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A view of the downtown St. Petersburg skyline and waterfront from just north of the North Shore Aquatic Complex.
DeSantis congressional map splits St. Petersburg, reduces Tampa Bay competition
Here are 5 ways the new map would affect Tampa Bay.
Gov. DeSantis just signed a 15-week abortion ban. Here are 3 things that come next.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a 15-week abortion ban into law in Kissimmee on Thursday. The move comes amid a growing conservative push to restrict abortion ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could limit access to the procedure nationwide.
A series of major court rulings will determine the bill’s fate.
DeSantis releases new congressional redistricting map, with key Senate backing
Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, with House Speaker Chris Sprowls, center, and Senate President Wilton Simpson.
The Florida Legislature meets next week in special session to consider the map.
In Pinellas School Board races, the issues take shape
Dorine McKinnon opens a Pinellas County School Board candidate forum at the St. Petersburg Republican Club on April 13, 2022. The club invited six of 10 announced candidates, saying it was focusing on Republicans only. School Board races are officially nonpartisan.
Conservative candidates share a common purpose but differ on some of the details.

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  1. Florida targets school math textbooks over critical race theory objections
    56 minutes ago• Politics
    The Florida Department of Education on Friday said the state will not include dozens of math textbooks in a list used by school districts to buy books for classrooms because their content included references to critical race theory and other “prohibited topics” and “unsolicited strategies.” The announcement was made in a press release titled “Florida Rejects Publishers’ Attempts to Indoctrinate Students.” It did not include the names of any of the books or provide specific examples of the content that prompted their objections.
  2. At USF roundtable, Charlie Crist talks of ‘intrusion’ by state government
    5 hours ago• Education
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, center, meets with students at the University South Florida's St. Petersburg campus on Friday, April 15, 2022. From left are Riffatul Islam, Sean Schrader, Crist, Yamaris Rodriguez and Andres Montero.
  3. In Pinellas School Board races, the issues take shape
    Yesterday• Education
    Dorine McKinnon opens a Pinellas County School Board candidate forum at the St. Petersburg Republican Club on April 13, 2022. The club invited six of 10 announced candidates, saying it was focusing on Republicans only. School Board races are officially nonpartisan.
  5. How Florida’s ‘anti-woke’ bill could impact public universities
    Yesterday• Politics
    A view of the University of Florida from the campus entrance at W University Avenue and SW 13th Street in Gainesville.
  6. Florida city earns surprise state grant to repair its abandoned Black cemetery
    Yesterday• History
    Fire Chief Kevin Carroll reads off the faded lettering on a headstone in the Oak Tree Union Colored Cemetery of Taylorville in Groveland, Fla., on Friday, March 25, 2022. The abandoned African American cemetery is estimated to have around 70 people buried in it, according to Carroll.
  7. Despite recent bumps, Mayor Jane Castor’s reelection prospects look strong
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor appears to be in a strong position for reelection in 2023 with no visible opponent in a city that traditionally backs incumbent mayors.
  8. Inflation creating ‘a layup for Republicans’ in Florida as pressure on Biden increases
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Joe Biden met at a briefing in Miami on July 1, 2021, on the condo tower that collapsed in Surfside.
  9. DeSantis congressional map splits St. Petersburg, reduces Tampa Bay competition
    Yesterday• Politics
    A view of the downtown St. Petersburg skyline and waterfront from just north of the North Shore Aquatic Complex.
  10. Pinellas juvenile board CEO defends role in federal Medicaid case
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County CEO Beth Houghton, seen here at a 2014 event, defends her agency's role in a Medicaid buy-back program that resulted in hospital chain BayCare paying a $20 million federal settlement.
  11. What Florida employers need to know if DeSantis approves new ‘anti-woke’ law
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
  12. Trump aide Stephen Miller to speak to 1/6 panel, sources tell AP
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Former White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, show here attending a cabinet meeting at the White House in 2018, will appear Thursday before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to a person familiar with the matter. Miller was a senior advisor for policy during the Trump administration and a central figure in many of Trump’s policy decisions.
  13. Gov. DeSantis just signed a 15-week abortion ban. Here are 3 things that come next.
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a 15-week abortion ban into law in Kissimmee on Thursday. The move comes amid a growing conservative push to restrict abortion ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could limit access to the procedure nationwide.
  14. Black neighborhood in Dade City to bid farewell to sewage plant at last
    Yesterday• Environment
    Marilyn Hunter stands Monday where the front porch of her house once stood on Taylor Avenue, across the street from Mickens Field and the Dade City Wastewater Treatment Plant.
  15. Biden Administration focuses on rural health care in midterm push
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks during a virtual meeting on Jan. 3 in Washington, D.C.
  16. Zephyrhills man accused of fighting Capitol police, smashing window on Jan. 6
    Apr. 14• Crime
    A surveillance image included in a federal criminal complaint shows a man, bottom right, identified as Steven Miles shortly after he entered the U.S. Capitol through a broken window. Another man, Matthew LeBrun, is identified coming through the window behind Miles.
  17. DeSantis releases new congressional redistricting map, with key Senate backing
    Apr. 13• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, with House Speaker Chris Sprowls, center, and Senate President Wilton Simpson.
  18. State Sen. Taddeo says she’ll boycott Florida Legislature’s redistricting session
    Apr. 13• Politics
    State Sen. Annette Taddeo talks to reporters shortly after announcing her run for governor on Oct. 18, 2021.
  19. Civics class, community service for 2 voting fraud suspects from The Villages
    Apr. 13• Politics
    People sit in an outdoor dining area of a restaurant in the Lake Sumter Landing Market Square on Aug. 12, 2021, in The Villages. Two men from the sprawling retirement community will enter a pretrial intervention program, perform community service and attend adult civics classes in exchange for deferred prosecutions on their charges of voting more than once in the 2020 election.
  20. I-4 mayors pen letter to Biden offering help to Ukrainian refugees
    Apr. 13• Tampa
    From left, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor co-signed a letter to President Joe Biden saying their cities stand ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees.
  21. Laws stymie doctors trying to prescribe abortion pills across state lines
    Apr. 13• Health
    Many states are restricting the ability of doctors to consult with patients online or by phone and dispense abortion pills through mail-order pharmacies.
  22. Election results: New Port Richey, Dade City and more Pasco races
    Apr. 12• Pasco
    Pasco municipal elections social card 0412
  23. DeSantis says he wants ‘race-neutral’ map of congressional districts
    Apr. 12• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen Tuesday at a bill-signing ceremony in Miami, says his proposed congressional redistricting map will “have North Florida drawn in a race-neutral manner.”
  24. DeSantis signs bill to expand foster care financial aid to caregivers, children
    Apr. 12• Politics
    Gov. Ron Desantis takes questions from reporters during a news conference on Monday, April 11, in Tampa. On Tuesday, he signed a bill that expands payments for relatives and nonrelatives who have children placed with them in out-of-home care.
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