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Gov. Ron DeSantis lost a round in court Friday in the debate over masks in schools.
Judge rules for parents in Florida school mask case, a blow to DeSantis
The governor overreached with an order that sought to ban mask mandates in schools, Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper says.
Florida lawmakers take aim at local schools in mask standoff
House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R- Palm Harbor, far left, and Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Spring Hill, far right, listen as Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers his address during the joint session of the Florida Legislature at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Move by state to punish defiant school districts over mask mandates faces legal hurdles
Florida’s surgeon general to depart next month, DeSantis administration says
Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees acknowledged the importance of contact tracing but offered little detail on the state’s long-term plan on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.
“We thank him for his meaningful work during the most trying pandemic in our lifetime and we wish him all the success!” a governor’s spokesperson said.
Slammed by staff shortages and ‘desperation,’ some Florida prisons to shutter
Mark. S, Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, at the State Capitol, May, 1, 2019.
“This should come as a shock to nobody,” said Senate Criminal Justice Vice Chair Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg.
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  1. Florida prison officer trainee killed in accidental shooting, officials say
    Yesterday• Florida
    A 2019 photo of the Florida Department of Corrections' Wakulla Correctional Institution in Crawfordville, in Wakulla County.
  2. Experts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software
    Yesterday• Elections
    A worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location Jan. 4 at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Ga., outside of Atlanta. Republican efforts to question the results of the 2020 election have led to two significant breaches of voting software that have alarmed election security experts who say they have increased the risk to elections in jurisdictions that use the equipment.
  3. States pull back COVID-19 data as delta variant cases surge
    Yesterday• Health
    People line up in their cars to get a free COVID-19 test at a site outside the Gardens Branch Library in Palm Beach Gardens on Aug. 18.
  5. Doctor advising DeSantis promoted ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite FDA warnings
    Yesterday• Politics
    Dr. Mark McDonald, a California psychiatrist, speaks on a panel of medical professionals summoned by Gov. Ron DeSantis on July 26, 2021.
  6. Florida lawmakers take aim at local schools in mask standoff
    Aug. 27• Politics
    House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R- Palm Harbor, far left, and Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Spring Hill, far right, listen as Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers his address during the joint session of the Florida Legislature at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
  7. Judge rules for parents in Florida school mask case, a blow to DeSantis
    Aug. 27• Education
    Gov. Ron DeSantis lost a round in court Friday in the debate over masks in schools.
  8. Slammed by staff shortages and ‘desperation,’ some Florida prisons to shutter
    Aug. 27• Politics
    Mark. S, Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, at the State Capitol, May, 1, 2019.
  9. Struggling Hillsborough GOP turns to Marjorie Taylor Greene
    Aug. 27• Politics
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.
  10. Florida’s surgeon general to depart next month, DeSantis administration says
    Aug. 27• Politics
    Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees acknowledged the importance of contact tracing but offered little detail on the state’s long-term plan on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.
  11. Florida says Piney Point will be under new management
    Aug. 26• Environment
    A view of a phosphogypsum stack, far, background, and water management at the old Piney Point fertilizer plant in March.
  12. Is welcoming Afghan refugees to Tampa meddling in foreign policy?
    Aug. 26• Tampa
    Tampa City Council member Luis Viera at a 2020 council meeting at the Tampa Convention Center.
  13. It’s ‘unconscionable’ that Ron DeSantis hasn’t applied for food aid for kids, Fried says
    Aug. 26• Politics
    In this June 4, 2019 photo, Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried, speaks during a meeting of the Florida cabinet, in Tallahassee, Fla.
  14. Florida claws back $5 million from nonprofit after spending scandal
    Aug. 26• Politics
    Tiffany Carr, former CEO of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, purchased this 6,665-square-foot home in the Blue Ridge Mountains in August 2018 for $1.9 million, the same year she reported $4.5 million in wages that included cashing in millions in paid time off. This was her home near Cashiers, North Carolina, on March 1, 2020.
  15. Critical race theory sparks debate in Hernando schools
    Aug. 26• Education
    Mark Johnson, who is running for Hernando County School Board District I, listens while his wife Arlene Glantz speaks against critical race theory training for teachers in the county at Northcliffe Baptist Church's Family Life Center in Spring Hill on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.
  16. What’s the path to St. Petersburg mayor? And other takeaways from Tuesday’s primary
    Aug. 25• Elections
    Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon
  17. A divided Florida awaits ruling on school masks as trial nears a close
    Aug. 25• Politics
    Students, some wearing protective masks, arrive for the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School in Riverview in early August.
  18. How your neighborhood voted in the St. Petersburg primary for mayor
    Aug. 25• Elections
    “I Voted” stickers on the table for after voting at the Coliseum, 535 4th Ave N, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  19. Tampa to be first city in bay area to require city worker vaccinations
    Aug. 25• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor talks with members of the media while attending the grand opening of the Publix GreenWise Market, at 555 Channelside Drive, on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in Tampa.
  20. Here are the St. Petersburg City Council candidates going to November’s runoff
    Aug. 24• Elections
    A St. Petersburg City Council meeting in November 2020, the first in-person meeting since the coronavirus pandemic.
  21. St. Petersburg mayor’s race: It’s now between Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon
    Aug. 24• Elections
    Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon will be in the runoff for St. Petersburg mayor.
  22. St. Petersburg primary election results: Mayor and city council
    Aug. 24• Elections
  23. St. Petersburg voters head to the polls, though turnout so far is ‘not great’
    Aug. 24• Elections
    Poll workers disinfect the hand rails leading to the entrance in-between voters shortly after the doors opened for the St. Petersburg Primary Election at Lake Vista Recreation Center, 1401 62nd Ave S, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  24. Scam candidate’s message to Florida voters: ‘I’m deeply sorry’
    Aug. 24• Politics
    Alexis Rodriguez, the no-party candidate involved in an alleged vote-siphoning scheme in Miami, entered into a plea agreement Monday alongside his attorney, William Barzee.
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