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FILE - In this March 5, 2021 file photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media as he visited the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site at On Top of the World in Ocala, Fla., Repealing statewide mask mandates and criticizing the Biden administration’s unemployment-based formula for distributing billions in federal aid has put Republican governors and their approach to handling the coronavirus pandemic back in the spotlight. (Alan Youngblood/Ocala Star-Banner via AP)
DeSantis suspends debt collections for unemployment overpayments ‘indefinitely’
Thousands of Floridians have been issued the “stressful” notices, which are usually vague.
Trump won Florida, but online and at your door, his supporters are trying to force an audit
National and Florida groups are pushing officials to audit the 2020 election.
The push for a recount began months ago in states like Arizona, where Trump lost by a narrow margin. But the movement is now bleeding into states Trump won comfortably, including Florida.
Florida ended unemployment benefits early. Did people return to work?
Ron DeSantis speaks at a Monoclonal Antibody Treatment center at the Barnstorm Theater in The Villages on Wednesday, August 25, 2021.
The answer seems to lie somewhere between “the jury’s still out” and “no.”
Some Florida counties to pay more because of new election law
A poll worker verifies a Vote-by-Mail ballot as a voter uses the official ballot drop box setup at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center polling station on October 19, 2020 in Miami, Florida.
The law known as Senate Bill 90 changes how elections in Florida will be handled, including controversial changes involving ballot drop-off boxes and vote-by-mail ballots.
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  1. DeSantis suspends debt collections for unemployment overpayments ‘indefinitely’
    1 hour ago• Politics
    FILE - In this March 5, 2021 file photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media as he visited the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site at On Top of the World in Ocala, Fla., Repealing statewide mask mandates and criticizing the Biden administration’s unemployment-based formula for distributing billions in federal aid has put Republican governors and their approach to handling the coronavirus pandemic back in the spotlight. (Alan Youngblood/Ocala Star-Banner via AP)
  2. Capitol cop who told Jan.6 rioter to hide evidence indicted, prosecutors say
    5 hours ago• Nation & World
    A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted on obstruction of justice charges after prosecutors say he helped to hide evidence of a rioter's involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
  3. ‘Reckless’ words from teacher unions hurt recruiting, Florida leader says
    Earlier today• Education
    Florida K-12 Chancellor Jacob Oliva, shown speaking to the State Board of Education in 2019, says teachers' messaging that schools aren't safe is 'reckless.'
  5. Florida ended unemployment benefits early. Did people return to work?
    Earlier today• Politics
    Ron DeSantis speaks at a Monoclonal Antibody Treatment center at the Barnstorm Theater in The Villages on Wednesday, August 25, 2021.
  6. Trump won Florida, but online and at your door, his supporters are trying to force an audit
    Earlier today• Politics
    National and Florida groups are pushing officials to audit the 2020 election.
  7. St. Pete City Council looks at early voting for 2023, pushes back on municipal marina
    Yesterday• Elections
    Cracking is shown on both center beams of the St. Petersburg municipal marina's west end main walkway span. City officials displayed the photo during a presentation to City Council's public service and infrastructure committee on Thursday. Officials would like council members to approve ordering a cost estimate to see how much it would cost the city to redevelop the marina rather than outsourcing the job to a third party, like Safe Harbor Land Development.
  8. Crist says he’d legalize marijuana and expunge records as governor
    Yesterday• Politics
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, in July.
  9. Some Florida counties to pay more because of new election law
    Yesterday• Politics
    A poll worker verifies a Vote-by-Mail ballot as a voter uses the official ballot drop box setup at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center polling station on October 19, 2020 in Miami, Florida.
  10. State health officials seek more funding to support growing marijuana industry
    Yesterday• Business
    Florida health regulators are asking lawmakers for nearly $13 million to more than double the number of workers in the office that oversees medical marijuana issues.
  11. Bill would outlaw local mask mandates in Florida
    Yesterday• Education
    Members of the Florida Senate fill the chamber during the 2020 legislative session. A Senate bill proposed for the 2022 session would make mask mandates illegal in the state.
  12. Florida lawmakers to limit public input before drawing redistricting maps
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Florida Legislature's redistricting hearing in Orlando, at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre downtown, in 2011.
  13. Compare St. Petersburg mayoral candidates Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon on the issues
    Oct. 13• Elections
    Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon
  14. Tampa Bay companies ‘under review’ for allegedly violating Florida vaccine passport law
    Oct. 12• Health
    Florida businesses face fines of $5,000 per violation charge under a law blocking so-called "vaccine passports" signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis
  15. Florida fines county $3.5 million for mandating vaccines
    Oct. 12• Politics
    A healthcare worker receives a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami earlier this month.
  16. DeSantis on wife Casey’s breast cancer diagnosis: ‘We’ve got a road ahead’
    Oct. 12• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions while First Lady Casey DeSantis listens following a roundtable discussion regarding mental health at the downtown Tampa Firefighter Museum on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.
  17. DeSantis prediction of Florida monoclonal antibody shortage hasn’t come true
    Oct. 12• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis listens to speakers talking about monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at a news conference at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.
  18. Miami police chief being fired after 6 months on the job
    Oct. 12• Florida
    Miami City police Chief Art Acevedo, shown here in March, has been fired six months into his stormy tenure.
  19. Charlie Crist touts justice reform for Floridians of color
    Oct. 11• Politics
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist.
  20. Florida seeks to dismiss schools’ challenge to prohibition on mask mandates
    Oct. 11• Politics
    Students, some wearing protective masks, arrive for the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School in Riverview in August.
  21. App designed to save lives not popular with Florida teachers
    Oct. 11• Education
    Broward County school superintendent Vickie Cartwright speaks at a Sept. 28 meeting of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission. The commission's chairperson, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said that only about five people in any given school use a new app designed to target the location of an emergency on campus. Cartwright said efforts are underway to dispel misconceptions about the app.
  22. As school mask debate fades, some parents turn ire to ‘critical race theory’
    Oct. 11• Education
    Residents ask the Pinellas County School Board on Sept. 28 to delay approval of purchases they said might contain elements of "critical race theory." The board approved the items without comment.
  23. Allen West, former Florida congressman turned Texas Republican, has COVID-19
    Oct. 9• Politics
    FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, file photo, Texas gubernatorial hopeful Allen West speaks at the Cameron County Conservatives anniversary celebration, in Harlingen, Texas. West, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Texas, said Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, that he has received monoclonal antibody injections after being diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
  24. Florida voting rights leader Desmond Meade has civil rights restored
    Oct. 9• Politics
    Desmond Meade of Florida Rights Restoration Coalition speaks at a rally in October 2020. Meade headed a successful effort to restore voting rights for many of the state's former felons.
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