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Violent protesters and looters would face new felonies under proposed legislation Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday.
Read More »Florida Governor Seeks New Penalties For Violent Protesters
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died from complications from cancer. Her death will set in motion what promises to be a tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her.
Read More »Anita Hill Confronts Pandemic, #MeToo, Women’s Right To Vote In Virtual UF Event
Owing to the pandemic, it was the second virtual event and the first of the semester.
Read More »DeSantis Vetoes Controversial Vaping Bill
TALLAHASSEE — Saying the proposal would have driven Floridians “to the hazardous black market,” Gov. Ron DeSantis late Tuesday vetoed a measure that would have banned the sale of nearly all flavored electronic-cigarette products and raised the state’s smoking age from 18 to 21. Attorney General Ashley Moody, Senate President …
Read More »Florida’s Economic Opportunity Chief Resigns Amid Jobs Woes
Ken Lawson said in his resignation letter that he was leaving his post "in the spirit of turning the page and moving forward."
Read More »See Coverage Of Florida’s 2020 Primary Election Results
See our complete coverage below or use this index to jump to recaps of the races you care most about. Florida’s 3rd Congressional District State House State Senate District 5 Alachua County Bradford County Citrus County Columbia County Dixie County Gilchrist County Levy County Marion County Putnam County Suwannee County …
Read More »State Reports Revenue Dropping Another $427M From Coronavirus Closures In Florida
State officials reported that revenues posted in June were more than $427 million under estimate, even as the state's economy began reopening.
Read More »Inmate COVID-19 Toll Nears 1,000 At North Florida Prison
In all, about 40 percent of the approximately 2,280 inmates at the facility near Lake City are known to have been infected with COVID-19.
Read More »Why There’s Little Sunshine On Many Economic Development Deals In Florida — And Beyond
State laws, including in Florida and neighboring states, are a patchwork of regulations that tend to land on the side of corporate secrecy, more often than not.
Read More »Florida Governor Signs Controversial Abortion Law
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill Tuesday requiring underage girls to obtain consent from a parent before they can have an abortion, lauded as one of his legislative goals during the election year.
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