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Voters cast their ballots for the Florida presidential primary, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Bonita Springs, Fla. Floridians are voting across the state as election officials manage losses of poll workers and changes to polling places because of the coronavirus. [ELISE AMENDOLA | AP]
Florida elections officials seek direction from DeSantis on how to proceed
With deadlines bearing down in a matter of weeks, elections officials say they need the state to explain how — and whether — election laws will be altered so they can make decisions about the way the...
Yesterday• Health
Federal judge expands ruling to include all Florida felons
FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2018 file photo, people gather around the Ben & Jerry's "Yes on 4" truck as they learn about Amendment 4 and eat free ice cream at Charles Hadley Park in Miami. A federal judge has temporarily set aside a Florida law that barred some felons from voting because of their inability to pay fines and other legal debts. The ruling handed down Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle means thousands of felons who were denied the right to vote will be able to cast ballots unless the state gets a higher court to intervene or if Hinkle later upholds the constitutionality of the state law. [WILFREDO LEE | Associated Press]
The ruling dramatically raises the stakes of the case over Amendment 4, which is set to go to trial April 27.
Yesterday• The Buzz
Florida’s Medicaid debate recharged amid coronavirus pandemic
House Speaker Jose Oliva, R- Miami Lakes, shakes hands with Senate President Bill Galvano, R- Bradenton, after Oliva gave his farewell speech to members of the Florida House, Thursday, March 12, 2020. On the right is Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis. [SCOTT KEELER | TAMPA BAY TIMES]
Florida spends a little less than $9 billion in state funds each year on Medicaid. It spends $14 billion in federal dollars. By comparison New York, an early expansion state with a comparable...
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DeSantis unveils new coronavirus hospital in South Beach
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis arrives at the Miami Beach Convention Center to discuss the Army Corps' building of a coronavirus field hospital inside the facility on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. [AL DIAZ | Miami Herald]
There are currently five, 250-bed field hospitals that have been deployed or are in the process of being deployed across the state.
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  5. Federal judge expands ruling to include all Florida felons
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2018 file photo, people gather around the Ben & Jerry's "Yes on 4" truck as they learn about Amendment 4 and eat free ice cream at Charles Hadley Park in Miami. A federal judge has temporarily set aside a Florida law that barred some felons from voting because of their inability to pay fines and other legal debts. The ruling handed down Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle means thousands of felons who were denied the right to vote will be able to cast ballots unless the state gets a higher court to intervene or if Hinkle later upholds the constitutionality of the state law. [WILFREDO LEE | Associated Press]
  6. Florida elections officials seek direction from DeSantis on how to proceed
    Yesterday• Health
    Voters cast their ballots for the Florida presidential primary, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Bonita Springs, Fla. Floridians are voting across the state as election officials manage losses of poll workers and changes to polling places because of the coronavirus. [ELISE AMENDOLA | AP]
  7. Kayleigh McEnany brings Tampa ties to Trump’s White House. She’s not alone.
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    Kayleigh McEnany speaking with attendees at the 2018 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. [Wikimedia Commons]
  8. Florida’s Medicaid debate recharged amid coronavirus pandemic
    Yesterday• Health
    House Speaker Jose Oliva, R- Miami Lakes, shakes hands with Senate President Bill Galvano, R- Bradenton, after Oliva gave his farewell speech to members of the Florida House, Thursday, March 12, 2020. On the right is Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis. [SCOTT KEELER | TAMPA BAY TIMES]
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  1. Footnotes lead Florida judge to charges of insubordination
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  2. Jane Castor gets 78% approval rating in pandemic, outdoing DeSantis, Trump, new poll shows
    Apr. 6• Health
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor speaks during a news conference about the recent coronavirus pandemic Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Tampa. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
  3. Florida releases paper unemployment applications — but there’s a catch
    Apr. 4• Health
    Residents in Flagler County work on computer skills to apply for jobs and unemployment benefits. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is entering talks with the Labor Department in an effort to make changes to its jobless benefit program.
  4. Running for Florida office during a pandemic just got easier
    Apr. 3• Health
    A voter uses hand sanitizer as she leaves a polling station for the Florida presidential primary, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Bonita Springs, Fla. [ELISE AMENDOLA | AP]
  5. Senator asks director to resign over Florida’s unemployment fiasco
    Apr. 3• Health
    Florida Senator Janet Cruz on the floor of the Florida Senate, Thursday, May 2, 2019. [SCOTT KEELER | Times (2019)]
  6. PolitiFact: National political conventions are on for now, but will they be the same?
    Apr. 3• The Buzz
    In this July 21, 2016, photo Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, center left, walks with vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana as confetti and balloons fall during celebrations after Trump's acceptance speech on the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. [MATT ROURKE | AP]
  7. Stimulus money could save Florida budget, Senate president says
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  8. A look at Gov. Ron DeSantis the past week as he gains national attention
    Apr. 3• The Buzz
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in front of Hard Rock Stadium, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't want the people on the Holland America's Zandaam where four people died and others are sick to be treated in Florida, saying the state doesn't have the capacity to treat outsiders as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) [WILFREDO LEE | AP]
  9. Ron DeSantis suspends evictions, foreclosures for 45 days in Florida
    Apr. 2• Health
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is seen during a news conference Thursday, April 2, 2020. [The Florida Channel]
  10. Ron DeSantis quietly signed second executive order targeting local coronavirus restrictions
    Apr. 2• Health
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in front of Hard Rock Stadium, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't want the people on the Holland America's Zandaam where four people died and others are sick to be treated in Florida, saying the state doesn't have the capacity to treat outsiders as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. [WILFREDO LEE | AP]
  11. ‘I apologize’ for Florida’s unemployment website fiasco, director says
    Apr. 2• Health
    Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Ken Lawson apologized for the problems with the state's unemployment website on Thursday, April 2, 2020. [LAWRENCE MOWER | Zoom]
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    Apr. 1• Health
    A usually active 200 block of Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg is eerily quiet at around 9:30 pm on Wednesday night March 18, 2020 as restaurants and bars closed early due to the government mandated operating restrictions including alcohol sales impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. [BOYZELL HOSEY | BOYZELL HOSEY | Times]
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