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The Pinellas Republican did not shy away from the wedge issues of the day, wading into 2020 presidential politics, abortion and climate change.

Slightly more than 200,000 people have been vaccinated this year — a huge jump from the 49,324 people vaccinated in all of 2018.

Nearly a year after the storm, 18,000 claims are still open.

Gov. Ron DeSantis also had set a priority of getting more youngsters ready for kindergarten.

Trump’s administration recently scrapped a rule that would have phased out incandescent light bulbs.

The country is moving in that direction, though.

She’s the fifth candidate to announce her campaign for the GOP primary.

At 2 p.m. today, the Republicans of the Florida House are scheduled to elect the Palm Harbor state representative to serve as speaker for the 2021 - 2022 term.

"This is the dumb, backwards stuff that we do here,” one Florida lawmaker said.

Tom Lee chairs the Florida Senate’s Infrastructure and Security Committee, which has been tasked by the Senate president with coming up with a response to the most recent spate of mass shootings.