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By John Haughey, The Center Square
Florida’s unemployment system collapsed last April when the state’s jobless rate tripled within three weeks, leaving hundreds of thousands of suddenly …
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4/21/21
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"...47 other states recognize Juneteenth and I wanted to show that support from Florida also. That we also celebrate the emancipation of slaves...” Senator Randolph Bracy
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4/19/21
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State tax exempt holidays in 2021 would include, if approved: "Back to School" week in August, "Freedom" week in July, and "Disaster Preparedness" in May-June
By Diane Rado, Florida Phoenix
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4/18/21
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Florida’s 16 million drivers pay the nation’s highest auto insurance premiums
By John Haughey | The Center Square
For decades, Florida lawmakers have pondered bills seeking to repeal …
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4/18/21
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The proposed Florida vote-by-mail bills have drawn widespread criticism as being among the more restrictive measures being introduced in state legislatures across the nation
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4/15/21
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By Laura Cassels, Florida Phoenix
Following recent warnings that Florida’s prison system is in crisis due to understaffing, the state Senate voted Wednesday to pull back from its proposed …
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4/8/21
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From the Office of Rep. Kamia Brown During the legislative session on Thursday April 1 st, Officer Quinton Nedd of the Apopka Police Department was recognized on the floor as the Officer of the Day. …
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4/5/21
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John Hickey owned a plot of land in Ocoee where he lived with his wife Lucy Solonia Lott; they fled to Apopka after the massacre.
By Issac Morgan | Florida Phoenix
A hundred years ago, …
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3/30/21
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International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual event occurring on March 31 dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people …
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3/29/21
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"This extension is critical for mothers, going leaps and bounds beyond what is offered in the past.” - State Rep. Kamia Brown
Focus on the Legislature
By John Haughey | The Center Square
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3/24/21
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“If it’s something that benefits the state, we obviously have an obligation to work to do that. But at the same time, we are not in a position where we’re desperately needing additional revenue …
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3/22/21
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By John Haughey, The Center Square
A Florida House panel Thursday approved a proposed bill to establish a minimum arrest age of 7-years-old unless the child commits a “forcible felony.”
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3/14/21
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Florida Legislature 2021
By Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection
The pressure is on for states such as Florida to expand Medicaid, currently now missing out on billions of health-care …
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3/14/21
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The Florida Legislature 2021
HB 1455 clears its first hurdle
By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor
Medical Marijuana might be losing a little of its sizzle if HB 1455 makes it through the …
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3/9/21
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Have you ever seen a Florida panther? They’re sleek and secretive apex predators who slip around in the twilight and full dark seeking deer and hogs to eat.
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By Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix
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2/25/21
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By John Haughey, The Center Square
Lawmakers want to close at least one of Florida’s 50 prisons but Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary Mark Inch is warning consolidation and budget cuts …
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2/24/21
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COVID-19 Relief, Budget, Beverage Code, Sewer Funding, and Economic Development all part of the comprehensive policy goals set for local legislators
From the Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce
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2/23/21
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Four new Florida mass-vaccination sites will be opening within the next two weeks, in Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville and Tampa
By Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix
Governor Ron DeSantis on …
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2/23/21
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By Laura Cassels, Florida Phoenix Nearly 60,000 Americans, including 1,954 Floridians named here , were killed in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in the 1950s, 1960s,and 1970s during the Vietnam War. …
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2/22/21
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Opinion
By Diane Dimperio/Chair, Health Care Action Team, Florida League of Women Voters
The good news is that Florida will not have a five-billion-dollar deficit in the fiscal year that …
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2/9/21
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By Laura Cassels, of the Florida Phoenix
Dogs trained to detect signs of COVID-19 infection will be in Florida’s capital city next week demonstrating their skills at the state’s Emergency …
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1/25/21
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By John Haughey of The Center Square
President Donald Trump supporters are expected to rally in Tallahassee against President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, but the Florida Department of Law …
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1/13/21
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By John Haughey | The Center Square
With states scrambling for revenue to boost pandemic-stressed budgets, it’s a good bet a raft of sports gambling bills will be approved by lawmakers across …
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12/29/20
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"With 1,350 miles of coastline, relatively low elevations, and communities built largely on top of former swampland, Florida remains particularly vulnerable to the risk of flooding caused by sea …
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12/20/20
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Focus on the Legislature
By John Haughey | The Center Square
There are at least 300 million cell phones in use in the United States – 96 for every 100 people – and the Pew Research …
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12/9/20
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