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The Las Vegas Sands casino sits behind the Fisherman's Wharf in Macau. Las Vegas Sands is financing a petition drive in support of a constitutional amendment to expand casino gaming in Florida.
Florida elections offices seeing suspected fraudulent petitions in gambling effort
Reports of fraudulent petitions have been forwarded to Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office.
A Senate district is split by Tampa Bay. Black organizers ask if it’s time to change.
Tampa skyline pictured on this month.
As Florida’s legislature continues reapportionment, there is debate about whether the district, which spans Tampa Bay, still makes sense.
DeSantis redistricting map ignites intraparty discord
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters and members of the media after a bill signing on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state’s congressional map and carve up districts held by Black Democrats, as the Republican takes the unusual step of inserting himself into the redistricting process. The proposed congressional map, submitted Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signaled the governor’s priorities as the state moves to redraw political maps in the coming months. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
The Florida Senate on Thursday passed redistricting maps that don’t follow Gov. DeSantis’ proposal.
LGBTQ advocates fight measure to ban gender identity talk in schools
Gov. Ron DeSantis has supported increasing parents' rights in schools, including at this July news conference regarding school masks. Florida lawmakers have focused on the issue with several bills in the first weeks of their 2022 legislative session.
The discussion was part of a larger Florida bill about parent rights.

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  1. Florida senator Lauren Book fights back over nude images stolen from her
    19 minutes ago• Politics
    Florida Sen. Lauren Book, standing here for the Pledge of Allegiance on Jan. 11, said she was extorted by someone threatening to reveal nude photos that were stolen from her. She’s sponsoring a bill making it a felony to steal sexually explicit images from digital devices.
  2. Florida officials fume at Biden for limiting monoclonal antibody use
    Earlier today• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fields a question while attending a news conference at Pasco County’s Mike Fasano Regional Hurricane Shelter in Hudson on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, where he announced that monoclonal antibody treatments would begin for patients as an early treatment to prevent hospitalizations and to save lives.
  3. Florida immigration debate renews with bill that targets companies transporting migrants
    Earlier today• Politics
    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.
  5. DeSantis’ inspector general is reviewing Florida education bid-rigging case
    Yesterday• Politics
    Melinda Miguel, Florida's chief inspector general, will review the handling of a bid-rigging probe at the Florida Department of Education.
  6. Florida school district cancels civil rights seminar over race theory concerns
    Yesterday• Education
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters and members of the media after a bill signing on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon. School administrators in a central Florida county canceled a seminar for history teachers on the U.S. civil rights movement, in part, because it had not been screened to make sure it was free of critical race theory, which the college professor planning the presentation says it didn't have. A bill being pushed by DeSantis would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past.
  7. Florida drops appeal to federal vaccine mandate for health care workers
    Yesterday• Health
    Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office had filed the state’s lawsuit Nov. 17 in federal court in Pensacola, seeking to block the vaccination rule, which the Biden administration issued earlier in November.
  8. Sarah Palin’s positive COVID-19 tests delay libel trial against New York Times
    Yesterday• Health
    Sarah Palin is shown in this 2017 photo. Her trial against the New York Times was delayed after she tested positive for the coronavirus.
  9. Graduation rates dip across U.S. as pandemic stalls progress
    Yesterday• Health
    Red mortarboards fly into the evening sky at Heritage High School's commencement ceremony in 2020, in Maryville Tenn. High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic.
  10. Justices to hear challenge to race considerations in college admissions
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions.
  11. Democrats make surprising inroads in redistricting fight
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Florida Sen. Ray Rodrigues, center, views redistricting maps on a video monitor as an identical one is displayed behind him during a Senate Committee on Reapportionment hearing in a legislative session in Tallahassee.
  12. New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment
    Yesterday• Health
    Nurse manager Edgar Ramirez checks on IV fluids while talking to a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
  13. FIU president resigned after causing ‘discomfort’ for colleague
    Yesterday• Education
    Florida International University South Campus in Miami.
  14. DeSantis map could affect Tampa Bay congressional seats
    Jan. 22• Tampa
    U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, left, and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg.
  15. Florida House advances first map that gives Democrats more seats
    Jan. 22• Politics
    Rep. Cord Byrd, R-Neptune Beach, chairs the subcommittee that drew the redistricting map.
  16. Florida posts 4.4 percent unemployment rate
    Jan. 21• Business
    Marriott human resources recruiter Mariela Cuevas, left, talks to Lisbet Oliveros, during a job fair at Hard Rock Stadium, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
  17. FIU announces resignation of its president, becoming latest university in leadership hunt
    Jan. 21• Education
    Florida International University South Campus in Miami.
  18. Florida businessman with Giuliani ties gets year in prison in foreign donor case
    Jan. 21• Crime
    Igor Fruman arrives at Federal court in Manhattan, Friday. The Florida businessman who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $10,000 Friday in an unrelated campaign finance case.
  19. Voting rights bill’s failure in Senate highlights contrast between Rubio and Demings
    Jan. 21• Politics
    Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, left, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings, right.
  20. Federal judge orders injunction to UF’s conflict of interest policy
    Jan. 21• Education
    A look at the University Auditorium at the center of the University of Florida campus is Gainesville.
  21. A Senate district is split by Tampa Bay. Black organizers ask if it’s time to change.
    Jan. 21• Politics
    Tampa skyline pictured on this month.
  22. Florida bill would let businesses sue local governments if an ordinance hurts profits
    Jan. 21• Politics
    Sen. Travis Hutson, a St. Augustine Republican, is the sponsor of the bill to allow businesses to sue local governments over lost profits.
  23. LGBTQ advocates fight measure to ban gender identity talk in schools
    Jan. 20• Education
    Gov. Ron DeSantis has supported increasing parents' rights in schools, including at this July news conference regarding school masks. Florida lawmakers have focused on the issue with several bills in the first weeks of their 2022 legislative session.
  24. Florida first lady Casey DeSantis finishes chemotherapy for breast cancer
    Jan. 20• Politics
    First Lady Casey DeSantis speaks during a roundtable discussion regarding mental health at the downtown Tampa Firefighter Museum on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.
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