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The U.S. Public Interest Research Group calls the controversial plan a “boondoggle” of the first order, according to the report.
Commissioner Fried called DeSantis's refusal to acknowledge Mr. Biden as president-elect "ludicrous," and that it is "time to move on."
For pregnant women, and for those who may become pregnant, it’s a disconcerting time.
A 31-year-old nurse at Tampa General Hospital was the first person in Florida to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning.
A Black man misidentified as an armed robber, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison in 2004 was exonerated Monday.
Federal prosecutors in Tallahassee released an indictment Friday alleging a massive conspiracy by a Fort Myers couple.
Coincidentally, following a damning report by a grand jury investigating the 2018 school massacre in Parkland, DeSantis allocates funding.
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized for emergency use the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.
Florida’s vaccine priorities exclude tens of thousands of at-risk adults and juveniles living in Florida prisons, the report states.
Eskelsen Garcia is being "talked about" for U.S. Secretary of Education; she has the endorsement of 40 national Latino groups, it's stated.
A federal advisory panel on Thursday gave the green light to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
News outlets have referred to this suit as "frivolous" and "anti-democracy," sprouting from "baseless claims."
Similar ordinances were struck down recently in Palm Beach County banning the use of “conversion therapy" on minors.
The Florida Department of Health listed nearly 4,000 new COVID-19 cases related to Florida schools during the week following Thanksgiving.
Commissioner Fried called this Texas lawsuit "embarrassing to the integrity of our democracy and resolution of this election.”
Trump attempted to take credit, despite months of inaction and rarely showing sympathy for the hundreds of thousands dead.
For all the anticipation surrounding the rollout of vaccines, large portions of Florida’s population would give the injections a pass.
Trump's threatened veto centers on his favoritism toward keeping Confederate generals' names on monuments.
About a month after George Floyd's death, the report states, DeSantis cut $150,000 which would have been for improving Black males' lives.
Plastic waste kills more sea turtles, manatees and marine mammals off the coasts of Florida and neighboring states than in any other region.