GOVERNOR URGES LEGISLATORS TO COME BACK WITH BETTER SOCIAL MEDIA BAN BILL
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the legislature produce a different, yet “superior” bill that proposes to keep minors off social media platforms which...
FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL’S MEASLES RESPONSE IN BROWARD COUNTY DRAWS CRITICISM FROM LOCAL PEDIATRICIAN
By late February, nine cases of the highly-infectious measles were reported in Broward County. The outbreak began at an elementary school in Weston on...
DeSANTIS SENDING NATIONAL GUARD TO THE KEYS FOR POTENTIAL HAITIAN MIGRANT ARRIVALS
Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering additional state assets to the Florida Keys and Florida’s southern waters in anticipation of a potential influx of illegal...
STATE BUDGET COULD BENEFIT FLORIDA KEYS BY THE TENS OF MILLIONS
Florida legislators approved a $117.5 billion budget to conclude a 60-day session in Tallahassee on March 8.
Funds for a number of Florida Keys projects...
FLORIDA KEYS BRACE FOR POTENTIAL MASS MIGRATION FOLLOWING DISARRAY IN HAITI
Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered a wave of state officers and guardsmen to the Florida Keys in preparation for possibly more maritime voyages among migrants...
FLORIDA GOVERNOR SIGNS SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR MINORS BILL; A LEGAL BATTLE COULD FOLLOW
A bill prohibiting children from accessing certain social media platforms was signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a March 25 press...
FLORIDA UPHOLDS ABORTION BAN — BUT GIVES VOTERS A SAY IN NOVEMBER
By Jim McCarthy and Mandy Miles
A six-week abortion ban could soon take effect in Florida after the state Supreme Court upheld a ban on...
FLORIDA’S 6-WEEK ABORTION BAN NOW IN EFFECT
As of May 1, most abortions in Florida are banned beyond six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant.
But voters...
(DON’T) SHOW ME THE MONEY: INJUNCTION BLOCKS DETAILED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS
A temporary injunction granted by a federal judge means some mayors, elected officials and candidates in the November 2024 elections will avoid a public...
KEYS CANDIDATE DISQUALIFIED AFTER HE WITHDREW FROM COUNTY RACE TO SEEK STATE OFFICE
Before a qualifying period concluded on June 14, Key Largo resident Jose Peixoto withdrew his name for the county commission’s District 5 seat to...
