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Like other disenfranchised people in the U.S., women have employed many strategies over the years in their fight for the right to vote.
More women from across the nation are running for Congress this year than ever before.
The Florida Department of Health on Friday reported 9,141 COVID-19 deaths of Florida residents, up from 8,913 the day before.
Earlier this year, Florida public school students got a reprieve from taking standardized exams, as the COVID-19 crisis was emerging.
Fall sports for high school kids in Florida will officially begin Aug. 24, launching a sports season despite the coronavirus pandemic.
If you are looking for consistency in governing, it does not come with Trump and DeSantis; you must look some place else.
A judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit over the reopening of public schools in Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue.
Floridians go to the polls on Tuesday in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic to cast votes in party primaries for state and local offices.
Trump’s vapid attempts to campaign on China and crime — as opposed to COVID-19 and the economy — don’t seem to be catching fire.
As COVID-19 spreads through Florida’s state prisons, lawmakers said it is increasingly urgent that non-violent inmates be released.
Gail Murray was near death from COVID-19, when doctors infused her with blood plasma containing coronavirus antibodies.
If there is a more authentically American story than the one of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, you’d have to make it up.
The Florida Department Health on Wednesday reported 550,901 COVID-19 infections, as more public schools opened their doors amid high spikes.
Uhlfelder made a statement that in many ways could be perceived as profoundly accurate.
In Florida’s Hamilton County, straddling the Georgia line, School Supt. Rex Mitchell talks about his 41st first day of school in 2020-21.
DeSantis, a Trump acolyte similarly unwise to the dangers of COVID, made a delusional analogy to Osama bin Laden.
One of the most delightful ways to spend a summer day in Florida is to ride an inner tube down a spring-fed river.
For sure, Martin County School District in southeast Florida opened school doors to students on Tuesday.
Gov. DeSantis called Tuesday for the college football season in Florida to proceed this fall, of course, concerned about the economy first.
With billions of dollars of Social Security benefits flowing into Florida, seniors are concerned about a misguided presidential order.