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Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a roundtable on media libel laws on Feb. 7, 2023.
DeSantis floats bill making it easier to sue news outlets
Seated behind a news anchor-style desk, the governor did not offer specifics, but told viewers to “stay tuned.”
Disney’s Reedy Creek to be renamed, get DeSantis-picked board
The sign outside the Reedy Creek Improvement District administrative office building is seen on April 23, 2022, at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista.
DeSantis was going to dissolve the board. Under a bill being taken up in special session, it would be renamed instead.
As DeSantis alters Black history in schools, critics say key chapters are lost
In this 2004 photo, then-Florida state Rep. Ed Jennings hugs Rosewood survivor Robie Allenetta Mortin after the unveiling of a historical marker for Rosewood, a Black community destroyed by racial violence in 1923.
Only 11 of Florida’s 67 county school districts — including Hillsborough and Pinellas — are considered exemplary at meeting mandate that African American history be taught.
President Joe Biden is coming to Tampa on Feb. 9 to talk about the economy
President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure agenda while announcing funding to upgrade Philadelphia's water facilities and replace lead pipes, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Belmont Water Treatment Center in Philadelphia.
He’s coming two days after the State of the Union address.

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  1. DeSantis floats bill making it easier to sue news outlets
    2 hours ago• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a roundtable on media libel laws on Feb. 7, 2023.
  2. Woman who left Florida to get abortion to be guest at State of the Union address
    4 hours ago• Politics
    U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is bringing Anabely Lopes, a Florida resident who had to leave the state for an abortion. as her guest at President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday.
  3. Disney’s Reedy Creek to be renamed, get DeSantis-picked board
    Yesterday• Politics
    The sign outside the Reedy Creek Improvement District administrative office building is seen on April 23, 2022, at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista.
  5. What Florida’s latest name, image and likeness bill would repeal
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Sen. Travis Hutson (R-Palm Coast) is leading a push to change the state's name, image and likeness law.
  6. It’s Ben Sasse’s first day as UF president. Here’s what he’s saying.
    Yesterday• Education
    On his first day as the University of Florida's president, former U.S. Sen Ben Sasse talked about disruption and change in letters to the UF community.
  7. As DeSantis alters Black history in schools, critics say key chapters are lost
    Yesterday• Politics
    In this 2004 photo, then-Florida state Rep. Ed Jennings hugs Rosewood survivor Robie Allenetta Mortin after the unveiling of a historical marker for Rosewood, a Black community destroyed by racial violence in 1923.
  8. Amid new landscape, Indian Rocks Beach revisits short-term rental regulations
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    City Attorney Randy Mora attends a meeting addressing short-term rental policies at the Indian Rocks Beach City Commission chambers on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Indian Rocks Beach.
  9. US officials offer Congress briefing on Trump documents found at Florida residence
    Feb. 5• Politics
    Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is seen in the aerial view in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022.
  10. Florida moves to revoke Orlando event venue’s liquor license after drag queen show
    Feb. 5• Politics
    Police are lined up outside Plaza Live in Orlando on Dec. 28, 2022.
  11. Cubans respond with zeal to new US migration policy
    Feb. 5• Florida
    Marcos Marzo hugs two of his friends who came to say goodbye upon receiving the news that he had obtained a permit to travel to the United States, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan 25. Now in the U.S., his dream is to do a master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and work as an engineer, which he says is his passion.
  12. Forget Trump, Democrats are preparing ways to beat a Ron DeSantis campaign
    Feb. 5• Politics
    Florida Governor 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.
  13. Tampa Bay party bosses not happy with choices for state leadership
    Feb. 4• Hillsborough
    Annette Taddeo, a former state senator from Miami-Dade County, is running for chair of the Florida Democratic Party in 2023 and appears to be the choice of several state lawmakers.
  14. Florida to open medical marijuana license applications, will double number of licenses
    Feb. 3• Politics
    In a long-awaited move, Florida will double the number of medical marijuana licenses available in the state.
  15. Why female high school athletes may have to reveal menstrual history in Florida
    Feb. 3• HomeTeam
    The Florida High School Athletic Association is considering adopting a national version of a medical form that doctors sign to clear students to play sports. The Preparticipation Physical Evaluation form used in Florida includes questions about concussions, allergies, and blood pressure. It also includes optional questions for female students about when they had their first period and how often they menstruate.
  16. President Joe Biden is coming to Tampa on Feb. 9 to talk about the economy
    Feb. 3• Politics
    President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure agenda while announcing funding to upgrade Philadelphia's water facilities and replace lead pipes, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Belmont Water Treatment Center in Philadelphia.
  17. Florida legislators to tweak laws to help DeSantis’ voter fraud cases
    Feb. 3• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis held a splashy news conference in August to announce the arrests of about 20 people who allegedly voted while ineligible in 2020.
  18. State lawmakers consider giving DeSantis OK to transport migrants from anywhere in US
    Feb. 3• Politics
    An immigrant family brought to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration heads toward a bus that will help relocate them to a military base on nearby Cape Cod, Mass.
  19. Kickoff for Tampa city council candidate Blake Casper draws big-name crowd
    Feb. 3• Tampa
    Former Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn urges a crowd at the Oxford Exchange Thursday night to vote for City Council candidate and South Tampa business mogul Blake Casper.
  20. Florida lawmakers to hold special session to consider state-run board for Disney tax district
    Feb. 3• Politics
    The headquarters of Walt Disney World's Reedy Creek Improvement District in Lake Buena Vista, Wednesday, January 25, 2023.
  21. Florida’s House speaker intervenes in Hillsborough school book challenge
    Feb. 3• Education
    Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, center, is asking for documents and questioning the book selection process in Hillsborough County Public Schools.
  22. A comprehensive list of Florida’s freedoms
    Feb. 3• Opinion
    New College students attend a protest of the appointment of new board of trustees members by Gov. Ron DeSantis at New College on Tuesday, Jan 31, 2023, outside the Harry Sudakoff Conference Center on the school in Sarasota.
  23. Meet the man in charge of DeSantis’ voter fraud cases
    Feb. 3• Florida
    Statewide Prosecutor Nick Cox, right, stands beside former Attorney General Pam Bondi during a 2018 news conference in Tampa.
  24. Tampa lobbyist played role in New College changes
    Feb. 3• Education
    New College trustee and vice chair Ron Christaldi at the meeting of the New College of Florida Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday.
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