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Books of Florida Statues sit on a desk as representatives work in the House during a legislative session at the Florida State Capitol, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in Tallahassee.
Florida legislators expected to tackle several insurance issues in special session
The session will start Monday.
Florida watchdog group’s report raises questions about use of ‘ghost candidates’
Voters drop off mail-in ballots at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office in Tampa on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
Integrity Florida said there isn’t evidence of any ghost candidates in statewide races this year.
The other Ron DeSantis: What’s it like to share a name with Florida’s governor?
Ron DeSantis, who shares a name with the governor, poses for a portrait at his home on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Dunedin.
At least six people in Florida are named “Ronald DeSantis.” It’s a strange time for them.
Why Andrew Warren might lose his lawsuit against DeSantis — and why he might not
Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Tampa.
Was Warren’s pledge not to prosecute abortions considered official conduct? Or was it free speech?

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  1. Florida legislators expected to tackle several insurance issues in special session
    Yesterday• Politics
    Books of Florida Statues sit on a desk as representatives work in the House during a legislative session at the Florida State Capitol, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  2. Ron DeSantis among finalists for Time’s 2022 Person of the Year
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, on Key Biscayne.
  3. Tampa Bay lawmaker who called U.S. 19 pedestrian project ‘waste’ walks back claims
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    State Sen. Ed Hooper speaks during a candidate's forum in Tarpon Springs during his successful 2022 re-election campaign.
  5. Former Florida congressman arrested in Venezuela probe
    Yesterday• Politics
    Then-Florida Republican Congressional candidate David Rivera speaks on Nov. 2, 2010, in Coral Gables. The former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government has been arrested Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in connection to an ongoing federal criminal investigation, law enforcement officials said.
  6. 2 more DeSantis administration officials announce departures
    Yesterday• Politics
    As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moves into a second term, DeSantis announced in a pair of tweets Monday that two of his state agency heads are stepping down.
  7. Florida watchdog group’s report raises questions about use of ‘ghost candidates’
    Yesterday• Politics
    Voters drop off mail-in ballots at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office in Tampa on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
  8. Florida’s required school immunizations fell to 10-year low
    Yesterday• Education
    The percentage of kindergarten students in Florida completing the immunizations required to enter school during the 2021-2022 year is the lowest since the 2010-2011 school year.
  9. Tampa council members react to police Chief Mary O’Connor’s resignation
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa City Council member Charlie Miranda Miranda privately supported former assistant police Chief Butch Delgado, but publicly voiced support for Mayor Jane Castor’s selection.
  10. FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids
    Dec. 4• Health
    Sterling Sheffield, an assistant professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Florida, holds an over-the-counter hearing aid Nov. 30 in Gainesville. OTC hearing aids started hitting the market in October after the FDA approved them for adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss, and Sheffield has been testing them.
  11. The DeSantis/Warren battle: Takeaways from a Tallahassee courtroom
    Dec. 4• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, removed Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren in August. Warren was in federal court in Tallahassee last week to try to win his job back.
  12. Both sides see high stakes in gay rights Supreme Court case
    Dec. 3• Nation & World
    Web designer Lorie Smith is shown in her office on Nov. 7 in the southwest part of Littleton, Colo. The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving Smith, a Christian graphic artist, who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples.
  13. Iowa caucuses, built on myth, lose place at head of the line
    Dec. 3• Politics
    Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., celebrates with his supporters after his victory in the Iowa caucus in 2008. With the Democratic Party increasingly becoming a party of diversity, Iowa’s lack of it left the state without much of a rationale for leading the way.
  14. Meet the people looking to unseat Tampa Mayor Jane Castor
    Dec. 3• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor so far faces two little-known challengers as she seeks a second term.
  15. Records show further Florida payments to company involved in migrant flights
    Dec. 2• Politics
    A Venezuelan migrant is led onto a bus at St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass on the island of Marthas Vineyard. Florida flew a group of 48 migrants to the island from Texas.
  16. Tampa’s police chief claims to live in the city — and also 40 minutes away
    Dec. 2• Tampa
    Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor recently told a Pinellas County sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop that she lives in Oldsmar. Tampa requires department heads, including the police chief, must live in city limits. A city spokeswoman says O'Connor also leases a condo in Tampa and lives in both places.
  17. Compromise talks underway in Florida Legislature on Disney special district
    Dec. 2• Politics
    Guests crowd Main Street USA in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.
  18. Why Andrew Warren might lose his lawsuit against DeSantis — and why he might not
    Dec. 2• Politics
    Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Tampa.
  19. Buchanan in hunt for coveted committee chairmanship in the U.S. House
    Dec. 2• Politics
    U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla. is in the running for chairmanship of the powerful U.S. Ways and Means Committee. [CHRIS O'MEARA | Associated Press]
  20. Who are the Tampa names that came up during the Andrew Warren trial?
    Dec. 2• Politics
    Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022 in Tallahassee.
  21. Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review
    Dec. 1• Nation & World
    Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is seen in the aerial view in Palm Beach on Aug. 31, 2022. A federal appeals court has halted an independent review of documents seized from the estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said had delayed its criminal investigation into the retention of top secret government information.
  22. Tampa Council pushes off decision on what to do with wastewater
    Dec. 1• Tampa
    Tampa City Council member Bill Carlson has been a leading critic of proposals to treat wastewater and diverting it to places where it could mix with the drinking water supply.
  23. Florida pulls $2 billion from BlackRock asset management firm over ideology
    Dec. 1• Politics
    Jimmy Patronis, chief financial officer of the state of Florida, announced Thursday that the state will immediately freeze about $1.43 billion in long-term securities and about $600 million in short-term overnight investments managed by BlackRock.
  24. Andrew Warren’s chief of staff undercuts argument in DeSantis lawsuit
    Dec. 1• Politics
    Andrew Warren, bottom right, is seen leaving after a news conference Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Tallahassee. A federal judge is hearing a case in which Warren, who was ousted as Hillsborough state attorney by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is trying to get his job back.
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