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Pinellas School Superintendent Michael Grego and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, listen as Governor Ron DeSantis addresses the press and school staff during a visit to Lakewood Elementary School in St. Petersburg in August.
Florida penalizes Alachua, Broward school districts in mask standoffs
The announcement Monday came after Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper on Friday ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ overstepped his constitutional authority in prohibiting mask mandates.
Doctor advising DeSantis promoted ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite FDA warnings
Dr. Mark McDonald, a California psychiatrist, speaks on a panel of medical professionals summoned by Gov. Ron DeSantis on July 26, 2021.
“Any physician that espouses this should be reported to the state medical association,” one medical expert said.
DeSantis urged to seek up to $820 million in food aid for children
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
A spokesperson implies that it’s not needed since the state has reopened schools, but federal guidance states that it’s not a qualifying factor.
School mask mandate threats polarize Florida legislators
Lobbyists track the action in the Florida Senate during the final week of the Florida Legislative session at the Capitol in Tallahassee in 2019. [SCOTT KEELER | Tampa Bay Times]
Several districts have announced they will defy DeSantis’ executive order.

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  1. Florida quickens pace of rent aid disbursement but still lags behind nation
    27 minutes ago• Real Estate
    A final notice of eviction, delivered by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, remains on the door of an apartment in Tarpon Springs in January.
  2. Florida penalizes Alachua, Broward school districts in mask standoffs
    Earlier today• Politics
    Pinellas School Superintendent Michael Grego and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, listen as Governor Ron DeSantis addresses the press and school staff during a visit to Lakewood Elementary School in St. Petersburg in August.
  3. DeSantis urged to seek up to $820 million in food aid for children
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
  5. How to help Hurricane Ida victims
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    Rescue personnel with a boat help LaPlace, La., residents out of their flooded homes. The way people can most help from afar is sending money, advocates say.
  6. Florida prison officer trainee killed in accidental shooting, officials say
    Yesterday• Florida
    A 2019 photo of the Florida Department of Corrections' Wakulla Correctional Institution in Crawfordville, in Wakulla County.
  7. Experts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software
    Aug. 28• Elections
    A worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location Jan. 4 at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Ga., outside of Atlanta. Republican efforts to question the results of the 2020 election have led to two significant breaches of voting software that have alarmed election security experts who say they have increased the risk to elections in jurisdictions that use the equipment.
  8. States pull back COVID-19 data as delta variant cases surge
    Aug. 28• Health
    People line up in their cars to get a free COVID-19 test at a site outside the Gardens Branch Library in Palm Beach Gardens on Aug. 18.
  9. Doctor advising DeSantis promoted ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite FDA warnings
    Aug. 28• Politics
    Dr. Mark McDonald, a California psychiatrist, speaks on a panel of medical professionals summoned by Gov. Ron DeSantis on July 26, 2021.
  10. Florida lawmakers take aim at local schools in mask standoff
    Aug. 27• Politics
    House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R- Palm Harbor, far left, and Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Spring Hill, far right, listen as Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers his address during the joint session of the Florida Legislature at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
  11. Judge rules for parents in Florida school mask case, a blow to DeSantis
    Aug. 27• Education
    Gov. Ron DeSantis lost a round in court Friday in the debate over masks in schools.
  12. Slammed by staff shortages and ‘desperation,’ some Florida prisons to shutter
    Aug. 27• Politics
    Mark. S, Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, at the State Capitol, May, 1, 2019.
  13. Struggling Hillsborough GOP turns to Marjorie Taylor Greene
    Aug. 27• Politics
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.
  14. Florida’s surgeon general to depart next month, DeSantis administration says
    Aug. 27• Politics
    Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees acknowledged the importance of contact tracing but offered little detail on the state’s long-term plan on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.
  15. Florida says Piney Point will be under new management
    Aug. 26• Environment
    A view of a phosphogypsum stack, far, background, and water management at the old Piney Point fertilizer plant in March.
  16. Is welcoming Afghan refugees to Tampa meddling in foreign policy?
    Aug. 26• Tampa
    Tampa City Council member Luis Viera at a 2020 council meeting at the Tampa Convention Center.
  17. It’s ‘unconscionable’ that Ron DeSantis hasn’t applied for food aid for kids, Fried says
    Aug. 26• Politics
    In this June 4, 2019 photo, Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried, speaks during a meeting of the Florida cabinet, in Tallahassee, Fla.
  18. Florida claws back $5 million from nonprofit after spending scandal
    Aug. 26• Politics
    Tiffany Carr, former CEO of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, purchased this 6,665-square-foot home in the Blue Ridge Mountains in August 2018 for $1.9 million, the same year she reported $4.5 million in wages that included cashing in millions in paid time off. This was her home near Cashiers, North Carolina, on March 1, 2020.
  19. Critical race theory sparks debate in Hernando schools
    Aug. 26• Education
    Mark Johnson, who is running for Hernando County School Board District I, listens while his wife Arlene Glantz speaks against critical race theory training for teachers in the county at Northcliffe Baptist Church's Family Life Center in Spring Hill on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.
  20. What’s the path to St. Petersburg mayor? And other takeaways from Tuesday’s primary
    Aug. 25• Elections
    Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon
  21. A divided Florida awaits ruling on school masks as trial nears a close
    Aug. 25• Politics
    Students, some wearing protective masks, arrive for the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School in Riverview in early August.
  22. How your neighborhood voted in the St. Petersburg primary for mayor
    Aug. 25• Elections
    “I Voted” stickers on the table for after voting at the Coliseum, 535 4th Ave N, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  23. Tampa to be first city in bay area to require city worker vaccinations
    Aug. 25• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor talks with members of the media while attending the grand opening of the Publix GreenWise Market, at 555 Channelside Drive, on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in Tampa.
  24. Here are the St. Petersburg City Council candidates going to November’s runoff
    Aug. 24• Elections
    A St. Petersburg City Council meeting in November 2020, the first in-person meeting since the coronavirus pandemic.
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