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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried speaks during a meeting addressing the importance of the state applying for available federal food assistance for children, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at the St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church in Dania Beach.
Nikki Fried helped elect Republicans leading Florida’s vaccine fight
The Democratic candidate for governor campaigned for Manny Diaz and donated to Ashley Moody in 2017.
Florida hasn’t used $30 million in cybersecurity protection funding. Why not?
Then-state Rep. Jamie Grant, R-Tampa, in Tallahassee in 2019.
Florida’s chief information officer said his office is so short-staffed that it hasn’t come up with a plan to spend the money.
Everyone is talking about DeSantis — except in St. Pete’s mayor race
Former Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch (left), Gov. Ron DeSantis (middle) and City Councilmember Robert Blackmon
The Republican governor hasn’t factored into the campaign to lead the city, though he looms large over it.
Have Black Florida marijuana farmers fallen too far behind?
Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, called the director of Florida's medical marijuana program to testify at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021.
Out of the 22 treatment centers licensed to sell medical marijuana in Florida, just one is minority-owned.
Watch the St. Petersburg mayoral debate

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  1. Wengay Newton files to run for former state House seat
    3 hours ago• St. Petersburg
    Wengay Newton has filed to run in St. Petersburg’s House District 70.
  2. Nikki Fried helped elect Republicans leading Florida’s vaccine fight
    4 hours ago• Politics
    Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried speaks during a meeting addressing the importance of the state applying for available federal food assistance for children, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at the St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church in Dania Beach.
  3. Hillsborough getting new judges, but Black judicial numbers still lag
    4 hours ago• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough County is finally getting six new judges in its understaffed county court division, which has been bogged down for years with huge caseloads and not enough judges.
  5. Florida hasn’t used $30 million in cybersecurity protection funding. Why not?
    Earlier today• Politics
    Then-state Rep. Jamie Grant, R-Tampa, in Tallahassee in 2019.
  6. Have Black Florida marijuana farmers fallen too far behind?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, called the director of Florida's medical marijuana program to testify at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021.
  7. Crist lashes out at DeSantis administration’s order easing COVID rules
    Yesterday• Politics
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg
  8. Democrats: We have framework to pay for $3.5 trillion, 10-year plan
    Yesterday• Politics
    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined from left by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., updates reporters on Democratic efforts to pass President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  9. DeSantis defends natural immunity, despite lack of data
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
  10. Everyone is talking about DeSantis — except in St. Pete’s mayor race
    Yesterday• Politics
    Former Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch (left), Gov. Ron DeSantis (middle) and City Councilmember Robert Blackmon
  11. Two Florida pari-mutuels seek to block sports betting debut
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis and Marcellus Osceola, Jr., chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, pose for a photo at a signing ceremony on Friday, April 23, 2021.
  12. Texas-style abortion bill filed in Florida
    Yesterday• Politics
    State Rep. Webster Barnaby, R-Deltona, filed a Texas-style abortion bill.
  13. Florida Republicans close voter registration gap with Democrats
    Yesterday• Politics
    Rohn Kahn, 28 registers to vote at the Latinos for Trump booth on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019 in Tampa.
  14. Florida issues new executive order easing school COVID rules
    Sep. 22• Politics
    St. Petersburg High students Sydney Conroy, right, and Toby Lam wear a masks as they arrive on Aug. 11, 2021, the first day of school in Pinellas County.
  15. 4 times Florida’s new surgeon general bucked the coronavirus consensus
    Sep. 22• Politics
    Dr. Joseph Ladapo, left, was named Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis as Florida's next surgeon general.
  16. Trump sues niece, New York Times over records behind 2018 tax story
    Sep. 22• Nation & World
    Former President Donald Trump, soeaking here in Dallas during July, has filed suit against his estranged niece, Mary Trump and The New York Times over a bombshell 2018 story about his family’s wealth and tax practices.
  17. Federal judge blocks Florida law banning ‘sanctuary cities’
    Sep. 22• Politics
    Members of Florida's immigrant population express their disappointment after a Senate Judiciary Committee voted on a bill in 2019 that would prohibit “sanctuary cities” and require state and local law enforcement to comply with U.S. officials.
  18. This Republican is about to become Florida’s next House speaker. Who is he?
    Sep. 21• Politics
    With his wife Adriana standing behind him, Paul Renner awaits his nomination as Florida House Speaker-designate on Tuesday in Tallahassee.
  19. In reversal, Florida to apply for $820 million in food aid
    Sep. 21• Politics
    Governor Ron DeSantis.
  20. Florida’s new surgeon general opposes mask, vaccine mandates
    Sep. 21• Politics
    Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a Harvard-educated researcher, was chosen by Gov. Ron DeSantis to become Florida's next surgeon general on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021.
  21. Florida ready to pull investments over Ben & Jerry’s decision
    Sep. 21• Politics
    Ben & Jerry's.
  22. Florida administrator tapped to run state’s $253 billion investment portfolio
    Sep. 21• Politics
    Lamar Taylor, chief operating and financial officer of the State Board of Administration, was named Tuesday as interim replacement for retiring Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer Ash Williams.
  23. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor on vaccines: ‘This isn’t something we can mull over’
    Sep. 21• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has been aggressive in her response to the coronavirus pandemic, earning praise from the medical community and public health officials, but angering some city employees and vaccine opponents who say she has gone too far.
  24. Florida Confederate statue headed to Tallahassee, for now
    Sep. 21• Politics
    Edmund Kirby Smith
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