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"I knew we had to find a way to help millions of women, people who would no longer have access to the health care they need,” Bracy said.
While the putative national model is for teachers to reach their positions through earning degrees, DeSantis said professors "bloviate."
In a state Algebra 1 exam, 49 percent of students passed in 2022, up from 47 percent in 2021, according to the department of education.
This state appellate court has refused to allow a 16-year-old pregnant girl who was 10 weeks pregnant to obtain an abortion.
Monkeypox cases have risen to 1,266 in Florida, with more teens and young adults infected in several counties in the outbreak.
In a competitive U.S. Senate race for a Florida seat, Rep. Val Demings continues to launch attacks on Sen. Rubio's missed roll call votes.
Pushaw, who according to the report once called for an AP journalist to be "dragged," also said, "Now, the gloves are off."
It's been a year and 9 months since DeSantis applied to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to import cheaper pharmaceuticals.
As cases rise, the Democratic state senator in S. Florida urged health officials to boost access to vaccines, testing, and treatments.
DeSantis proposes an unprecedented law which would allow military veterans to be hired to teach in classrooms, without a bachelor's degree.
Florida's 5th graders took the 2022 statewide exam to measure understanding of the science standards; results were "stagnant to dismal."
The vast majority of school districts opened their classroom doors Wednesday, with hopes of a more normal school setting.
The 2022 monkeypox outbreak has spread to nearly 11,000 cases nationwide, with Florida ranking third in caseloads across the states.
With federal health officials declaring monkeypox a public emergency due to its rapid spread nationwide, Florida's cases exceeded 1,000.
Abortion providers filed notice they plan to ask the court to wrest its appeal against Florida's 15-week ban from an intermediate court.
It's been four decades since a Florida woman — Republican Paula Hawkins of the Orlando area — was elected to the U.S. Senate for one term.
Legal complaints are stacking up against Florida's 15-week abortion ban, all arguing the law imposes a narrowly sectarian definition.
In Florida, according to Crist, there are "heinous Nazis in our state who’ve been rallying in support of" DeSantis, the report states.
As monkeypox cases spread across Florida, more and more school districts will have to contend with how to approach the disease.
As of Monday afternoon, the number of monkeypox cases in Florida spread to 938, in 28 counties.