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A voter walks into a voting precinct located at Bethel Lutheran Church Tuesday, March 17, 2020 in Clearwater.
Florida redistricting map: How will your new district look — and vote?
Find which congressional and state House and Senate districts you’ll vote in this year under the maps approved by Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Legislature.
Florida lawmakers rush to pass property insurance reforms
From start to finish, the Legislature spent a total of three days in Tallahassee to address what most agree is a five-alarm crisis in the state’s insurance market.
“Why don’t we legislate anymore?” a lawmaker asked.
Florida special tax districts like Disney’s Reedy Creek, explained
Reedy Creek Improvement District Fire Department Station 4, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.
Hillsborough County has more special districts than any other county in Florida.
Q&A: Incoming Florida House Democrats leader Fentrice Driskell
Rep. Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, speaks on the floor before her colleagues before they vote on the 15-weeks abortion bill ban at the Florida State House in Tallahassee, on Feb. 16, 2022.
Driskell was elected on Tuesday as the leader of the Florida House Democratic Caucus. The Tampa-area representative has been in office since 2018.

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  1. Marco Rubio slams Miami Heat’s demand for gun reform after Texas school shooting
    Earlier today• Politics
    Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., shown in this April photo, took to Twitter on Thursday, lambasting the NBA for “politicizing a horrific tragedy in America.”
  2. DeSantis signs property insurance, condo reform bills
    Yesterday• Politics
    On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bills lawmakers passed in a special session to try to deal with the property insurance crisis and to increase the safety of condos.
  3. Biggest wave of Cuban migrants into US since 1980 is driving policy changes
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Cuban currency, left behind by a migrant, is tied to the border wall in Yuma, Ariz., Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022.
  5. Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
    Yesterday• Politics
    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber on the morning after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children, at the Capitol in Washington.
  6. Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri talks school safety after Texas shooting
    Yesterday• Community News
    Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri was appointed to lead a statewide commission to investigate what led to the 2018 Parkland shooting and make recommendations to improve campus safety in Florida.
  7. How to avoid misinformation as you read about Uvalde and other mass shootings
    Yesterday• Politics
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference in Uvalde, Texas Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The 18-year-old gunman who slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a single classroom and "began shooting anyone that was in his way," authorities said Wednesday in detailing the latest mass killing to rock the U.S.
  8. Congressional panel held Tallahassee hearing on Florida election laws
    Yesterday• Elections
    First-time voter Javontae Collins of Clearwater fills out his ballot on Election Day in 2020.
  9. ‘Horrifying’ conspiracy theories swirl around Texas shooting
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Crime scene tape surrounds Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday.
  10. A Florida library’s LGBTQ Pride display started a yearlong battle
    Yesterday• Politics
    The LGBTQ Pride display in the Coastal Region Library in Citrus County.
  11. 3 things Florida has done to stop school shootings — and 3 ideas that haven’t happened
    Yesterday• Politics
    Lillie Perez, 11, holds a sign during a "March for Our Lives" protest for gun legislation and school safety on March 24, 2018, in Houston. Students and activists across the country planned events Saturday in conjunction with a Washington march spearheaded by teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where over a dozen people were killed in February 2018.
  12. Florida lawmakers pass insurance bills with $10,000 for home upgrades
    May 25• Politics
    House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, bangs his gavel Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. Legislators were there to work on property insurance reform.
  13. Florida Legislature passes condo law on inspection, repairs
    May 25• Politics
    Part of the oceanfront Champlain Towers South condo, with more than 100 units, in Surfside, Florida, collapsed around 2 a.m. on June 24, 2021.
  14. Hurricane tax ‘holiday’ adds pet supplies
    May 25• Business
    Casey Sanders of St. Petersburg works in the rain to load hurricane supplies into the trunk of his car in the parking lot at Winn-Dixie, 3327 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N. Floridians can save a few dollars on pet supplies as they stockpile other needs for the upcoming hurricane season.
  15. Phoebe Bridgers gets political at Ybor City show
    May 25• Music Reviews
    Grammy-nominated performer Phoebe Bridgers took her sold out Reunion tour to Ybor City's Cuban Club on Tuesday, May 24.
  16. Florida redistricting map: How will your new district look — and vote?
    May 25• Politics
    A voter walks into a voting precinct located at Bethel Lutheran Church Tuesday, March 17, 2020 in Clearwater.
  17. Could the data in your period-tracking app be used against you?
    May 25• Health
    It’s estimated that millions of people in the U.S. use period-tracking apps to plan ahead, track when they are ovulating, and monitor other health effects. Many fear this data could be used against women if abortion becomes illegal.
  18. Florida lawmakers rush to pass property insurance reforms
    May 24• Politics
    From start to finish, the Legislature spent a total of three days in Tallahassee to address what most agree is a five-alarm crisis in the state’s insurance market.
  19. Florida elections chief Cord Byrd: more changes could be necessary
    May 24• Politics
    Secretary of State Cord Byrd said there were “irregularities” in other states during the 2020 election and refused to say whether President Joe Biden won the election.
  20. Tallahassee judge dismisses Pinellas lawsuit challenging state election law
    May 24• Pinellas
    State Rep. Chris Latvala, left, originally filed to run in 2024 for Pinellas County Commission District 5, currently held by Karen Seel, right. A new state law allows him to run this year instead.
  21. Florida Legislature takes up bill on condo reforms for inspections, reserves
    May 24• Politics
    View of the Brickell's skyline financial center, where business-commercial towers and luxury condos tower come together over Biscayne Bay. on Wednesday, May 30, 2019.
  22. New people charged in Florida sham candidates investigation
    May 24• Politics
    Jestine Iannotti, photographed in Stockholm, on April 26, 2021, declined to comment when asked about her no-party bid for the Florida state Senate. She is facing criminal charges in Florida, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced on Tuesday.
  23. Q&A: Incoming Florida House Democrats leader Fentrice Driskell
    May 24• Politics
    Rep. Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, speaks on the floor before her colleagues before they vote on the 15-weeks abortion bill ban at the Florida State House in Tallahassee, on Feb. 16, 2022.
  24. Florida special tax districts like Disney’s Reedy Creek, explained
    May 24• Politics
    Reedy Creek Improvement District Fire Department Station 4, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.
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