State Budget Now In Gov. DeSantis’ Hands, Giving Him Two Weeks To Make Covid-Related Cuts

The Florida House and Senate on Wednesday sent the $93.2 billion state budget to Gov. Ron DeSantis, exactly two weeks before it is sched ...

Chief Justice’s Order Sets Florida On The Path Toward Reopening Its Trial Courts

Florida Chief Justice Charles Canady took another step Wednesday toward reopening the state’s trial courts in a COVID-19 world, resuming ...

Re: Florida Boaters. Shouldn’t We Expect Them To Have Learned How To Avoid Hitting Each Other?

Have you ever gone really fast on a boat?

House Democrats Call For More Federal Aid For Public Education

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats have called for more federal aid for education as the nation’s schools prepare to reopen this fall.

Monday Was Another Record-Setting Day For Florida’s Covid-19 Pandemic

Florida has reported another record day for new COVID-19 infections, with the Department of Health declaring Tuesday that its overnight ...

Florida’s Val Demings: On Police Reform, ‘the President Does Not Go Far Enough’

Top Florida Democrats were largely unmoved Tuesday by President Trump’s new executive order on police misconduct, saying it didn’t addre ...

Gov. DeSantis Won’t Spare The Bloodletting When Vetting The New State Budget

Gov. Ron DeSantis intends to go all Walder Frey on the state budget this year.

Face Masks, Staggered Classes, Outdoor Instruction: When FL Schools Reopen

Students, parents, and teachers won’t recognize what they find when Florida’s public schools reopen this fall, say state education leaders.

Court: Inability To Contain Covid In Miami Jail Doesn’t Constitute ‘deliberate Indifference’

In a 2-1 ruling Monday, a federal appeals court rejected the pleas of pre-trial detainees trying to avoid COVID-19 infection inside a Mi ...

Lawmakers: Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Threaten Minority Communities

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is suspending key environmental reviews during the pandemic and critics warn the move could furthe ...

Report: Covid-19 Has Traumatized America’s Teenagers And They Need Help To Cope

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced closure of public schools and imposition of distance learning, has traumatized American teenager ...

Excuse Us, Trump’s America — Your White Sheet Is Showing

Later this summer, on Aug. 27, Donald Trump will deliver a speech accepting the Republican Party nomination for re-election in Jacksonvi ...

Gov. Desantis, Ed. Commissioner Corcoran, Announce Millions To Help Reopen Fla. Public Schools

After weeks of little to vague guidance from the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran announced millions ...

Pac Report: Friends Of Ron Desantis Gave Money Back As Cabinet Fundraising Continues Slow

Campaign contributions reports for committees backing Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of the Florida Cabinet show continued sluggish fundr ...

Junior Olympics Are Coming To Florida After Virginia Backed Out Over Covid Fears

The Junior Olympics will move to Brevard County in about three weeks, bringing thousands of young athletes to Florida during the COVID-1 ...

Aclu Florida Condemns Excessive Force; Urges Law Enforcement To Refrain From Harming And Arresting Protesters

In a stern letter to sheriffs and prosecutors, The ACLU Florida wrote Thursday that law enforcement is “using excessive and unnecessary ...

One Great Voting Rights Victory In A Long, Long Battle

Many people take their right to vote for granted. But winning the right to vote for as many U.S. adult citizens as possible has been a n ...

Report: GOP Has ‘Tentatively Settled On Jacksonville’ For Trump’s Big RNC Party; But Some Say, ‘we Can Do Without It’

It looks increasingly likely that the Republican Party will move its August convention, at least in part, to Jacksonville following repo ...

Top Education Officials Testify In Congress On Racial And Academic Disparities As States Grapple To Reopen Schools

Two state Education Commissioners and a former U.S. Secretary of Education testified virtually to the U.S. Senate Wednesday on how to sa ...

Unfortunately For Fl’s Environment, The Word ‘preserve’ Doesn’t Really Mean ‘preserved’

Florida can be such an odd place.

A Trailblazer For Women: Gwen Margolis, The First Female Fl Senate President, Dies At 85

In political circles dominated by men, Gwen Margolis was a trailblazer — the first female to serve as Florida Senate President.

Florida Senate President Bill Galvano Rejects Special Session Proposal On Police Reforms

Senate President Bill Galvano turned down a request Tuesday to call a special session for police reforms following the death of George F ...

U.s. Appeals Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Harassment That Drove Cuban Employee To Light Himself On Fire

Alexis Soto Fernandez’s boss started tormenting people of Cuban extraction.

FL Attorney Benjamin Crump: Following Trailblazer By Fighting Top Legal Battles

Ben Crump was 10 years old and living on the “wrong side of the tracks’’ when he saw how different life was for black people vs. whites.

FL NAACP Leaders: ‘We Don’t Want Black Lives Matter To Be A Hashtag’

In the wake of recent killings of black people by police, and the protests that followed, conversations about police reform have increased.

Covid-19 Infections Closing In On 65,000; Death Toll At 2,712

COVID-19 infections have spiked to 64,094 in Florida, the state Department of Health reported Monday, up from 966 infections the day bef ...

Congressional Democrats Lay Out Expansive Police Reform Plans

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats outlined their vision for sweeping police reforms on Capitol Hill Monday, following weeks of nation ...

A Florida RNC Could Prove An Economic Bonanza — But May Turn The State Into A Viral Vector

Moving the Republican National Convention to the key battleground state that is Florida could mean packing tens of thousands of delegate ...

Fl Men Charged With Smuggling Cocaine In Boxes Of Oranges

A storage container full of oranges that recently arrived at the Port of Savannah held a lot more than natural sources of Vitamin C.

Our Gov Is Hiding In The Mansion Trying To Figure Out How To Actually Talk To Those People Of Color Who Appear To Be A Little Upset

The American Empire is disintegrating before our very eyes, but what the hell?

Attention Former New Yorkers: Do You Recall Freedomland U.S.A.?

Bronx American-history theme park opened 60 years ago this month.

Biden Vs. Trump: FL Becomes Crucial Swing State In Presidential Election

Former vice president Joe Biden has secured the Democratic nomination for president.

Plans For 2020-21 School Year In FL Not Yet Announced

With only about two months before the start of the next school year, Florida’s top education official has yet to announce what the plan is.

State Senator Calls For Special Session On Police Reform To Save ‘Innocent Lives'

Amid tension over police brutality, a state lawmaker has proposed calling the Florida Legislature into special session on police reform.

Covid-19 Infections Reach The 60,000 Mark For The First Time In Florida

A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced “Phase 2” of reopening Florida and loosening restrictions that impact daily life, the state for ...

School Superintendent In The State Capital Calls On Governor, Education Commissioner: ‘please Send Our Children Back To School’

School Supt. Rocky Hanna in Florida’s state capital called Thursday on Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to ...

Proposed Constitutional Amendment To Ban Assault Weapons Stopped By FL Supreme Court

Conservatives on the Florida Supreme Court disqualified a proposed assault-weapon ban for a place on the ballot.

More-Than-Usual Hurricanes Mixed With Covid-19 Will Require New Ways To Keep Safe And Prepared

Floridians who evacuate into emergency shelters during this hurricane season will find markedly different conditions than before because ...

ACLU Demands ‘Transparency’ From Fl Governor And Head Of State Prisons, Where Inmate Deaths Are Rising

With 15 inmates dead of COVID-19 in state prisons and infections spreading, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is demanding t ...

What Might College Look Like? Face Masks, Single-Room Dorms, Staggered Classes And Even A Short Fall Semester

Students, faculty and staff would be required to wear face masks until a COVID-19 vaccine is available, kids could be in single-room dor ...