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Gov. Ron DeSantis, shown at an August roundtable discussion, held a news conference on Oct. 20, 2021, to reiterate his support for parents' right to speak at school board meetings.
DeSantis says he’ll ‘fortify’ parental rights in Florida schools
He also said he will not cooperate with any federal investigations into parents.
Meet Florida’s next Senate president: Kathleen Passidomo
Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples.
The Naples Republican will become the third woman leader of the state’s upper chamber after the 2022 election.
Robert Blackmon, Ken Welch face off in St. Petersburg mayoral debate
Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon debate on Tuesday, Oct. 19
Welch, the 57-year-old former Pinellas County commissioner, and Blackmon, a 32-year-old City Council member, debated the city’s top issues.
Eckerd Connects in Clearwater exceeded Florida cap on salaries, says IG report
The entrance of Eckerd Connects can be seen at their office complex at 8550 Ulmerston Road.
The IG report contends that Eckerd Connects, whose chief of community-based care was led by Chris Card during the time of the IG’s review, exceeded the 2019 statutory compensation limit of $213,819 by...
Watch the St. Petersburg mayoral debate

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  1. Biden touts middle-class values of $2 trillion domestic agenda
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Wednesday. Biden is traveling to his hometown of Scranton, Pa., to talk about infrustructure and his domestic agenda.
  2. DeSantis says he’ll ‘fortify’ parental rights in Florida schools
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, shown at an August roundtable discussion, held a news conference on Oct. 20, 2021, to reiterate his support for parents' right to speak at school board meetings.
  3. Meet Florida’s next Senate president: Kathleen Passidomo
    Yesterday• Politics
    Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples.
  5. Robert Blackmon, Ken Welch face off in St. Petersburg mayoral debate
    Yesterday• Elections
    Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon debate on Tuesday, Oct. 19
  6. Florida officials and Tribe win Round 1 in legal fight over sports betting
    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.
  7. Talk-show host Dan Bongino threatens to quit over Cumulus vaccine mandate
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Dan Bongino speaks in 2018 in Los Angeles. He is threatening to quit the radio company that employs him because they are mandating vaccines.
  8. Trial on Florida’s straw senate candidates delayed two months
    Yesterday• Politics
    Frank Artiles leaves the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami on Thursday, March 18, 2021.
  9. Florida cable companies won’t air abortion ad bashing Disney, others
    Yesterday• Politics
    University of Texas women rally at the Texas Capitol to protest Governor Greg Abbott's signing of the nation's strictest abortion law that makes it a crime to abort a fetus after six weeks, or when a "heartbeat" is detected. Abbott signed the law Wednesday, Sept. 1st, 2021.
  10. Eckerd Connects in Clearwater exceeded Florida cap on salaries, says IG report
    Yesterday• Politics
    The entrance of Eckerd Connects can be seen at their office complex at 8550 Ulmerston Road.
  11. St. Petersburg’s mayoral debate is tonight. Here’s how to watch.
    Oct. 19• Politics
    Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon
  12. Judge agrees to delay in sentencing for Gaetz friend Joel Greenberg
    Oct. 19• Crime
    Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel in September 2019, during an interview at his office in Lake Mary
  13. Colin Powell, trailblazing general stained by Iraq, dies at 84
    Oct. 18• Nation & World
    Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, shown in this April 2019 photo, has died at 84.
  14. Annette Taddeo launches campaign to be Florida’s first Latina governor
    Oct. 18• Politics
    Sen. Annette Taddeo, D-Miami, speaks during a Senate session in 2019. Taddeo is the only nonwhite gubernatorial candidate among the top contenders, in a state where Hispanics make up nearly 27 percent of the population.
  15. Bill Clinton released from California hospital
    Oct. 17• Nation & World
    Former President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thank the medical staff as he is released from the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif., Sunday.
  16. Risky business: Some Capitol riot defendants forgo lawyers
    Oct. 17• Politics
    Alan Hostetter speaks during a pro-Trump election integrity rally he organized at the Orange County Registrar of Voters offices Nov. 9, 2020, in Santa Ana, Calif. Hostetter is one of at least five people charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, who have chosen to defend themselves in court, brushing aside federal judges’ repeated warnings about the risks of trying to navigate their high-stakes cases without an attorney. (PAUL BERSEBACH | The Orange County Register via AP)
  17. For 105 days, COVID’s death toll in Florida counties went missing
    Oct. 17• Health
    Medical workers at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater work to stabilize a COVID-19 patient on Aug. 25. For 105 days this summer, the public could no longer find out how many people were dying of COVID in each Florida county.
  18. DeSantis suspends debt collections for unemployment overpayments ‘indefinitely’
    Oct. 15• 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)
  19. Capitol cop who told Jan.6 rioter to hide evidence indicted, prosecutors say
    Oct. 15• 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.
  20. ‘Reckless’ words from teacher unions hurt recruiting, Florida leader says
    Oct. 15• 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.'
  21. Florida ended unemployment benefits early. Did people return to work?
    Oct. 15• Politics
    Ron DeSantis speaks at a Monoclonal Antibody Treatment center at the Barnstorm Theater in The Villages on Wednesday, August 25, 2021.
  22. Trump won Florida, but online and at your door, his supporters are trying to force an audit
    Oct. 15• Politics
    National and Florida groups are pushing officials to audit the 2020 election.
  23. St. Pete City Council looks at early voting for 2023, pushes back on municipal marina
    Oct. 14• 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.
  24. Crist says he’d legalize marijuana and expunge records as governor
    Oct. 14• Politics
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, in July.
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