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Citizen Efforts To Amend Florida Constitution Face Cap On Financial Help, Starting Thursday
Thirty-one active citizen initiatives to amend the Florida Constitution face a deadline Thursday.
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DeSantis: Surfside Condominium Deaths Are ‘Heartbreaking,' But Victims' Life Stories Are Also ‘Inspiring'
DeSantis met with search and rescue workers and family members of residents in the fallen Champlain Towers South condominium building.
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President Biden And First Lady Jill Biden To Travel Thursday To The Catastrophic Site In Surfside
The White House announced President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Surfside in South Florida Thursday.
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Biden Supports Federal Probe Of Surfside Condominium Collapse; Mayor Vows To Release All Records
President Biden supports a federal investigation into the collapse of a condominium building in Surfside, the White House said Monday.
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Minority Fla., Farmers Struggle To Get Federal Aid; AG Commissioner Fried Says Most Aid Went To White Farmers
Under the Trump administration, Fried said, 99 percent of "pandemic relief" went to white farmers.
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How A Drop In Test Takers During COVID Could Impact Statewide 3rd Grade Reading Scores In Districts
In a testing season during the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands fewer 3rd graders took a crucial statewide reading exam compared to past years.
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Petition Drive For Sports-Betting Constitutional Amendment In Florida Is Under Way
The political action committee trying to legalize sports betting in Florida through a 2022 Constitutional amendment has launched its drive.
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DeSantis Deploys 50 State Law Officers To Patrol The Mexican Border As GOP Governors Target Biden Policies
DeSantis traveled to Pensacola Friday to dispatch 50 state law enforcement agents to the Texas-Mexico border.
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Search-And-Rescue Work Continues In Surfside As Deaths Rise To 9; Officials Vow To Get To Bottom Of Condo Collapse
Officials said learning what caused the collapse of a 12-story condo building must take a back seat, to continue search-and-rescue efforts.
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Judge's Epic, 124-Page Cruise-Ship Order Reveals Clash Between Boosting The Economy And Keeping People Alive
Florida's legal challenge to federal guidelines allowing cruise ships to sail under COVID restrictions invoked conservative "enthusiasms."
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Confusion Over Civics: What's In The New Civics Literacy Exam? What Happens If Students Don't Pass?
A year-and-a-half after DeSantis's directive, questions and confusion abound over the exam, the report states.
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DeSantis Enacts Repeal Of Three Controversial Highway Projects; In Effect, One Remains
Two of three massive highway projects approved by the 2019 Florida Legislature are dead.
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DeSantis Travels To S. Florida Condo Collapse Site, Calls Situation ‘Really, Really Traumatic'
Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, said, “We will be here as long as we need to be."
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Florida Advocates Consider Legal Action Against DeSantis For Ceasing Federal Unemployment Supplement
Saying the benefit "doesn't hurt the state at all" because it is federal money, Templin hopes DeSantis will make the right decision.
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With COVID-19 Vaccine Goal Faltering, White House, Other Groups Redouble Efforts To Vaccinate Americans
First Lady Jill Biden is scheduled to visit COVID-19 vaccine sites in the Orlando area and Tampa on Thursday, part of a nationwide tour.
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Traumatizing Practice Of Seclusion Will Soon Be Prohibited In Fla., School Districts
Florida school districts will soon be prohibited from using seclusion and isolation techniques on students — a traumatizing experience.
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GOP Attorney General Ashley Moody Fights Against “Court Packing” But She's Also Getting Some Pushback
"It's clear Moody is more interested in wasting taxpayer dollars on partisan stunts than protecting our citizens from violent crime" -- Shaw
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Environmentalists Blast DeSantis For Blocking Local Phase-Outs Of Oil And Gas As Fuel Sources
“We are in the midst of a climate crisis, yet Governor DeSantis insists on choosing politics over Florida’s future,” Errett said.
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Crucial Third Grade Reading Scores Dropped While Schools And Districts Struggled In The Pandemic
On the Gulf Coast in North Florida, Sharon Hathcock, director of instruction for Taylor County schools, saw some troubling numbers.
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Florida 11th Graders Could Take A Free College Entrance Exam Starting Next School Year -- If The State Covers The Cost
Florida 11th graders could take a national college entrance exam — either ACT or SAT — for free starting in the 2021-22 school year.