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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.
Andrew Warren’s chief of staff undercuts argument in DeSantis lawsuit
Warren’s chief of staff said he thought Warren’s pledge not to prosecute abortion crimes was policy.
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.
Florida pulls $2 billion from BlackRock asset management firm over ideology
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.
At issue is the company’s use of “Environmental, Social and Governance,” or ESG, standards.
Pasco Rep. Steele helps push average net worth of Florida House members over $6M
Members of the Florida House of Representatives work during a legislative session at the Florida State Capitol, on March 8, 2022, in Tallahassee.
Steele this year reported a net worth topping $408 million.

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  1. FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids
    Yesterday• 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.
  2. The DeSantis/Warren battle: Takeaways from a Tallahassee courtroom
    Yesterday• 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.
  3. Both sides see high stakes in gay rights Supreme Court case
    Yesterday• 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.
  5. Iowa caucuses, built on myth, lose place at head of the line
    Yesterday• 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.
  6. Meet the people looking to unseat Tampa Mayor Jane Castor
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor so far faces two little-known challengers as she seeks a second term.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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]
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Matt Gaetz friend sentenced to 11 years in prison on sex crimes, other counts
    Dec. 1• Politics
    Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg.
  18. Pasco Rep. Steele helps push average net worth of Florida House members over $6M
    Dec. 1• Politics
    Members of the Florida House of Representatives work during a legislative session at the Florida State Capitol, on March 8, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  19. Fact-checking Kevin McCarthy on what Donald Trump said about Nick Fuentes
    Dec. 1• Nation & World
    Nick Fuentes, a right-wing podcaster, center, speaks in front of flags that say, "America First," at a pro-Trump march, on Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington. Former President Donald Trump had dinner on 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 Nick Fuentes, who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white supremacist rhetoric.
  20. How much will sea levels rise? Trump vastly understated what experts think
    Dec. 1• Environment
    Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nevada, on Oct. 8, 2022.
  21. More deaths among vaccinated Americans not a reason to avoid vaccines, experts say
    Dec. 1• Politics
    A syringe with the COVID vaccine.
  22. Incoming UF president Ben Sasse abstained from Senate vote on marriage act
    Nov. 30• 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.
  23. Watchdog group wants DeSantis held in contempt over withholding public records
    Nov. 30• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Don't Tread on Florida Stop at Everglades Equipment Group in Boynton Beach on Nov. 7.
  24. DeSantis’ office relied on GOP sheriffs, others in inquiry of Andrew Warren
    Nov. 30• 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.
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