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Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't said what abortion legislation he wants Florida to pass. However, he issued a statement praising the court decision and promised that Florida “will work to expand pro-life protections,” without offering specifics.
DeSantis stays quiet on abortion’s future in Florida as Republicans strategize
Two anti-abortion advocates predict the passage of a heartbeat bill in the state.
Conservative Hillsdale College is helping DeSantis reshape Florida education
Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, speaks at the social conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual "Road to the Majority" conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 9, 2017.
The small private Christian college in Michigan is playing an influential role in Florida.
Florida’s 15-week abortion ban blocked, then reinstated
Protesters attend a May 3 abortion rights rally organized by Florida Rep. Michele Rayner and the Pinellas Democratic Progressive Caucus on the steps of the St. Petersburg Judicial Courthouse. The U.S. Supreme Court has since struck down Roe v. Wade, and in Florida the focus has turned to the state's recently adopted 15-week abortion ban.
A circuit judge’s injunction was nullified when lawyers for the state appealed.
What Florida and its post-Parkland law show about the next phase of the gun debate
Then-Gov. Rick Scott signed gun and school safety legislation on March 9, 2018, in Tallahassee, joined by family members of students killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. [Times (2018)]
State lawmakers from both parties weigh in on how bipartisanship fades after a mass shooting.

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  1. Abortion providers seek protection against post-Roe harassment and violence
    5 hours ago• Politics
    Kelly Flynn sits in the waiting room of the Florida abortion clinic she owns, A Woman’s Choice of Jacksonville.
  2. Pasco County School Board race in full swing as issues come into focus
    5 hours ago• Education
    Bus drivers for the Pasco County school system demonstrate April 29, 2022 at district headquarters, saying they are underpaid. Employee salaries, along with district finances and a proposed property tax referendum are among the issues in this year's races for School Board.
  3. DeSantis stays quiet on abortion’s future in Florida as Republicans strategize
    Earlier today• Politics
    Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't said what abortion legislation he wants Florida to pass. However, he issued a statement praising the court decision and promised that Florida “will work to expand pro-life protections,” without offering specifics.
  5. Companies could face hurdles covering abortion travel costs
    Yesterday• Business
    Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that's been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies.
  6. Florida’s 15-week abortion ban blocked, then reinstated
    Yesterday• Politics
    Protesters attend a May 3 abortion rights rally organized by Florida Rep. Michele Rayner and the Pinellas Democratic Progressive Caucus on the steps of the St. Petersburg Judicial Courthouse. The U.S. Supreme Court has since struck down Roe v. Wade, and in Florida the focus has turned to the state's recently adopted 15-week abortion ban.
  7. Florida springs protection rule is overdue and underwhelming, critics say
    Jul. 3• Environment
    Jeremy Miller, of Homosassa, explores one of the vents at Three Sisters Springs on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Citrus County.
  8. Hundreds at Tampa rally protest end of Roe v. Wade and demand federal action
    Jul. 2• Health
    Emily Reed (right), 33, of St. Petersburg, raises a sign during an abortion protest on Saturday, July 2, 2022 in Tampa. "If my hysterectomy was scheduled three months later I would not have that choice," Reed said.
  9. Conservative Hillsdale College is helping DeSantis reshape Florida education
    Jul. 1• Politics
    Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, speaks at the social conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual "Road to the Majority" conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 9, 2017.
  10. Playing loud music from your car can now get you pulled over in Florida
    Jul. 1• Politics
    Florida law enforcement can now stop drivers and issue a noncriminal infraction for playing music “plainly audible” from 25 feet away.
  11. What Florida and its post-Parkland law show about the next phase of the gun debate
    Jul. 1• Politics
    Then-Gov. Rick Scott signed gun and school safety legislation on March 9, 2018, in Tallahassee, joined by family members of students killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. [Times (2018)]
  12. Florida’s 15-week abortion ban took effect Friday. Here’s what to know.
    Jul. 1• Politics
    Protesters march during an abortion rights rally on Saturday, June 25, 2022, on the corner of East Fowler Avenue and North 56th Street in Temple Terrace.
  13. Florida bans telehealth abortions, but can it enforce the law?
    Jul. 1• Health
    Mifepristone and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022.
  14. Florida pediatrician removed from state board for criticizing COVID vaccine delay for kids
    Jul. 1• Health
    Dr. Lisa Gwynn, right, a University of Miami pediatrician and president of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, speaks to Julie Machaca (left) and her children (left to right) Saory Betalleluz, 5, Diego Betalleluz, 9, and Cyd Betalleluz, 12, before they receive shots at the University of Miami Pediatric Mobile Clinic in Homestead, June 24. Gwynn, who has been a visible advocate of vaccine access for poor young kids, was removed Wednesday from a state-appointed board for publicly criticizing Florida’s decision to delay access to the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5.
  15. Black Florida law students see Supreme Court Justice Jackson as an ‘inspiration’
    Jun. 30• News
    Logan Jackson, 23, of St. Petersburg and Andrea Waters, 23, of Riverview pare pictured at the Banyan Courtyard at Stetson University College of Law on June 10 in Gulfport. "To see a Black woman on the highest court in the land is just so amazing and inspiring," Waters said.
  16. Marshall Criser stepping down as Florida universities chancellor
    Jun. 30• Education
    State University System Chancellor Marshall Criser announced he is stepping down.
  17. Judge to temporarily stop Florida’s 15-week abortion ban
    Jun. 30• Politics
    Protesters chant during an abortion rights rally Saturday at the corner of E Fowler Avenue and N 56th Street in Temple Terrace.
  18. Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
    Jun. 30• Associated Press
    In this image from video provided by the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts administers the Constitutional Oath to Ketanji Brown Jackson as her husband Patrick Jackson holds the Bible at the Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday.
  19. New sales tax holidays starting Friday for Floridians: what’s included
    Jun. 30• Politics
    Nina Johnson, of St. Petersburg, left, talks paddle boards and paddles with Melissa Damel, of Largo, right, on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, on the sales floor at Bill Jackson's Shop for Adventure in Pinellas Park.
  20. Supreme Court’s EPA ruling could slow Florida’s climate change fight
    Jun. 30• Environment
    Tampa Electric’s Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach has burned both coal and natural gas to create electricity in Tampa Bay. Both processes release greenhouse gasses that cause global warming.
  21. Tampa Bay parents scramble to find COVID vaccines for infants, toddlers
    Jun. 30• Politics
    Nurse Jordan Dierksheide and Medical Assistant Cassandra Ross help administer a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to JoseMaria Mejia, 7, of Ruskin, during a vaccination event hosted by Enterprising Latinas at Wimauma Opportunity Center in Wimauma on Nov. 14, 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month recommended COVID-19 vaccines for kids under age 5, but some Florida parents are struggling to get young children vaccinated.
  22. Does Pasco School Board candidate live in his district? Opponents say no.
    Jun. 30• Education
    As a candidate for the District 1 seat on the Pasco County School Board, Al Hernandez is facing questions from opponents about his residency.
  23. Florida Supreme Court backs DeSantis request for grand jury on immigration issues
    Jun. 30• Politics
    Ron DeSantis, shown here in April 2021, said on June 16, 2021, that he will send state and local police officers to the Mexican border.
  24. What do Americans think about abortion policy? It can be complicated
    Jun. 30• Politics
    Anti-abortion advocate Coleman Boyd, right, argues with an abortion rights supporter Marley Parkman of Clinton, at the Mississippi Capitol, in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Supporters for and against abortion vied for attention as they promoted their points of view during the early evening protests. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch on Monday certified the state's trigger law banning abortion except in cases where the mother's life is in danger or a rape has been reported to law enforcement. The owner of Mississippi's only abortion clinic, the Jackson Women's Health Organization, has said the clinic will close when the law takes effect in 10 days.
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