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State Politics
DeSantis signs major health care package
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a package of bills that supporters say will help improve access to health care, boost the number of doctors in Florida and address issues such as mental-health treatment.
The Scoop: Thurs. March 21, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) says the new law to prevent houseless people from sleeping in public places is "making a bad situation worse."
The Scoop: Wed. March 20, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
Election Results Bruce Rector has been elected Mayor of Clearwater. Tear in Mosaic gyp stack lining A suspected tear in a Mosaic New Wales phosphogypsum is confirmed by state environmental regulators. Detecting Alzheimer’s disease It’s...
Once a quiet corner of moderate Republicans who supported the arts and planned parenthood, Sarasota has morphed into a politically polarized hotbed of right wing extremism. What happened to Sarasota? Joe Gruters. The state senator...
Florida Guns Fuel Haiti Violence
A 2023 United Nations report exposes schemes through Florida gun show straw buyers to funnel guns into Haiti. As violence escalates into Haiti suburbs Florida is proving to be unwelcoming sending forces to return asylum-seekers...
Haiti Crisis, U.S. and World Paralysis
Hands off Haiti! Over two centuries ago, the people of Haiti defeated European colonialism and established the world’s first Black republic. Today in the face of chaos people are taking on the fight for their...
A court rejects Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ restrictions on workplace diversity training
A federal appeals court rejected restrictions that Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers placed on addressing race-related issues in workplace training
Florida Public Health, Unions Under Threat
Anti-vaccine Florida surgeon-general politically defies science and the Center for Disease Control. Florida reels from a new outbreak of measles while the surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, face calls to be fired. His anti vaccine stance...
Dozier School victims could get compensation under a bill passed by the Florida House
The Florida House on unanimously passed a bill for $20 million to compensate victims of abuse at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.
Groups urge justices to reject Florida’s redistricting plan
Voting-rights groups argued the Florida Supreme Court should overturn a decision that upheld a congressional redistricting plan.
Florida’s Social Media Ban Makes Strange Bedfellows
Out, queer Democratic Rep. Michele Rayner joined Republican House Speaker Paul Renner to support a ban on social media access for kids under 16 years old. Now, she and her peers, like Tsi Day...
Gov. DeSantis sends more Florida Highway Patrol and National Guardsmen to southern border
Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida Highway Patrol and National Guardsman are heading to the southern border.
