosemary Norris-Southward was not quite 14 years old when she watched her brother walk out of their home for the last time. Forty-six years later, she said she feels closer to James “Jimmy” Norris than she has in decades.
Read More »Miami-Dade County Schools Virtual Learning System Hit By Cyberattack
Florida's largest school district is still under siege by cyberattacks that began Monday as students returned to school remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »USMCA To Be Major Issue For Florida Blueberry Growers In 2020
The USMCA, if ratified by Congress by the end of the month, will ensure that an already bad situation for berry farmers will grow worse in 2020.
Read More »DeSantis Redistributes Election Security Money
A month after learning Russian hackers breached elections systems in two Florida counties in 2016, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said his administration is focused on identifying “any vulnerabilities” ahead of next year’s elections. The Republican governor announced he is redistributing $2.3 million in election-security money that went unspent by …
Read More »DeSantis Orders Elections Security Review
Eight days after being notified that Russia hacked into two Florida county's election records during the 2016 election, Gov. DeSantis directed the Secretary of State to conduct a review of the security of state and county elections systems.
Read More »DeSantis: Russians Hacked Two Florida Counties In 2016
Tuesday morning, the FBI made Gov. DeSantis aware that Russia hacked voter information in two Florida counties during the 2016 election but did not manipulate results.
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