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Migrants from Central America and Mexico await the outcome of their U.S. immigration court cases in a tent encampment near the Gateway International Bridge at the U.S.- Mexico border in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on Oct. 1, 2019.
Florida immigration debate renews with bill that targets companies transporting migrants
Much of the public testimony focused on the potential ramifications the proposed legislation would have on migrant children.
Florida closes monoclonal antibody sites following Biden administration decision
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fields a question while attending a news conference at Pasco County’s Mike Fasano Regional Hurricane Shelter in Hudson on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, where he announced that monoclonal antibody treatments would begin for patients as an early treatment to prevent hospitalizations and to save lives.
Experts say two monoclonal antibodies won’t work in patients infected with omicron.
DeSantis’ inspector general is reviewing Florida education bid-rigging case
Melinda Miguel, Florida's chief inspector general, will review the handling of a bid-rigging probe at the Florida Department of Education.
State Department of Education tried to steer a contract to a company with a politically connected CEO.
Florida Sen. Lauren Book fights back over nude images stolen from her
Florida Sen. Lauren Book, standing here for the Pledge of Allegiance on Jan. 11, said she was extorted by someone threatening to reveal nude photos that were stolen from her. She’s sponsoring a bill making it a felony to steal sexually explicit images from digital devices.
During the investigation, the Broward County Democrat, 37, learned that the images had been bought and traded online since 2000.

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  1. Florida Senate committee advances bill to set statewide condo inspections
    Earlier today• Politics
    This June 24, 2021, file photo shows the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside. Florida legislators began work on updating the state’s condominium regulations in response to the Champlain Towers South collapse as a Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday to impose inspection requirements statewide, including stricter standards for buildings near the coastline.
  2. Florida GOP bill would slash some school board members’ salaries
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Hillsborough School Board during an August 2021 vote on whether to require masks for students and staff.
  3. Florida closes monoclonal antibody sites following Biden administration decision
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fields a question while attending a news conference at Pasco County’s Mike Fasano Regional Hurricane Shelter in Hudson on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, where he announced that monoclonal antibody treatments would begin for patients as an early treatment to prevent hospitalizations and to save lives.
  5. Faculty groups blast Florida bill to make presidential searches more secret
    Yesterday• Education
    The presidential search committee at the University of South Florida met for the second time on Oct. 22, 2021. From left are member Jose Valiente, chairperson Mike Griffin, search firm leader Alberto Pimentel and member Oscar Horton.
  6. Bill would expand Florida doctors’ ability to refuse care based on beliefs
    Yesterday• Politics
    Jeanette Jennings, mother of transgender teen advocate Jazz Jennings, speaks at a press conference in the Florida Capitol on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, against a bill that would make it a felony for doctors to provide minors with hormone therapy or to perform sex reassignment surgery.
  7. Biden calls Fox News reporter Peter Doocy a stupid SOB
    Yesterday• Politics
    President Joe Biden responds to reporter's questions during a meeting on efforts to lower prices for working families, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday.
  8. Florida Sen. Lauren Book fights back over nude images stolen from her
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Sen. Lauren Book, standing here for the Pledge of Allegiance on Jan. 11, said she was extorted by someone threatening to reveal nude photos that were stolen from her. She’s sponsoring a bill making it a felony to steal sexually explicit images from digital devices.
  9. Florida immigration debate renews with bill that targets companies transporting migrants
    Yesterday• Politics
    Migrants from Central America and Mexico await the outcome of their U.S. immigration court cases in a tent encampment near the Gateway International Bridge at the U.S.- Mexico border in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on Oct. 1, 2019.
  10. DeSantis’ inspector general is reviewing Florida education bid-rigging case
    Yesterday• Politics
    Melinda Miguel, Florida's chief inspector general, will review the handling of a bid-rigging probe at the Florida Department of Education.
  11. Florida school district cancels civil rights seminar over race theory concerns
    Yesterday• Education
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters and members of the media after a bill signing on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon. School administrators in a central Florida county canceled a seminar for history teachers on the U.S. civil rights movement, in part, because it had not been screened to make sure it was free of critical race theory, which the college professor planning the presentation says it didn't have. A bill being pushed by DeSantis would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past.
  12. Florida drops appeal to federal vaccine mandate for health care workers
    Yesterday• Health
    Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office had filed the state’s lawsuit Nov. 17 in federal court in Pensacola, seeking to block the vaccination rule, which the Biden administration issued earlier in November.
  13. Sarah Palin’s positive COVID-19 tests delay libel trial against New York Times
    Yesterday• Health
    Sarah Palin is shown in this 2017 photo. Her trial against the New York Times was delayed after she tested positive for the coronavirus.
  14. Graduation rates dip across U.S. as pandemic stalls progress
    Yesterday• Health
    Red mortarboards fly into the evening sky at Heritage High School's commencement ceremony in 2020, in Maryville Tenn. High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic.
  15. Justices to hear challenge to race considerations in college admissions
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions.
  16. Democrats make surprising inroads in redistricting fight
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Florida Sen. Ray Rodrigues, center, views redistricting maps on a video monitor as an identical one is displayed behind him during a Senate Committee on Reapportionment hearing in a legislative session in Tallahassee.
  17. New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment
    Jan. 23• Health
    Nurse manager Edgar Ramirez checks on IV fluids while talking to a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
  18. FIU president resigned after causing ‘discomfort’ for colleague
    Jan. 23• Education
    Florida International University South Campus in Miami.
  19. DeSantis map could affect Tampa Bay congressional seats
    Jan. 22• Tampa
    U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, left, and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg.
  20. Florida House advances first map that gives Democrats more seats
    Jan. 22• Politics
    Rep. Cord Byrd, R-Neptune Beach, chairs the subcommittee that drew the redistricting map.
  21. Florida posts 4.4 percent unemployment rate
    Jan. 21• Business
    Marriott human resources recruiter Mariela Cuevas, left, talks to Lisbet Oliveros, during a job fair at Hard Rock Stadium, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
  22. FIU announces resignation of its president, becoming latest university in leadership hunt
    Jan. 21• Education
    Florida International University South Campus in Miami.
  23. Florida businessman with Giuliani ties gets year in prison in foreign donor case
    Jan. 21• Crime
    Igor Fruman arrives at Federal court in Manhattan, Friday. The Florida businessman who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $10,000 Friday in an unrelated campaign finance case.
  24. Voting rights bill’s failure in Senate highlights contrast between Rubio and Demings
    Jan. 21• Politics
    Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, left, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings, right.
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