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The fractious GOP is consolidating around a "protect the children" platform for 2024

A year before presidential primaries begin, Republicans see this as a winning formula.

Axios

Dave Hyde: It’s May Madness as Florida Atlantic becomes the surprise of college basketball

Here’s how May Madness started: Dusty May didn’t even plan to take the Florida Atlantic University coaching job. He chuckles from his desk as he says this five seasons later, with the FAU men’s basketball team being ranked No. 19, riding a 20-game win streak and having sold out their…

Tribune News Service

New details emerge in Haiti president’s slaying as newly charged suspects appear in court

MIAMI — He’s a physician and pastor who aspired to be Haiti’s president, amassing a small group of supporters who introduced him to key security contacts in South Florida who could help him acquire high-powered machine guns and silencers, men with military training and even financing.

Miami Herald

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis headed for Greg Abbott’s Texas turf to headline GOP fundraisers

DALLAS — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, widely considered a top 2024 presidential contender, is headed to Texas next month to headline two local Republican Party fundraising dinners.

Tribune News Service

College Board's revised AP African American studies course draws new criticism

The organization released the new curriculum for the Advanced Placement course after Florida rejected the pilot. The revisions removed units on Black feminist literary thought and Black Lives Matter.

WEKU

Rare 1971 De Tomaso Pantera Could Be The Earliest Model In Existence

The VIN tag shows 1006 and it's currently for sale in Florida.

Motor1

Elite QB Prospect Jaden Rashada Commits to Arizona State

The five-star recruit previously committed to Florida before being released.

Sports Illustrated

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #47

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia

DeSantis injects politics into $114B Florida budget proposal

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida will have enough money to withstand a national economic downturn while still being able to provide tax breaks

The Independent UK

Man sues police when he loses his job after cops include him in 'Wheel of Fugitive' list

David Gay, 23, lost his job after he wrongly appeared in a "Wheel of Fugitive" video after Florida Sheriff Wayne uploaded the county's top 10 most wanted fugitives on social media

Daily Mirror

George Santos reported lots of spending in Florida. Here’s where he says he went

MIAMI — New York Congressman George Santos spent lots of time in Florida in 2021 and 2022, including multiple trips to South Florida, according to his campaign finance reports.

Miami Herald

Revised AP African American Studies class drops controversial topics after criticism

The official curriculum for the new Advanced Placement course released Wednesday removed topics like Black Lives Matter that drew criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

WEKU

Ron DeSantis targets diversity programs

DeSantis vowed to cut all funding for programs he believes are "ideological"

Salon

After DeSantis criticism, College Board unveils updated framework for AP African American studies

The updated curriculum excludes some of the content that infuriated the Florida governor.

Axios

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Biden regains lead in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential betting market

As of January 31, 2023, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market shows President Joe Biden (D) leading at $0.34, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at $0.30, and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.23. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and…

Los Angeles Times

For the first time, students can take African American studies as an AP class

LOS ANGELES — On the opening day of Black History Month, the College Board is making history Wednesday by releasing details of its first Advanced Placement class on African American studies for high school students — a class that drew national attention after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banned it in…

The Independent UK

Trump fuels DeSantis feud by posting video of Florida governor saying he wants to be like Paul Ryan: ‘Wow’

‘I think you see that I’ve been recognized nationally as being somebody who would be different,’ DeSantis says in the footage shared by the former president

The Independent UK

Black history AP class rejected in Florida catches on

The Advanced Placement course on African American studies that has been rejected by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is being tested at 60 schools around the country

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The Guardian - UK

Brutes by Dizz Tate review – adolescent agony in fame-hungry Florida

The lives of teenage girls are expertly evoked in this horror-infused novel about the disappearance of a TV preacher’s daughter

The Guardian - US

Exiled Bolsonaro lives it up in Florida as legal woes grow back home

Ex-Brazilian president faces criminal inquiries, including an investigation into his alleged role in the Brasília uprising

Tribune News Service

‘Maximum Vantage’ gathers 20 years of incisive columns by Bill Maxwell

"Maximum Vantage: New Selected Columns" by Bill Maxwell; University Press of Florida (259 pages, $28)

Tribune News Service

Wildlife officials propose new rules for anglers at Skyway pier to curb bird deaths

As Florida wildlife officials grapple with how to reduce the amount of seabirds becoming entangled in fishing gear at the busy Skyway Fishing Pier State Park, new rules proposed Wednesday night attempt to find a middle ground between anglers and bird advocates who, for months, have disagreed on a solution.

Reason

Brickbat: Wheel of Misfortune

For the past seven years, Brevard County, Florida, Sheriff Wayne Ivey has hosted a weekly Wheel of Fugitive "game show" on Facebook in which he picks a fugitive of the week and asks viewers to keep an eye out for that person. David Austin Gay, who was featured on four…

Ballotpedia

Eight candidates running for mayor of Jacksonville, Florida

Eight candidates are running in the general election for mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, on March 21, 2023. All candidates run in the general election regardless of party affiliation. If no candidate receives a majority of votes in the general, the top two vote-getters will advance to a runoff on May…

Al Jazeera

Florida governor backs ban on diversity lessons in state colleges

Republican Ron DeSantis, a possible US presidential candidate, says diversity programmes serve as a ‘political filter’.

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