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Nearly three million Florida public school students returned to in-person classes this week amid the aforementioned record surge.
Louie Wainwright is remembered as someone who "honestly believed in corrections instead of punishment," the report states.
While Americans grew more divided over politics in 2021, frontline essential workers toiled on to hold the nation together.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried invited the press to observe as she took her COVID vaccine booster shot on Wednesday.
The report says the DeSantis camp has not responded to accusations it is withholding COVID tests that are set to expire.
With COVID-19 cases skyrocketing in Florida and the nation, the report says DeSantis "continues to be against vaccine and mask mandates."
A chemist from Vietnam, Nguyen became inspired to get involved after learning Trump allies aim to subvert the democratic process in 2024.
The campaign to let voters decide next year whether to legalize sports betting statewide is on track, its proponents insist.
DeSantis Press Secretary Pushaw, the report says, responded "shot, chaser" in response to a question on the president's fight against COVID.
He gives bonus checks to police officers while minimizing the importance of what he calls "more comfortable, professional workers."
The new omicron variant of COVID-19 is reportedly more contagious than the already highly transmissible delta variant, which peaked in Aug.
Sen. Powell says DeSantis's agenda is about "locking up and locking out" people of color, and re-arranging Dr. King's words to his liking.
A statewide LGBTQ advocacy group says the DeSantis administration, with this action, "puts an exclamation point on their bigotry."
Florida's uncontrolled, "rampant pollution" continues to cause the deaths of manatees, the report indicates.
Stephanie Murphy, a centrist Democrat who serves on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol invasion, will not seek re-election.
Florida students work through the stresses that come with learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DeSantis anticipates more COVID-19 cases in Florida by Jan. 1., and state surgeon general Lapado says "there's no evidence it's deadly."
Rising costs of rental housing, and price-gouging, are driving Floridians from their homes in numbers that constitute a state of emergency.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending Florida $86.9 million to schools for food to help them cope with supply-chain challenges.
Christmas is a time for celebrating and cutting down trees, a holiday tradition that sometimes leads to environmental discussions.