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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis removes his face mask on April 8, 2020, as he prepares to talk to the media about COVID-19 in Florida at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Coronavirus is surging in Florida. Is the state doing enough to fight vaccine hesitancy?
“DeSantis has been bragging about his so-called better approach to the pandemic for months,” one doctor said. “But look at us now.”
DeSantis defends state response to Red Tide in Tampa Bay amid calls to declare emergency
Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, backed by wildlife experts, marine business owners and politicians, talks about the state’s overall effort to combat the recent Red Tide outbreak plaguing Tampa Bay waters, during a press conference held at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. At this moment, the DeSantis was pushing back on a question from a reporter who said the St. Petersburg Mayor, Rick Kriseman accused the governor of politicizing Red Tide. In rebuttal, DeSantis said it was Kriseman who introduced politics into the Red Tide discussions.
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman said the Florida governor has politicized the response. DeSantis disagreed.
Ethics panel gets tough on sham no-party candidate in 2020 Miami race
Frank Artiles' car as they raid his home in Palmetto Bay on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
“The sacred trust regarding elections is paramount,” the commission chair said.
DeSantis looks to ban mask mandates if schools, feds require them
Ron DeSantis issued an order Friday, April 2, 2021 prohibiting Florida businesses from requiring customers show proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
The governor made his comments in response to what he said was talk about compulsory masks in schools.
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  1. DeSantis picks Senate President’s daughter for USF trustee
    55 minutes ago• Politics
    Florida Senator Wilton Simpson, R- Trilby, left, greets Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, right, during a joint session of the Florida Legislature, Tuesday, January 14, 2020.
  2. Groups worry about tapping COVID-19 relief for infrastructure
    5 hours ago• Nation & World
    Workers repair a park near the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, as senators struggle to reach a compromise over how to pay for nearly $1 trillion in public works spending, a key part of President Joe Biden's agenda.
  3. USF, big on ambition, hits a bump as its still-new president steps down
    Earlier today• Education
    USF president Steve Currall speaks at a June 23 Board of Governors meeting in St. Petersburg, where a board member questioned whether the school was being aggressive enough about its goals.
  5. As Florida Cuba protests continue, Democrats to run online ad campaign
    Earlier today• Politics
    Screengrab of a Democratic National Committee online advertising campaign that will run next week in Cuban communities across Florida. Republicans have been calling for more action from President Joe Biden on Cuba for months.
  6. Green Beret veteran challenges Kathy Castor for House seat
    Earlier today• Politics
    ANGELIQUE HERRING | Times Jarrid "Jay" Collins prepares for a rugby match at the Warrior Games in 2019 in Tampa. Collins has filed to challenge U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor for the House seat.
  7. Records provide more details in sham 2020 Florida candidate probe
    Earlier today• Politics
    Frank Artiles leaves the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami on March 18, 2021.
  8. Appeals court reverses course, lifts CDC cruise COVID-19 safety rules
    Yesterday• Politics
    A man watches as Royal Caribbean International's Freedom of the Seas cruise ship sets off down Government Cut past Miami's South Pointe Park on a simulated voyage from PortMiami on June 20, 2021.
  9. Florida’s unemployment site hacked, exposing personal data on 58,000 claimants
    Yesterday• Politics
    CONNECT, Florida's Online Reemployment Assistance System.
  10. Ethics panel gets tough on sham no-party candidate in 2020 Miami race
    Yesterday• Politics
    Frank Artiles' car as they raid his home in Palmetto Bay on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
  11. Could college athletes profit from adult entertainment?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Tampa Bay has the fourth-highest number of adult entertainment options per capita in the country, a Monday WalletHub study said. | [Times file photo]
  12. Coronavirus is surging in Florida. Is the state doing enough to fight vaccine hesitancy?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis removes his face mask on April 8, 2020, as he prepares to talk to the media about COVID-19 in Florida at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
  13. Tampa Bay teachers seek protections from ‘critical race theory’ accusations
    Yesterday• Education
    Activist Ben Frazier, left, is asks to leave after shouting chants of "Allow teachers to teach the truth" during a June 10 State Board of Education meeting, where members banned critical race theory from Florida schools.
  14. No more anonymous code complaints about neighbors, state law says
    Yesterday• Politics
    Overgrown grass at a property in Dunedin in 2018. [City of Dunedin]
  15. Disney may get $570M in tax breaks for new Florida campus: report
    Yesterday• Business
    Disney is set to receive more than a half-billion dollars in tax breaks for a new corporate center.
  16. Florida is keeping a close watch on the FDA these days. Here’s why.
    Yesterday• Politics
    Maker Biogen was hopeful its drug aducanumab would be the first ever approved to treat the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's-- a major medical milestone.
  17. DeSantis looks to ban mask mandates if schools, feds require them
    Yesterday• Politics
    Ron DeSantis issued an order Friday, April 2, 2021 prohibiting Florida businesses from requiring customers show proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
  18. Group run by Sidney Powell, who fought Biden’s election, gets Florida approval
    Jul. 22• Politics
    Sidney Powell, speaking here at a December rally in Georgia, runs a group accused of prematurely seeking donations in Florida.
  19. Florida Republicans slam President Joe Biden on Cuba during GOP town hall in Miami-Dade
    Jul. 22• Politics
    Cuba protestors show their passion for change in their homeland as they march around downtown Orlando and Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida, Saturday, July 17, 2021.
  20. New group with secretive funding challenges FPL’s 4-year, $2 billion rate increase
    Jul. 22• Politics
    An Arcadia man watches from the porch as a Florida Power & Light Co. crew works to repair a power line in the wake of Hurricane Irma on Monday. 
[Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images]
  21. Tampa Bay Times assembles its first Community Reader Panel
    Jul. 22• News
    The Tampa Bay Times Community Reader Panel has been formed. It is made up of 50 people from around the bay who will meet quarterly with journalists.
  22. In St. Petersburg mayor’s race, an unexpected name comes up: Trump
    Jul. 22• Elections
    St. Petersburg mayoral candidates Darden Rice, left, and Ken Welch are at odds over support each has received from area Republicans. Both are Democrats, but the mayor's race is a non-partisan affair.
  23. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody contracts COVID-19; had gotten vaccine
    Jul. 22• Politics
    In this photo taken Saturday, July 17, in an airport hangar in Del Rio, Texas, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is near the center of the group to the left of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott while Gov. Ron DeSantis is on the other side of Abbott. Moody announced on Wednesday, July 21, that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
  24. ‘Right to pray’ ballot initiative proposed in Florida
    Jul. 21• Politics
    Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne preaches during a service at his church, the River at Tampa Bay, on March 29, 2020. That was two days after Hillsborough County officials approved a stay-at-home order to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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