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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis sets election for Hastings’ seat in 2022, leaving it open for 9 months
Hastings’ seat will be vacant for more than nine months. The void is about four months longer than the last U.S. House seat that became vacant in Florida following the death of a sitting member of...
What we know about DeSantis’ executive order suspending local COVID-19 restrictions
Governor Ron Desantis speaks in St. Petersburg, Monday, May 3, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
He issued an executive order Monday in the latest push to return the state to pre-pandemic normalcy. Here’s what the order means for you.
Charlie Crist declares another run for Florida governor: ‘Stop the division and hate’
U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist announces his third bid for Florida governor during a Tuesday news conference in St. Petersburg.
This will be Crist’s second attempt at winning back the job he held from 2007 to 2011, when he was a Republican.
Florida Capitol set to open after 14 months of being closed
The Florida Capitol is normally bustling with lobbyists and visitors, but it's been mostly empty with COVID-19 safety protocols in place. It opens again to the public on Friday.
Florida’s surgeon general wants government agencies that closed their doors during the COVID-19 pandemic to reopen. But it’s not clear that government agencies are following the advisory.

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  1. Florida inquiry clears Bloomberg over felons voting case
    1 hour ago• 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.
  2. Florida police find no evidence of voter fraud in Bloomberg plan to pay court debts
    4 hours ago• Politics
    Democratic presidential candidate former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during a rally Feb. 27, 2020, in Houston.
  3. Poll: Floridians say their votes should decide gambling issue
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gamblers play slot machines in an expanded area of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. A report commissioned by the Legislature has determined that Florida is saturated in gambling and expansion would have, at best, a moderately positive economic effect on the state.
  5. Ron DeSantis’ misleading claim about crime, police funding | PolitiFact
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, speaks during a news conference at West Miami Middle School in Miami on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. DeSantis signed bills revamping Florida's literacy and early childhood learning. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)
  6. Eric Lynn first Florida Democrat to jump into race to replace Charlie Crist
    Yesterday• Politics
    Eric Lynn is the only Democrat in the race for Congressional District 13. 


  7. DeSantis sets election for Hastings’ seat in 2022, leaving it open for 9 months
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  8. Florida lawmakers strengthened punishments for abuse of elders, disabled
    Yesterday• Politics
    A scene from the Florida Capitol, where lawmakers strengthened protections for the elderly and disabled during the just-completed legislative session.
  9. DeSantis names new boss for Florida Veterans’ Affairs
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is seen during a news conference Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in the Everglades.
  10. Florida bill to help protect Black cemeteries heads to DeSantis
    Yesterday• History
    Cardno Archaeologist KC Allen uses a trowel as she explores a grave shaft at Zion Cemetery in Tampa.
  11. Charlie Crist declares another run for Florida governor: ‘Stop the division and hate’
    Yesterday• Elections
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist announces his third bid for Florida governor during a Tuesday news conference in St. Petersburg.
  12. Florida Capitol set to open after 14 months of being closed
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Florida Capitol is normally bustling with lobbyists and visitors, but it's been mostly empty with COVID-19 safety protocols in place. It opens again to the public on Friday.
  13. How unemployment got lost during Florida’s legislative session
    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.
  14. DeSantis order ending local mask rules does not apply to schools
    May 4• Education
    Lakewood Elementary School kindergarten students Kennedi Flournoy, 5, (right, front) and Heavenlei McKinnie, 5, (left) work on sight words last month. They will continue to wear masks through the remainder of the school year.
  15. Long-time head of Florida foster care agency resigns to take new job
    May 3• Politics
    Alan Abramowitz has resigned as executive director of Florida's Guardian Ad Litem program.
  16. DeSantis signs bill banning vaccine ‘passports,’ suspends local pandemic restrictions
    May 3• Politics
    Governor Ron Desantis speaks in St. Petersburg, Monday, May 3, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  17. 10 big issues from Florida’s legislative session
    May 3• Politics
    Surrounded by lawmakers, Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson speaks to members of the media after the end of a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
  18. Democrats express optimism at Tampa fundraiser despite GOP victories
    May 2• Politics
    Congressman Charlie Crist, seen here on Election Day on Nov. 3, 2020, spoke Saturday at a Democratic fundraiser in Tampa. He expressed optimism about the party despite the GOP's dominance, and is days away from making a big political announcement.
  19. Joseph Hatchett, first Black Florida Supreme Court Justice, dies at 88
    May 1• Politics
    An undated photo of former Florida Supreme Court Justice Joseph W. Hatchett, who went on to become a federal appellate judge with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He died Friday, April 30, 2021. He was 88.
  20. DeSantis won big during Florida’s legislative session. Now what?
    May 1• Politics
    Surrounded by lawmakers, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
  21. Charlie Crist plans Tuesday announcement as he weighs another run for governor
    May 1• Politics
    Charlie Crist greets supporters at the Renaissance Vinoy, St. Petersburg, after his victory in the governor's race in 2006.
  22. The international hypocrisy and the human rights according to a popular political science professor of St Petersburg
    May 1• Education
    Dr. William Felice was named the Florida Professor of 2006 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
  23. Florida gambling deal faces legal questions
    May 1• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis and Marcellus Osceola, Jr., chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, pose for a photo at a signing ceremony on Friday, April 23, 2021.
  24. Gaetz says he’s not going anywhere. Florida Republicans aren’t saying anything.
    May 1• Politics
    Congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks at a "Women for American First" event April 9 in Doral.
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