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Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, left and Rep. Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, right.
A $12 billion question: Florida’s education budget hinges on COVID-19 relief
The House wants Florida Department of Education spending authority over federal funds to give directly to K-12 school districts. Senate leaders, meanwhile, have said little about how they want to use...
Bill Nelson gets GOP support at NASA confirmation hearing
Former Sen. Bill Nelson.
Nelson’s nomination vote shouldn’t controversial, though some in space community wanted Biden to nominate a woman to the job for the first time.
Florida school superintendent arrested on perjury charge
Superintendent of Broward County Public Schools Robert Runcie speaks during a news conference in Fort Lauderdale in 2019.
Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie is accused of making false statements to a grand jury investigating public safety funding.
DeSantis signed ‘anti-riot’ bill flanked by sheriffs. Where was Chad Chronister?
Gov. Ron DeSantis shows off his signed "anti-riot" bill at a news conference at the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Winter Haven on Monday. At least five Florida sheriffs stood behind DeSantis during the event, but the governor's office did not invite the sheriff from the county next door, Hillsborough's Chad Chronister.
A fellow Republican, the Hillsborough sheriff whose office responded to arson and looting was not invited to Monday’s ceremonial bill-signing in Polk County.

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  1. China, Russia join U.S. vowing emission cuts at climate summit
    25 minutes ago• Environment
    President Joe Biden speaks to the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, on Thursday.
  2. Florida marijuana legalization dealt blow by Florida Supreme Court
    28 minutes ago• Politics
    Make it Legal Florida is a campaign to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot legalizing adult use of recreational marijuana in Florida.
  3. Florida House overwhelmingly approves consumer privacy bill
    46 minutes ago• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers his State of the State address in the House chamber at the Capitol in Tallahassee during Opening Day of the Florida Legislature on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
  5. Sports betting may be heading to Florida in deal agreed to by DeSantis, Seminole Tribe
    57 minutes ago• Politics
    Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa.
  6. Florida ‘disability abortion’ bill has some critics in the disability community
    2 hours ago• Politics
    Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of Pro-Life San Francisco, holds a model of a fetus as she and other anti-abortion protesters wait outside the Supreme Court for a decision, Monday, June 29, 2020. The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era.
  7. DeSantis vs. DeSantis: 4 times the Florida governor changed his tune lately
    2 hours ago• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announces his proposal to give $1000 bonuses to school principals and teachers in Florida during a press conference on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at Palm Harbor University High School.
  8. Florida turns the other way as demand rises for police transparency
    5 hours ago• Florida
    Charles Fowler and Doris Floyd visit the grave of their biological son Dominique Mulkey, 26, who was shot to death Oct. 20 by two Tampa police officers. The names of the officers have not been made public. A recent Florida appeals court in an unrelated case said they don't have to be under provisions of Marsy's Law, a voter-approved amendment to the Florida Constitution.
  9. Federal stimulus causing budget trauma for Florida lawmakers
    Yesterday• Politics
    State Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, who is the Senate budget chief, speaks during a Senate Rules Committee hearing. The $10.23 billion pot of one-time federal money arriving in the next year from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act has created a bit of budget trauma as legislators try to wrap up the annual budget that this year is expected to exceed $100 billion.
  10. Florida’s protest crackdown faces constitutional challenge
    Yesterday• Politics
    Protesters and activists take to the streets of downtown St. Petersburg on Thursday September 3, 2020 as they mark the 100th day of protests in the city.
  11. A $12 billion question: Florida’s education budget hinges on COVID-19 relief
    Yesterday• Politics
    Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, left and Rep. Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, right.
  12. White House offers new tax credit to help spur vaccinations
    Yesterday• Health
    In this March 11 photo, President Joe Biden holds up his face mask as he speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. is meeting President Joe Biden’s latest vaccine goal of administering 200 million COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days in office, as the White House steps up its efforts to inoculate the rest of the public.
  13. Congress honors Florida’s Alcee Hastings
    Yesterday• Politics
    House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks during a Celebration of Life for Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Hastings died earlier this month, aged 84, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
  14. Florida school superintendent arrested on perjury charge
    Yesterday• Florida
    Superintendent of Broward County Public Schools Robert Runcie speaks during a news conference in Fort Lauderdale in 2019.
  15. Bill Nelson gets GOP support at NASA confirmation hearing
    Yesterday• Politics
    Former Sen. Bill Nelson.
  16. DeSantis signed ‘anti-riot’ bill flanked by sheriffs. Where was Chad Chronister?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis shows off his signed "anti-riot" bill at a news conference at the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Winter Haven on Monday. At least five Florida sheriffs stood behind DeSantis during the event, but the governor's office did not invite the sheriff from the county next door, Hillsborough's Chad Chronister.
  17. DeSantis signs tax increase on out-of-state online retailers
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  18. Florida proposal to help new moms is a sticking point in budget negotiations
    Yesterday• Politics
    Tampa General Hospital is pictured on Thursday, July 16, 2020.
  19. Lawmakers disagree on $36 million for Florida’s unemployment agency
    Yesterday• Politics
    A small group of demonstrators gathers at Lake Eola Park to protest the Florida unemployment benefits system, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. Many Florida unemployed workers are still trying to apply for and receive unemployment benefits since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  20. Florida transgender sports bill might have just died in the Florida Senate
    Apr. 20• Politics
    The Florida House has passed a bill that would block transgender children from playing on sports teams that align with their gender.
  21. Walter Mondale, Carter’s vice president, dies at 93
    Apr. 20• Nation & World
    In this June 1993 file photo, President Bill Clinton stands behind his nominee for Ambassador to Japan, former Vice President Walter Mondale. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday, April 19, 2021. He was 93.
  22. Gaetz, Greene flaunt new paths to power, testing GOP leaders
    Apr. 20• News
    Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., attends a House Judiciary committee markup at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
  23. Florida lawmakers move closer to overhauling auto insurance policies, despite warnings
    Apr. 19• Politics
    Traffic is seen along Busch Boulevard in Tampa.
  24. Controversial Florida medical marijuana bill ‘effectively dead’
    Apr. 19• Politics
    Photo of medical marijuana taken at Zen Leaf, a medical marijuana dispensary in Neptune, New Jersey. Taken April 16, 2021.
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