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With federal health officials thinking about a new age span for vaccinations — shots to kids below age 12 — families confront questions.
Lawyers for the DeSantis administration spent much of Tuesday trying to undermine the credibility of its key witness.
In T-shirts emblazoned with “Moms for Liberty," a vocal group of mothers has dominated public comments at Fla., school board meetings.
A Duval County man wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 20 years for a 2013 armed robbery must get a new trial, an appellate court ruled.
"I’m the only one running for governor who’s never wavered in support of our right to choose. I’ll fight (vigorously) to stop this” -- Fried
DeSantis has named another member of the conservative legal movement to a panel that screens potential justices, Timothy Cerio.
Bipartisan Florida lawmakers are lobbying the Biden Administration to support the protesters, saying Internet access is vital.
Lack of notice to the press — intermediaries for the taxpayers DeSantis works for — is a persistent problem for the DeSantis administration.
DeSantis is in a legal battle with federal public health authorities over whether to require cruise ship passengers, crew to be vaccinated.
Top Democratic candidates are going after Republican DeSantis over COVID surges, saying he is "playing Russian Roulette" with the issue.
U.S. Rep. Murphy empathized with a U.S. Capitol Police officer who offered testimony on the deadly Jan. 6 attack by Trump supporters.
DeSantis held a roundtable discussion about masks at schools, but the media wasn't allowed to attend and Commissioner Corcoran wasn't there.
The PACE Center for Girls Broward, a youth diversion program, offers education, counseling, and other services, the report states.
The DeSantis administration broke state law when it cut off enhanced federal unemployment benefits of $300 in June, according to a lawsuit.
“Find Joy” is Ms. Painter's motto, and, combined with the students' positivity, the phrase "changed a mindset across our school," she said.
By the spring of 2020, reality was setting in that the COVID-19 pandemic would stick around for quite some time.
Abudo of the Southern Poverty Law Center said, “We do not have to establish that Gov. DeSantis is a misogynist or that he is a racist."
The action reflects DeSantis's aspiration "to be the most pro-Israel governor in the United States," according to the report.
COVID-19 cases surge in Florida and the transmissible Delta variant continues to circulate. DeSantis says his non-action "helps" people.
The rising number of cases in Florida is "spurred by more contagious variants," the report states.
