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The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 5223 Orient Rd, in Tampa.
DeSantis and lawmakers near deal on Florida gambling: Hello sports betting
The gaming compact — if ratified by the state Legislature next week and later approved by federal regulators — would make Florida the largest state in the nation to legalize sports betting.
Pete Buttigieg talks Florida’s deadly roads and Biden’s transportation plans
Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Tampa Bay Times spoke with the transportation secretary about high speed rail, pedestrian deaths and Republican criticisms of the proposal.
DeSantis signs bill allowing ‘alcohol to go’ for restaurants
Simon Imam, 45, of Westchase walks from Whiskey Cake after picking up an order of food and alcohol to go in Tampa. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation that would allow to-go orders of alcohol, made legal during the pandemic, permanently.
The to-go option, which will officially become law July 1, will be available to restaurants that have special alcoholic-beverage licenses and derive at least 51 percent of revenue from food and...
DeSantis made his case for reelection on Newsmax. Here’s what he said.
A screenshot from a Newsmax townhall in The Villages featuring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 12.
The Florida governor also discussed Trump, his wife and which theme park he prefers.

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  1. Angst over Florida’s expansion of mobile betting brings changes to gaming compact
    Earlier today• Politics
    The Hard Rock's guitar-shaped hotel in Hollywood after sunset on April 8, 2020.
  2. Florida races toward mobile sports betting, but where are data privacy safeguards?
    Earlier today• Politics
    The Florida Legislature is contemplating more than a dozen bills that would ultimately allow some forms of betting from mobile devices.
  3. Child tax credit update: 39 million families to get payments starting in July
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden arrives at the White House after spending the weekend at his Delaware home on Monday.
  5. Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges
    Yesterday• Politics
    Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel in September 2019, during an interview at his office in Lake Mary.
  6. Supreme Court to weigh rollback of abortion rights
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will decide whether states can ban abortions before a fetus can survive outside the womb.
  7. Richard Corcoran out of FSU presidential search; three academics move on
    Yesterday• Education
    Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran speaks during an August 2020 roundtable discussion at Winthrop College Prep Academy. Corcoran's candidacy to become the next president of Florida State University ended on Saturday when he was not selected as one of the three finalists.
  8. Ralph Turlington, former education commissioner, House speaker, dies at 100
    May 15• Politics
    Ralph Turlington, shown here in 1967, served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1951 to 1974. From 1974 until 1987, he served as Florida's commissioner of education.
  9. ‘Impending disaster.’ Worsening algae bloom on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee threatens coasts again
    May 15• Politics
    An algae bloom in the Pahokee Marina on Lake Okeechobee on April 26, 2021.
  10. California recall election reshaped by Gov. Newsom’s spending binge
    May 15• Politics
    FILE - In this Tuesday, May 11, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom joins a cleanup effort in Los Angeles. Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state into housing and to "functionally end family homelessness" within five years. A fading coronavirus crisis and an astounding windfall of tax dollars have reshuffled California's emerging recall election, allowing Democratic Gov. Newsom to talk of a mask-free future and propose billions in new spending for schools and businesses as he looks to fend off Republicans who depict him as a foppish failure.
  11. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s behavior could spark ethics review
    May 15• Politics
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, with Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., back left, and former OMB Director and President of Citizens for Renewing America Russ Vought, as they express their opposition to "critical race theory," during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  12. Fantasy Sports, live racing and Bingo: Florida lawmakers to consider new gaming rules
    May 14• 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.
  13. Joel Greenberg to plead guilty, cooperate with investigators in plea agreement
    May 14• Politics
    Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel in a September 2019 interview at his office in Lake Mary.
  14. St. Petersburg candidates: Next mayor should decide on Trop redevelopment
    May 14• St. Petersburg
    An aerial view of Tropicana Field and the surrounding area looking east towards downtown, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  15. House panel agrees on bipartisan commission to examine Jan. 6 riot
    May 14• Nation & World
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday.
  16. House GOP elects Trump defender Elise Stefanik to No. 3 post
    May 14• Nation & World
    Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Friday after she was elected the new chair of the House Republican Conference.
  17. DeSantis and lawmakers near deal on Florida gambling: Hello sports betting
    May 14• Politics
    The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 5223 Orient Rd, in Tampa.
  18. Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg expected to plead guilty Monday
    May 13• Politics
    Joel Greenberg, shown in this 2019 photo, will appear Monday in federal court in Orlando for a change of plea hearing, according to court documents.
  19. DeSantis signs bill allowing ‘alcohol to go’ for restaurants
    May 13• Politics
    Simon Imam, 45, of Westchase walks from Whiskey Cake after picking up an order of food and alcohol to go in Tampa. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation that would allow to-go orders of alcohol, made legal during the pandemic, permanently.
  20. DeSantis made his case for reelection on Newsmax. Here’s what he said.
    May 13• Politics
    A screenshot from a Newsmax townhall in The Villages featuring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 12.
  21. Pete Buttigieg talks Florida’s deadly roads and Biden’s transportation plans
    May 13• Politics
    Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  22. Florida to require ‘work search’ for unemployment benefits starting June 1
    May 13• Politics
    CONNECT, Florida's Online Reemployment Assistance System.
  23. Florida takes step toward the catching of goliath grouper
    May 12• News
    In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 photo, released by the Mote Marine Laboratory, a Goliath Grouper swims at Mote Aquarium in Sarasota, Fla. Florida may lift its three-decade ban on catching and killing goliath groupers. Wildlife officials are proposing, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, a “limited harvest” of the giant coastal fish, saying their numbers have rebounded sufficiently since they were almost driven to extinction by overfishing and environmental damage.
  24. Tampa’s Rome Yard bid hearing has both sides crying foul
    May 12• Tampa
    Officials from the city of Tampa, Related Group and Invictus Development LLC attend a protest hearing about the Rome Yard bid Wednesday.
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