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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks with fellow patrons before the opening ceremony of the Walker Cup golf tournament last week.
DeSantis committee raises nearly $14 million in April
The committee received half its contributions in two chunks: $5 million from Chicago hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin and $2.8 million from the Republican Governors Association.
Another Florida elections bill signed by DeSantis...and another legal challenge
Florida voters in 2016 approved the legalization of medical pot in a process to amend the constitution that got more difficult after lawmakers passed a bill that caps contributions to committees backing ballot initiatives to $3,000.
A bill signed by DeSantis last week would place a $3,000 cap on contributions to political committees trying to put proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot.
DeSantis broadens ban on local governments for gun regulations
Florida since 1987 has barred cities and counties from passing regulations that are stricter than state firearms laws. DeSantis signed a bill that makes local governments pay up to $100,000 if they...
Ben Diamond announces bid for Charlie Crist’s congressional seat
State Representative Ben Diamond announces he is running for congress outside the USF St. Petersburg Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Monday, May 10, 2021.
The announcement could be another blow for Democrats’ chances to make headway in the Florida House, where they’re badly outnumbered. Diamond was slated to be Minority Leader next year.

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  1. Jeffrey Epstein probe in Palm Beach County wasn’t corrupt, Florida investigation finds
    3 hours ago• Politics
    Jeffrey Epstein appears in court in West Palm Beach in 2008.
  2. DeSantis committee raises nearly $14 million in April
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks with fellow patrons before the opening ceremony of the Walker Cup golf tournament last week.
  3. DeSantis broadens ban on local governments for gun regulations
    Yesterday• Politics
  5. Ben Diamond announces bid for Charlie Crist’s congressional seat
    Yesterday• Politics
    State Representative Ben Diamond announces he is running for congress outside the USF St. Petersburg Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Monday, May 10, 2021.
  6. Another Florida elections bill signed by DeSantis...and another legal challenge
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida voters in 2016 approved the legalization of medical pot in a process to amend the constitution that got more difficult after lawmakers passed a bill that caps contributions to committees backing ballot initiatives to $3,000.
  7. Matt Gaetz helped set off Florida’s marijuana ‘green rush.’ Some of his friends, allies scored big
    May 9• Politics
    Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., addresses attendees during a rally featuring himself and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Friday, May 7, 2021, in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
  8. Which Tampa Bay projects will survive a Ron DeSantis veto?
    May 9• Politics
    Aerial photo of the construction site of the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis and Wellness Center. Courtesy of the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis and Wellness Center
  9. Charlie Crist makes first Miami swing campaigning for governor
    May 8• Politics
    Democratic candidate for Florida governor Charlie Crist meets with Miami-Dade Democratic Cuban Americans on Saturday at Tropical Park in Miami. Next to the congressman is Kassandra Timothe. She is running for North Miami City Council District 2.
  10. Gov. DeSantis signs bill raising Florida’s smoking, vaping age to 21
    May 8• Politics
    Kids try to buy vaping products at Tubular Tokes smoke shop in St. Petersburg, despite signs that tell them they are too young. “We get some great fake IDs,” owner Skylar Strickland said. “Then we laugh in their faces and tell them to get the hell out.” On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law aligning the state's legal age limit with federal statute.
  11. Gaetz, Greene take mantle of Trump’s populism at Florida rally
    May 8• Politics
    Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., address attendees of a rally, Friday in The Villages.
  12. Washington Post says U.S. secretly obtained reporters’ records
    May 8• Nation & World
    The Trump Justice Department secretly seized the phone records of three Washington Post reporters who covered the federal investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the newspaper said Friday.
  13. DeSantis ban on vaccine passports may steer Norwegian Cruise Line away from Florida
    May 7• Politics
    Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Gem sits at the Port of Miami.
  14. Conviction overturned in Florida congresswoman’s fraud case
    May 7• Politics
    In this May 5, 2017 photo, former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown walks to the federal courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla.
  15. Florida man found guilty in plot to confront protests at state Capitol
    May 7• Politics
    The old Florida Capitol building in Tallahassee.
  16. Did DeSantis violate First Amendment with Fox News-only bill signing?
    May 7• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial elections law Thursday in West Palm Beach, but only Fox News was allowed to show it. A graphic falsely claimed the law prohibits "mass mailing of ballots," when existing law already requires mail ballots to be requested.
  17. Masks no longer required to enter Florida courthouses
    May 6• Health
    Seating for potential jurors in October at the start of the murder trial of defendant Erin Lee Robinson at the George Edgecomb Courthouse, Tampa can be seen. The trial was the first in Hillsborough County since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Potential jurors were socially distanced and wore protective face coverings.
  18. Fox News didn’t ask for an exclusive on DeSantis bill signing, network says
    May 6• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis staged the signing of the elections overhaul law with an interview on "Fox and Friends" from the West Palm Beach rally.
  19. Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida voting bill in front of Trump fan club
    May 6• Politics
    Hundreds gather in West Palm Beach to honor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as he prepares to sign an elections overhaul bill that many say will make it harder for Floridians to vote.
  20. Florida’s unemployment benefits will soon require proof of job searches
    May 6• Politics
    Envelopes from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Reemployment Assistance Program.
  21. DeSantis fields calls for vetoes: Which ones are loudest?
    May 6• Politics
    Ron DeSantis holds a news conference at the Polk County Sheriff's Office, on Monday, April 19, 2021.
  22. US Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount
    May 6• News
    Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are being examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Thursday, April 29, 2021.
  23. Florida inquiry clears Bloomberg over felons voting case
    May 5• News
    Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during a news conference on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Little Havana, a neighborhood in Miami. Florida authorities on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 closed a criminal investigation into fund-raising efforts by Bloomberg to pay off the outstanding fines of thousands of the state's felons seeking to reclaim their voting rights, finding no violations of election law.
  24. Florida police find no evidence of voter fraud in Bloomberg plan to pay court debts
    May 5• Politics
    Democratic presidential candidate former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during a rally Feb. 27, 2020, in Houston.
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