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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried speaks during a meeting addressing the importance of the state applying for available federal food assistance for children, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at the St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church in Dania Beach.
Nikki Fried helped elect Republicans leading Florida’s vaccine fight
The Democratic candidate for governor campaigned for Manny Diaz and donated to Ashley Moody in 2017.
Some teacher bonus checks are bouncing in Florida
Sitting on stage inside Mater Academy in Hialeah, Gov. Ron Desantis signed a bill for a pay raise for Florida teachers that was accomplished with bipartisan support.
Checks issued to at least 50 teachers in 22 different counties bounced because of a banking error, Florida Department of Education spokesman Jared Ochs said.
Florida hasn’t used $30 million in cybersecurity protection funding. Why not?
Then-state Rep. Jamie Grant, R-Tampa, in Tallahassee in 2019.
Florida’s chief information officer said his office is so short-staffed that it hasn’t come up with a plan to spend the money.
Florida lawmakers promise to follow rules this time in redistricting
The last time around, it took court orders to finalize the maps of congressional and state Senate districts in Florida. The process, using new data from the 2020 Census, began Monday, Sept. 20, in Tallahassee. In this photo from 2014, Senate Reapportionment Chairman Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, discusses an amendment on the floor of the Senate. Behind him are maps of the 2012 Florida congressional districts, left, and the redrawn districts he proposed.
Promises of propriety put lawmakers in a tricky situation as they try to adhere to the state Constitution while appearing to be detached from the impact their maps will have on their careers and their...
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  1. Florida protected nursing homes from COVID lawsuits. Then cases began to spike.
    23 minutes ago• Health
    Resident physician Mikaela Aradi, Tampa, left, joined nurses and health care workers from St. Petersburg General Hospital, Friday, May 29, 2020 in a protest against HCA Healthcare, outside of the hospital. Nurses and healthcare workers are protesting the possibility of layoffs and adequate protection for workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
  2. Incumbent, first-time candidate vie for St. Petersburg’s District 6 council seat
    1 hour ago• St. Petersburg
    District 6 City Council incumbent Gina Driscoll (left) is facing a challenge from first-time candidate Mhariel Summers (right).
  3. Union officials, Lisset Hanewicz criticize City Council rival for mailer
    4 hours ago• St. Petersburg
    Lisset Hanewicz and Tom Mullins, who are both running for St. Petersburg City Council District 4.
  5. Second federal lawsuit filed to try to stop sports betting in Florida
    Yesterday• Politics
    Blackjack dealer Roland Miyares wears a face mask and gloves while dealing to a guest as the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa in May.
  6. DeSantis asks secretary of state to investigate Facebook
    Yesterday• Politics
    In this Sept. 16 photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference at the Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. DeSantis asked Florida's secretary of state to investigate Facebook on Monday based on a news article that reported the social media company gives preferential treatment to politicians, celebrities, professional athletes and other prominent people.
  7. For Disney World’s 50th anniversary, a look back at the Mouse that changed Florida
    Yesterday• Theme Parks
    Walt Disney World is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The Magic Kingdom theme park and resort opened Oct. 1, 1971, and is now the world's most-attended tourist attraction.
  8. Florida minimum wage goes up to $10 this week
    Yesterday• Politics
    Ms. Gail Rogers, 60, a fast food worker at McDonalds, holds a sign after participating in a caravan to several area McDonalds restaurants to advocate for increasing the minimum wage to $15 in 2020 in Tampa.
  9. Tampa Bay Times and Spectrum Bay News 9 to host St. Petersburg mayoral debate
    Yesterday• Elections
    Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon
  10. Florida employees feel COVID-19 pressure
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida's Cabinet: From left, Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis.
  11. Hillsborough GOP group starts fundraising for voter registration drive
    Sep. 25• Hillsborough
    A committee of prominent Republican leaders in Hillsborough County, formed as a supplement to the floundering county GOP organization, has begun fundraising for a voter registration drive.
  12. Biden says budget talks hit ‘stalemate,’ $3.5T may take a while
    Sep. 25• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden walks off after speaking about the COVID-19 response and vaccinations in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington.
  13. Tampa Bay judge dismisses Anna Paulina Luna stalking injunction against Braddock
    Sep. 25• Politics
    In this June 22 file photo, Anna Paulina Luna appears via Zoom during a hearing in Clearwater.
  14. Some teacher bonus checks are bouncing in Florida
    Sep. 24• Politics
    Sitting on stage inside Mater Academy in Hialeah, Gov. Ron Desantis signed a bill for a pay raise for Florida teachers that was accomplished with bipartisan support.
  15. Florida lawmakers promise to follow rules this time in redistricting
    Sep. 24• Politics
    The last time around, it took court orders to finalize the maps of congressional and state Senate districts in Florida. The process, using new data from the 2020 Census, began Monday, Sept. 20, in Tallahassee. In this photo from 2014, Senate Reapportionment Chairman Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, discusses an amendment on the floor of the Senate. Behind him are maps of the 2012 Florida congressional districts, left, and the redrawn districts he proposed.
  16. Wengay Newton files to run for former state House seat
    Sep. 24• St. Petersburg
    Wengay Newton has filed to run in St. Petersburg’s House District 70.
  17. Nikki Fried helped elect Republicans leading Florida’s vaccine fight
    Sep. 24• Politics
    Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried speaks during a meeting addressing the importance of the state applying for available federal food assistance for children, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at the St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church in Dania Beach.
  18. Hillsborough getting new judges, but Black judicial numbers still lag
    Sep. 24• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough County is finally getting six new judges in its understaffed county court division, which has been bogged down for years with huge caseloads and not enough judges.
  19. Florida hasn’t used $30 million in cybersecurity protection funding. Why not?
    Sep. 24• Politics
    Then-state Rep. Jamie Grant, R-Tampa, in Tallahassee in 2019.
  20. Have Black Florida marijuana farmers fallen too far behind?
    Sep. 23• Politics
    Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, called the director of Florida's medical marijuana program to testify at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021.
  21. Crist lashes out at DeSantis administration’s order easing COVID rules
    Sep. 23• Politics
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg
  22. Democrats: We have framework to pay for $3.5 trillion, 10-year plan
    Sep. 23• Politics
    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined from left by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., updates reporters on Democratic efforts to pass President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  23. DeSantis defends natural immunity, despite lack of data
    Sep. 23• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
  24. Everyone is talking about DeSantis — except in St. Pete’s mayor race
    Sep. 23• Politics
    Former Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch (left), Gov. Ron DeSantis (middle) and City Councilmember Robert Blackmon
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