Statewide, Republicans have regularly outpaced Democrats in mail in voting, until 2020, when Democrats took a 600,000 vote lead. Now, with the 2022 cycle just beginning some GOP lawmakers are trying ...
Provisional data from the Florida Department of Heath shows suicides were unexpectedly down in 2020 compared to previous years. But mental health experts warn while the data paints an optimistic ...
Testimony during a Senate committee Wednesday revealed there are at least 112 COVID-related lawsuits in the pipeline against nursing and assisted living facilities in Florida. But Legislation approved ...
Florida Senate Democrats have filed legislation to expand Medicaid to Florida’s working poor. The idea has been around since 2012, but GOP lawmakers refuse to consider the expansion because it ...
Two bills aiming to change the school year in Florida are back after stumbling at the legislative finish line last year. The Florida Legislative Session hasn’t officially begun, but both are already ...
The Governor is asking lawmakers to spend $1 billion on coastal resiliency over the next four years to combat climate change and a House subcommittee got an earful on the dire situation facing the ...
A statewide organization of Black pastors has identified dozens of Black churches to become what they are calling “trusted venues” for African Americans reluctant to get vaccinated. The pastors hope ...
Governor Ron DeSantis and legislative leaders are going to war with big tech social media companies who they say have played fast and loose with the public square. Companies who don’t treat everyone ...
Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried is hoping to work with the new Biden Administration on a wide array of progressive issues. In a 30-page plan announced Tuesday, the Commissioner ...
Floridians may have another minimum wage amendment to vote on in 2022 if a new proposal in the State Capitol is approved. The proposed amendment would allow the Legislature to set a training wage ...
It’s Celebrate Literacy Week in Florida and The Speaker of the Florida House has unveiled a new legislative initiative aimed at improving literacy rates among Florida students. The New Worlds Reading ...
Florida’s Director of Emergency Management doubled down on the need for more vaccine doses while speaking with State Senators Thursday. Director of Emergency Management Jared Moskowitz said if Florida ...