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Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, left, looks on as attorney Jean-Jacques Cabou speaks during a news conference Aug. 17 in Tallahassee. Cabou asked public safety czar Larry Keefe on Wednesday whether he spoke to Tampa’s current police chief, or former police Chief Jane Castor, or spoke with anyone in Warren’s office, or any victims’ rights groups about Warren’s performance. Keefe said he did not.
DeSantis’ office relied on GOP sheriffs, others in inquiry of Andrew Warren
“You can’t give me the name of a single Democrat you talked to besides the sheriff of Orange County?” the judge asked.
Florida may tweak resign-to-run law to aid a potential DeSantis 2024 run, leaders say
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to a crowd of supporters during his election night party at the Tampa Convention Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Tampa.
The current law says individuals running for federal office must resign. But some lawmakers think even under that law, DeSantis could run.
Should a Florida corrections officer have been fired over medical marijuana use?
A former sergeant for the Florida Department of Corrections is going to an appeals court to overturn his firing for medical marijuana use.
The Department of Corrections has a “zero tolerance” policy. The former officer is suing.
DeSantis to publish autobiography in February, fueling more speculation of 2024 run
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on Nov. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. DeSantis is scheduled to publish an autobiography in February 2023.
This is DeSantis’ second book.

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  1. Incoming UF president Ben Sasse abstained from Senate vote on marriage act
    Yesterday• Education
    U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, listens to a question during a University of Florida board of trustees meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. The board later chose him to become UF's 13th president, starting in February.
  2. Watchdog group wants DeSantis held in contempt over withholding public records
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Don't Tread on Florida Stop at Everglades Equipment Group in Boynton Beach on Nov. 7.
  3. DeSantis’ office relied on GOP sheriffs, others in inquiry of Andrew Warren
    Yesterday• Politics
    Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, left, looks on as attorney Jean-Jacques Cabou speaks during a news conference Aug. 17 in Tallahassee. Cabou asked public safety czar Larry Keefe on Wednesday whether he spoke to Tampa’s current police chief, or former police Chief Jane Castor, or spoke with anyone in Warren’s office, or any victims’ rights groups about Warren’s performance. Keefe said he did not.
  5. Florida may tweak resign-to-run law to aid a potential DeSantis 2024 run, leaders say
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to a crowd of supporters during his election night party at the Tampa Convention Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Tampa.
  6. DeSantis to publish autobiography in February, fueling more speculation of 2024 run
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on Nov. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. DeSantis is scheduled to publish an autobiography in February 2023.
  7. Hakeem Jeffries elected to lead House Dems’ next generation
    Yesterday• Politics
    Emboldened House Democrats ushered in a new generation of leaders on Wednesday with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries elected to be the first Black American to head a major political party in Congress as long-serving Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team step aside next year.
  8. 4 highlights from Day 1 in Warren v. DeSantis trial in Tallahassee
    Yesterday• Florida
    Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, left, looks on as attorney Jean-Jacques Cabou, center, and attorney David Singer are seen during an August news conference in Tampa. Warren has filed a federal suit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who suspended him.
  9. The other Ron DeSantis: What’s it like to share a name with Florida’s governor?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Ron DeSantis, who shares a name with the governor, poses for a portrait at his home on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Dunedin.
  10. Oath Keepers boss Stewart Rhodes guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 plot
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, left, as he testifies before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on charges of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington.
  11. ‘You’ve been suspended.’ Ousted Tampa prosecutor testifies in DeSantis trial
    Yesterday• Politics
    Suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren speaks to reporters before a federal court hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  12. 2 top DeSantis aides now named in lawsuit over migrant flights
    Yesterday• Politics
    A Venezuelan migrant waves to a crowd before leaving St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass on the island of Marthas Vineyard. A group of 48 migrants was flown to the island from Texas earlier this week, leaving them stranded.
  13. Should a Florida corrections officer have been fired over medical marijuana use?
    Yesterday• Politics
    A former sergeant for the Florida Department of Corrections is going to an appeals court to overturn his firing for medical marijuana use.
  14. Warren v. DeSantis heads to trial in Tallahassee
    Yesterday• Florida
    Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, left, sued Gov. Ron DeSantis in federal court after the governor suspended him from office.
  15. Tampa woman takes plea deal in DeSantis voter fraud case
    Nov. 28• Politics
    A Tampa police officer's body-worn camera captured the Aug. 18 arrest of Romona Oliver on charges of voter fraud for voting illegally in 2020. Oliver, 55, spent 18 years in prison on a second-degree murder charge, making her ineligible to vote.
  16. Florida Supreme Court Justice Grosshans recuses self in appeals court judge cases
    Nov. 28• Politics
    Judge Jamie Grosshans in Tallahassee as Gov. Ron DeSantis looks on.
  17. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor makes it official, filing for reelection
    Nov. 28• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, a Democrat, told the Tampa Bay Times in January that she planned to a run for a second term.
  18. Who would The Villages back in a Trump-DeSantis clash?
    Nov. 27• Politics
    Golf carts line the streets near the Brownwood Paddock Square area pictured on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 in The Villages.
  19. Trump draws heat for Mar-a-Lago dinner with white nationalist, rapper Ye
    Nov. 27• News
    Far-right activist Nick Fuentes holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol in Lansing, Mich. on Nov. 11, 2020. Former President Donald Trump had dinner Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, at his Mar-a-Lago club with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Fuentes, who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white supremacist rhetoric.
  20. County political chief seats in play on both sides of bay
    Nov. 26• Politics
    Jim Waurishuk, chairman of the Hillsborough County Republican Party. [Times (2016)]
  21. Voter fraud units pushed by GOP leaders are finding few cases to investigate
    Nov. 26• Latest News
    Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference in Fort Lauderdale on Aug. 18, 2022, when he announced voter fraud arrests across the state.
  22. Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID?
    Nov. 25• Health
    Could Paxlovid solve one of the pandemic’s biggest puzzles? A new study at Stanford University aims to find out.
  23. Herschel Walker backs efforts that further his goal of banning abortion
    Nov. 24• Politics
    Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, finished slightly ahead of Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker in the Nov. 8 midterm election, but with just less than 50% of the vote, forcing a runoff.
  24. No, the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs was not a false flag
    Nov. 24• Politics
    Mourners stand along the makeshift memorial to the victims of a weekend mass shooting at a nearby gay nightclub on Tuesday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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