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Taylor Cook, 21, an activist with Students for a Democratic Society, leads chants outside a Florida House committee meeting on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.
Student activists disrupt Florida 15-week abortion ban hearing
They said they didn’t get a chance to speak on the fast-moving bill modeled after Mississippi legislation.
Medical malpractice fight emerges again in Florida Legislature
A House subcommittee voted on Thursday to approve a bill that would allow parents of adult children to pursue pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases.
The debate centers on an unusual part of state law that involves wrongful death claims.
Supreme Court prospect Brown Jackson was ‘star in the making’ at her Florida high school
FILE - Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations, April 28, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Joe Biden has already narrowed the field for his first U.S. Supreme Court pick. One potential nominee is Jackson, 51. She attended Harvard as an undergraduate and for law school. Obama nominated her to be a federal trial court judge, and Biden elevated her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Early in her career, she was also a law clerk for Breyer.  (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)
While the White House hasn’t announced a short list for the seat being vacated by Justice Stephen Breyer, Ketanji Brown Jackson is considered a leading contender.
Florida immigration debate renews with bill that targets companies transporting migrants
Migrants from Central America and Mexico await the outcome of their U.S. immigration court cases in a tent encampment near the Gateway International Bridge at the U.S.- Mexico border in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on Oct. 1, 2019.
Much of the public testimony focused on the potential ramifications the proposed legislation would have on migrant children.

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    1 hour ago• Nation & World
    West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice holds up his dog Babydog's rear end as a message to people who've doubted the state as he comes to the end of his State of the State speech in the House chambers Thursday.
  2. A Florida shift away from OSHA could take 9 years
    2 hours ago• Politics
    An aerial view of the Gopher Resource on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Tampa. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the company more than $319,000 after a federal investigation found Gopher Resource willfully exposed workers to high levels of airborne lead.
  3. A key inflation gauge rose 5.8% in 2021, most in 39 years
    4 hours ago• Business
    High gas prices are posted at a full service gas station in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 7, 2021. Oil prices, which have a big impact on the price of gasoline and home heating oils, have been on an up-and-down ride since the fall. And while oil prices are usually pretty volatile, the constantly change nature of the coronavirus pandemic has made predicting the ups and downs even harder.
  5. Kathy Castor challenger, James Judge, hauls in cash in first reporting period
    5 hours ago• Politics
    Republican James Judge is running in 2022 for the 14th Congressional District seat.
  6. Community activist pushes Clearwater ‘establishment’ in City Council race
    Earlier today• Clearwater
    Clearwater City Council candidate Maranda Douglas says, "The community needs to feel like they have someone on their side that is going to listen to them."
  7. Senate passes bill ordering local governments to pay up if new rules hurt businesses
    Earlier today• Politics
    The bill requires that a business be operating in a city or county for three years before it is eligible to sue.
  8. Florida Senate passes strawberry shortcake bill
    Earlier today• Florida
    Florida already has a state pie — key lime — and the Senate on Thursday unanimously voted to make strawberry shortcake the official state dessert.
  9. Florida appeals court says no ‘legal right’ to force use of ivermectin for COVID patient
    Earlier today• Health
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  10. Student activists disrupt Florida 15-week abortion ban hearing
    Yesterday• Politics
    Taylor Cook, 21, an activist with Students for a Democratic Society, leads chants outside a Florida House committee meeting on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.
  11. Florida Senate passes emergency order shield for churches
    Yesterday• Politics
    Diane Leahy prays with others before receiving the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
  12. Florida may allow school-zone cameras. They work like red-light cameras.
    Yesterday• Education
    Should the bill be signed into law, there would be a 30-day “education period” to inform the public before it goes into effect.
  13. University president search exemption gains momentum in Florida
    Yesterday• Politics
    The campus of Florida Gulf Coast University. [WIKIMEDIA COMMONS]
  14. Medical malpractice fight emerges again in Florida Legislature
    Yesterday• Politics
    A House subcommittee voted on Thursday to approve a bill that would allow parents of adult children to pursue pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases.
  15. Supreme Court prospect Brown Jackson was ‘star in the making’ at her Florida high school
    Yesterday• Politics
    FILE - Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations, April 28, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Joe Biden has already narrowed the field for his first U.S. Supreme Court pick. One potential nominee is Jackson, 51. She attended Harvard as an undergraduate and for law school. Obama nominated her to be a federal trial court judge, and Biden elevated her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Early in her career, she was also a law clerk for Breyer.  (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)
  16. Charge dropped against man who protested DeSantis briefing
    Yesterday• Politics
    Ben Frazier, the president of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, confronts a DeSantis aide ahead of the governor's news conference in Jacksonville on Jan. 4, 2022.
  17. FPL parent company did internal investigation in response to dark money controversy
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy.
  18. Florida Senate sponsor agrees to weaken preemption bill
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Sen. Travis Hutson, center, makes a point at a Senate Community Affairs Committee meeting during a legislative session, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
  19. Friend of Florida tax collector in Gaetz case pleads guilty
    Yesterday• Politics
    Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., listens during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. A former employee in the office of a Florida tax collector whose arrest triggered an investigation into U.S. Rep. Gaetz has pleaded guilty to fraud and drug charges. Court documents showed that Joseph Ellicott pleaded guilty on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
  20. What’s next for ex-St. Petersburg City Council members Amy Foster and Darden Rice?
    Jan. 26• St. Petersburg
    Amy Foster and Darden Rice are moving on after two terms on the St. Petersburg City Council.
  21. Florida Democrats walk out of Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo confirmation hearing
    Jan. 26• Politics
    Florida Surgeon Gen. Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, left, speaks at a news conference with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, on Jan. 3 in Fort Lauderdale.
  22. Clearwater City Council hopeful Jonathan Wade wants to champion neighborhoods
    Jan. 26• Clearwater
    Clearwater City Council candidate Jonathan Wade, 66, says serving in public office is on his bucket list. “I’m a senior now, but I don’t think I have old ideas,” he said.
  23. Nancy Pelosi to seek reelection in House with Democratic majority at risk
    Jan. 26• Nation & World
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, speaking here during her weekly news conference Thursday, said she'll seek reelection to her California House seat.
  24. DeSantis task force warns of Red Tide effect, but silent on cause
    Jan. 26• Politics
    Worker clean up dead fish kill in a canal in Apollo Beach. Red tide-triggered fish kills were reported in downtown Tampa. on Bayshore Boulevard, Apollo Beach and a MacDill Air Force Base earlier last summer.
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