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In the first week of the new school year, first-grade teacher Chloe Bonnell was working with her students on a self-care journal.
The victories are called "symbols of progress for the transgender community."
Robert DuBoise, wrongfully imprisoned for 37 years on rape and murder convictions, was fully exonerated Monday morning.
A top ethics lawyer decried Louis DeJoy’s appointment to postmaster general and called for an investigation into alleged criminal activity.
Appellate Judge Jamie Grosshans is the fifth woman to sit on the state's highest court.
Today, Florida’s largest public school districts — Miami-Dade and Broward — begin preparing the opening of brick-and-mortar schools.
Florida felons who have done time must repay any fines, fees, and restitution obligations before earning back their right to vote.
The Black woman DeSantis attempted to seat on the state Supreme Court was ideologically compatible with him, but not quite qualified.
The Florida Supreme Court has ordered Gov. Ron DeSantis to appoint a new justice of the court no later than today; it cannot be Francis.
But in surveys of voters of all ages, Democrat Joe Biden holds a narrow lead, the report indicates.
His attorneys say DeSantis "may be playing for time and citing ambiguity" in this controversial appointment.
Democratic governors on Thursday begged Congress to come to the aid of ailing states, which face unexpected expenses due to COVID-19.
DeSantis hinted Thursday that increasing restaurant capacity for indoor dining may happen soon.
On March 1, DeSantis announced two coronavirus cases. His mishandling of it since then has caused its proliferation in Florida.
Mucarsel-Powell, revealing something only perfunctory and fitting, predicted Trump will not keep his promise.
DeSantis lashed out Wednesday at a state lawmaker who’s attempting to block his appointment of Renatha Francis, who is Black.
One of Trump's "many, many" misbegotten executive orders could seal the panthers' fate, voted the favorite of Florida schoolchildren.
The legal fight over Renatha Francis’s appointment to the Florida Supreme Court appears to be coming to a close.
Florida signed up for a short-term $300 weekly federal supplement retroactive to Aug. 1, but so far, jobless workers haven’t seen the money.
Advocates of the Florida vaping industry and its opponents are waiting for a decision on a controversial vaping regulation bill.